Georgiagranny
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@George1959 Yesterday Retired Lady I work with and I were talking about cookies. We bake hundreds of cookies every day, and we sell 15 chocolate chip cookies for every one other kind of cookie.
Anyway, she told me that cookies aren't a thing in her home country (Bosnia) or in any of the countries where she spent time before coming to the US (she was in Germany for more than a year).
After I thought about it, it dawned on me that while living in Germany, they weren't much of a thing there, either, except for specific cookies around holidays. The thing in Germany was pastries.
I could not pass a Konditorei without at least window shopping, and it didn't usually stop there
Now that I think about it, I don't remember ever eating cookies when I lived there. Did I just not notice because I was too busy stuffing my face with pastries?
Anyway, she told me that cookies aren't a thing in her home country (Bosnia) or in any of the countries where she spent time before coming to the US (she was in Germany for more than a year).
After I thought about it, it dawned on me that while living in Germany, they weren't much of a thing there, either, except for specific cookies around holidays. The thing in Germany was pastries.
I could not pass a Konditorei without at least window shopping, and it didn't usually stop there
Now that I think about it, I don't remember ever eating cookies when I lived there. Did I just not notice because I was too busy stuffing my face with pastries?
I dunno about Spain and France. Have only ever been to the UK, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, and not enough time in Belgium or Netherlands to scout their pastry shops.
. In the first half of our vacation, we walked everywhere & took the train, so we ate what we wanted & actually lost weight. Not so when we stayed with our family towards the end & rode in cars.
