~TT~ Cookie Madness!

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Charity: whats the topic?
Sharon: well... its cookie time in the city
Charity: My favorite holiday cookie are those little wedding cookies. And come to find out they are incredibly easy to make. They are also called Mexican or Italian Wedding Cookies. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Italian-Wedding-Cookies-III/
Sharon: oohhhh I've never made those and I consider myself a cookie guru!
Sharon: Well one of my favourite cookies to make are called pecan and jam belly button cookies. You know what a huge fan of navels I am.... and these little suckers are absolutely delightful with tea and a good man beside you
Charity: Classic cookie for ALL occasions.....The Sugar Cookie. Everyone has a favorite recipe. Some like em crispy some like pillowed fluffy ones like my mom. Not that my mom is fluffy I meant she likes the fluffy ones. They are both right and tasty. From sugar sprinkles to frosting and circles to cut outs you cannot go wrong! I even happened upon a recipe that is for a spiced sugar cookie. I am gonna try it out.
Sharon: Yeah.. I love making them into snowflake shapes this time of year.. then decorating them with granular sugar and blue icing
Sharon: So of course, this season wouldn't be right without mentioning shortbread.... dip half in chocolate, add some red and green cherry bits and you got a great holiday fave there
Charity: damn you! I was gonna do shortbread! I have a link and everything!
Sharon: so link!
Charity: Yeah but I call invalid that you took my cookie.....harsh Shar very very harsh. Here is the link to Almond Shortbread and yeah chocolate dipped, frosted with almond butter icing or plain it is a great go to! http://allrecipes.com/recipe/almond-shortbread-i/detail.aspx
Sharon: mutters... ok okay... then how about chocolate marshmallow clouds? Bad for the hips, great for the soul
Charity: I love when you let me win. Its because you know I will be tortured at the dentist today huh? My neighbor makes these wonderful oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies. I am not a fan of raisins so this hits the spot. They were so moist and yummy that I can't wait to cookie exchange with her.
Sharon: Yeah.. I hear  you on raisins. Great raw but in baked goods? puke. Who wants to eat something that looks like ... well okay maybe men would.. never mind.. next!
Sharon: You know one of my favourite cookies does involve chocolate (naturally) but white chocolate. And I only make them for the very special people in my life cause once they eat them I'll never get rid of them. White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies... sweet, sinful and if you're not careful you'll just well.. lets just say you'll enjoy them lots
Charity: Ooohhh you had me at Macadamia Nut....
Sharon: yeah... i have the world by the nuts, babe. My gift.
Charity sighs softly with a smile on her face, "okay....gotta move on before the list is over early. Here is a link to a site that has a few recipes however the one I want to highlight is the No Bake Christmas Wreath Cookie. The kids love these and it is a lot like a rice crispy treat but made with corn flakes. Easy to make and very pretty on a plate. http://koffeeklatchgals.hubpages.com/hub/No-Bake-Christmas-Treats
Sharon: oh that is a good idea actually. Hey now.... what were those things you made me eat when i visited you? Snickerthingies
Charity laughs, "Snickerdoodles. They are basically a sugar cookie with cinnamon and sugar baked on top. I think it counts cause it has their own name."
Charity: And I don't remember MAKING you eat anything. You were pretty easy.....but they know that already.
Sharon: yeah well.... if the cookie fits...
Sharon: Okay I'm going to go with peanut butter frogs.... yummy butterscotch chipits, peanuts.... Chinese noodles.. really a great drop cookie for this season
Charity: I want that recipe to try out. Never had it. I am going with another no bake cookie. Chocolate no bake cookies. Butter, oats (so that makes it healthy) sugar, evaporated milk and cocoa. Easy to make and even if you over cook them and they crumble? Just use you lips like a hoover cause they are still so very very good.
Sharon: Laughs... you said hoover... now whose the bad girl, huh?
Charity: You are. I am not sure my occasional naughty moment will ever catch up to yours. But yeah I said it!
Sharon: Ron? you see what i have to work with here?
Charity: Hey!
Sharon nods lots.. "you cant' hide the naughty from me!"
Sharon: BUT ! back on track? Get your kids to try these... not hard and fun to make when you intertwine red and white dough to make candy canes http://www.styleathome.com/food-and-entertaining/recipes/recipe-candy-cane-cookies/a/28211
Charity: And for the last? How about Gingerbread cookies. Be it men, women, or snowy figures. I love fluffy gingerbread over the crispy myself, but again go for your taste and frost them til you can't frost anymore.
Sharon: yeah you cant' go wrong with that. Last? that's thirteen???
Charity: Yep that be it. Time flies when we talk cookies.
Sharon: I made pornographic gingerbread men once.. added cute little winkies to them. Of course they were hard but then flopped over when i stuffed them in the oven... their facial expressions changed too
Charity: I am sure the facial expressions were a direct reflection on their winkies flopping over when things got hot.
Sharon: yeah.. so what's a girl to do? bite their heads off
Sharon: Well that is the fastest TT ever.. like.. I'm not satisfied.
Charity: Go back and read our list and bake some.
Sharon: Okay sounds good :)

~TT~ Movies!

