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Yes, they really are that bad!! (mrstjohnson)

Posted : 12/6/2007 10:30:08 AM

Our neighbor brought over a huge grocery bag of x-mas cookies that she made for a bake sale that didn't sell. At first I was pumped that I didn't need to make any cookies for the season, then we tasted them.

I don't understand how someone can make so many bad cookies. They are all just so awful...every single kind. The chocolate ones taste like pledge, the coconut ones taste like chemicals, some have no taste at all. For a second I thought they might have been dog cookies, but they had chocolate in them so I knew they weren't. The biggest head scratcher is that she works in a bakery and makes the most wonderful cakes.

My biggest problem now is, we walk our dogs together at night and I know she is going to ask how the cookies are and I am going to have to lie. I hate lying about stuff like this, but there is no way I can tell her that we hated them. With my luck I will lie, tell her we liked them and then she will make us more!

Like I said, I feel bad ripping on her baking and I was very appreciative of the gesture, but man they were bad, now I know why the didn't sell to begin with!

huskymom

Posted : 12/6/2007 10:34:07 AM

Soooo... tell her there were so many that you havent even had a chance to sample all of them. But you definitely like the Pledge ones the best so far!

rwbeagles

Posted : 12/6/2007 10:43:31 AM

Hmm..use the dog..dog's don't care...say Charlie lifted his leg on the bag when you set it down and they got ruined. Then say "Oh well...I am dieting anyways...I guess Charlie was trying to help me with that!"

chelsea_b

Posted : 12/6/2007 10:45:20 AM

huskymom
But you definitely like the Pledge ones the best so far!

lmao. That's terrible...

I have no advice. I mean, if you've got a recipe, or if you know anything about baking..how can you go wrong making cookies? Is it possible some ingredient was spoiled?

mrstjohnson

Posted : 12/6/2007 10:55:51 AM

chelsea_b
Is it possible some ingredient was spoiled?

That's what I thought when I tasted the first few, then we gave each one a taste test and realized, nope they all suck.

BEVOLASVEGAS

Posted : 12/6/2007 11:03:19 AM

When she asks how the cookies were, with a straight face, reply "they were terrible, so bad, in fact, that I couldn't eat them." Then crack up laughing as if you were joking. You told the truth but didn't hurt her feelings doing it.

MissMandy

Posted : 12/6/2007 11:14:37 AM

Oh man! That's terrible!! Yeah, I'm thinking this is one of those situations where it's okay to tell a little white lie and say they were good.

Although, the pooch hiking his leg on the bag idea was pretty darn clever too!! Smile

Or you could always say that you took them to work and everyone in the office devoured them before you had a chance to try one or something...

sharismom

Posted : 12/6/2007 11:19:32 AM

A lot of people must be "on" to her secret - that's why they didn't sell!

Seriously, cake-making is a completely different art than cookies. I make good cookies, but can't do a good pie crust. My mother made the best cookies and pie crusts, but couldn't make a pot roast that didn't come out like a shoe. Yes, you have a recipe, but there is an art and a knack to cooking and baking.

loveukaykay

Posted : 12/6/2007 1:01:20 PM

This sounds exactly like something I would do lol... say they were awful and laugh so she thinks you are joking. Even if she slightly thinks you might be serious, she likely won't ask if you are.... and may actually think about "what if they did suck?" lol...

I also like the idea of saying that other people ate them all and you didnt get to taste them, although that sounds unlikely given how many cookies she gave you.

FourIsCompany

Posted : 12/6/2007 1:09:35 PM

mrstjohnson
My biggest problem now is, we walk our dogs together at night and I know she is going to ask how the cookies are and I am going to have to lie.

Don't lie. Next time you see her, don't give her the chance to ask how they were. Right away, thank her again for the cookies. That was so thoughtful... Ask if she sells them in her bakery and ask her for the recipe for a certain one and thank her again and say how thoughtful it was. You love her cakes. You really appreciate it. and oh, by the way... change the subject. Smile

fuzzy_dogs_mom

Posted : 12/6/2007 1:54:50 PM

MissMandy

Oh man! That's terrible!! Yeah, I'm thinking this is one of those situations where it's okay to tell a little white lie and say they were good.

I'd be a little careful about this. Awhile back a neighbor made me some sort of quiche type casserole full of green chiles (I usually like Ortega green chiles) and it was pretty awful. But ... I didn't want to hurt her feelings so I told her everyone liked it and she made one for me every week for a month. Thank God she finally quit.