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By: deb @ talk at the table

deb @ talk at the table — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:04:59 +0000

I’m so with you on this Pam. And I realized my kids aren’t really excited about baked goods. I’ve toned it down considerably, and say no to cookie exchanges.
For some reason this made me think of years ago when I first started going to weddings with my husband’s Italian family and friends. I’ve never seen so many cookies, for no apparent reason other than wrapping them up to send home. Largely with the people who made them to start with. And there were only a very few varieties that were good. Wasteful , as I’m sure many of them got thrown out, or tossed in the freezer to be forgotten, or eaten by people for the sake of it, and regretting the wasted extra calories.

sorry, a little scroogie.

By: Cindy L

Cindy L — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:04:40 +0000

Not to be a Scrooge here. I love the idea of making/baking things for charity. (I donate proceeds of my holiday book sales to homeless shelters.) But as I noted on your Facebook page, the holidays are really a challenge for those of us who are trying to control weight or must avoid sugar for health reasons. I’ve been invited to a couple of cookie exchanges, one of which required AT LEAST 6 dozen cookies! I wish the holidays weren’t so much about food. (Don’t get me wrong, I love food and I love to cook.) I try to resist the many temptations, but when my mother-in-law, for starters, presents us with a huge tin of wonderful sweet things, I cannot resist … I pay an unhealthy price for this, long after we ring in the New Year.

By: pam

pam — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:39:59 +0000

Yes, Doug! The cookie walk is a win-win for all: those who love to bake and eat, and those who benefit from the proceeds. Amy, next year you can put all that energy into helping the underpriviledged, and I’m quite sure your wonderful baking will be greatly appreciated.

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:28:50 +0000

On the other hand the organized women group in my church makes thousands of dollars with their cookie walk where the proceeds go to mission – usually helping the poor and under privileged. Seems like a pretty good thing for a little inconvenience.

By: Amy Brooks

Amy Brooks — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:02:26 +0000

LOL! I love making cookies at Christmas time but one year I baked dozens — dozens! — of cookies and everyone ate my mom’s frozen, pre-cutout sugar cookies instead. I vowed to myself never again! Now I just make a couple different kinds that just my immediate family like and a batch to leave for “Santa” (which usually means Grandpa when he and grandma drop off all their presents on Christmas Eve after the girls are asleep). As much as I really want to bake, it seems pointless — just a lot of wasted cookies. So sad.

By: naomi

naomi — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:46:41 +0000

I am inviting you to make some cookies for me. No cookie conspiracy here. Just “other” conspiracies.