**we did start out with the intention of food being the focus however we strayed a bit this week lol**

Sharon: Great Movies with food & drink focus
Charity: Okay I will go first and throw it down.....start off strong and all Julie and Julia.
Sharon: well yeah... great movie, fantastic actresses and ... well there is a ton of great cooking scenes
Charity: I have to say that there are many moments in that movie that I said out loud, "oh I could never....nope would never try that!" I also think of the onion cutting scene every time I chop onions.
((THIS is how far it took us to go off of food focus.....))

Sharon: Okay well if you are talking memorable moments? Can't go further than Meg Ryan in the restaurant faking an orgasm... and the lady saying "I'll have what she's having"..... forget what food it was, but a damn funny scene! When Harry Met Sally I think it was
Charity: I agree....I want what she is having.
Sharon: Yes! Yes! YES!!!!!
Charity: Back to food okay? A movie that I can watch over and over? Eat Pray Love.
Sharon: Yeah? never seen it
Charity: WHAT?! You haven't seen it? Julia Roberts I think in her finest! The movie is very inspiring I think and though it is not entirely about food so much as the life journey I get all caught up on the food.
Sharon: Thought she was in Mystic Pizza?
Charity: I think you are right.
Sharon: another good movie.. good pizza. But wow.. someone needed to take a weed whacker to her eyebrows back then. Shudders. Looked like 2 mating caterpillars
Charity: Don't be mean.
Sharon: I"m not being mean.. I'm being observant. If i was being mean I'd comment on her horse mouth.
Sharon: Ok ok ok.... would a little wine help?
Sharon: If so, check out the hilarious movie Sideways.. really a great movie all about wine. Not slapstick funny.. but intellectually funny
Charity: Great movie that started a revolution of Pinot Noir drinkers everywhere.
Sharon:  grins
Sharon: Haven't you noticed as we do this week's TT that I've actually been fairly good? I mean .... nothing X rated really so far
Charity:  Sex and the City gave me an appreciation for cocktails. Cosmos anyone?
Sharon: ahhh yes, the show did the same thing for me.. a new love for pink bunny ... um... friends...
Sharon: well. ... rabbit *coughs* but yes.. cosmos are a great drink... and the show is awesome
Charity: are you warning me about the X rated to come or simply proud that you have been good so far?
Sharon clearly you never saw the rabbit episode.
Charity: facepalms, "and there it is."
Charity: your turn.
Sharon  beams
Sharon : Okay .... so lets see.... for something a little different? I saw this yesterday... an oldie but a goodie and that is Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom! Not that I want to prepare Snake Surprise, giant mealie bugs or chilled monkey brains... but the dinner scene was amazing!!
Sharon : and eyeball soup... hee!
Charity: shakes her head, "wait....we are a cooking blog. Not a gross out fear factor blog!"
Sharon : yeah but the fat greasy guy that burbed loved the stuff.
Sharon : ok ok.. then lets talk about another great Meryl Streep movie with food.... Its Complicated.. she plays a pastry chef and has the cutest scene making croissants with Steve Martin. BUT... regardless? One of the funniest movies I've seen in a very long time.
Charity: laughs, "since you threw down gross I have to follow up. Have you seen Clue with Tim Curry? There is a scene in the dining room when they serve monkey brains and turns out that it is a favorite dish of Mrs. Peacock and those brains become part of the unraveling of the entire movie!
Sharon:  ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Sharon: Okay THAT's not cool .. copycats!
Sharon : Okay here we go... this is an OLD movie again but I love it so much. Animal House! When Bluto stuffs the white cake into his mouth and goes, "see if you can guess what i am now?" and smashes his cheeks in and blows it all over the preppy kids?... "I"m a zit! get it?"....... starts a food fight... just classic.
Charity: cries, "where has this blog gone? I mean really......it is a sad face type of day."
Charity: It started off so well.....
Sharon  frowns
Sharon : I have not listed any pornos.
Sharon : Like .... When Debbie did Donuts
Sharon :You don't wanna know what the special filling is
((Yes I googled "Debbie does Donuts" and was shocked to find references....so Sharon got to keep it in.))

Charity: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation! The dry turkey and the dog yakking underneath....oh and the cat food jello!
Sharon : ohhhhhhhhhhhh yeah... good timing on that one Char... gotta love Chevy Chase
Sharon : How about Dinner with Schmucks?..... I can't recall a single item they ate... but it was a funny as hell ridiculous movie.
Charity: Nope doesn't count then. There has to be food involved.
Sharon : Hmm
Sharon : Mr. and Mrs Smith with Brad & Angelina.... 1. her kitchen is awesome even with the extra guns & knives in the oven... and 2... the scene where they are serving the roast beef and figuring out that the other is trying to kill the other...
Charity: Oh yeah.....okay THAT is a perfect Accidental Cook moment! She can't cook worth shit but she puts the meal on the table AND catches the wine....however how about breakfast after they shoot at each other? Drinking juice out of broken glasses and all.
Sharon : AND then have crazy jungle sex.
Charity: The crazy sex came first. Go watch again.....I will wait.
Sharon : Can't... if i see Brad in those tighty whiteys and rubber boots Imma gonna need to grab the aforementioned rabbit.......
Charity: Then you will have to trust me then.
Sharon  runs out of the room "Brad! I"m coming!!!!!!!!!!!"
Charity: waits.....

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