Sunday, March 4, 2012

Happy Bday to Our Favorite Cookie

Twist. Lick. Dunk.  Follow these easy steps and you're on your way to taste bud nirvana. 

Let's raise our voices -- swallow the cookie first -- in praise of the Oreo.  Wouldn't you want to be remembered on your 100th birthday?  Someone should alert Willard Scott. 

March 6, 1912 -- the day some lucky kid ate the first Oreo.  Was the twist-lick-dunk ritual born then as well or did it evolve over years of after-school snack experimentation?

Think about it. There are no instructions on the package, so how do we know to take these glorious little sandwiches apart?  Instinct, I say and, maybe even a legitimate way to play with our food. Mom might nag about mixing your peas and mashed potatoes, but no mother would ever complain about playing with your cookies -- not this kind, anyway.   It's simply un-American.

So this March 6th pour yourself a glass of milk and dunk those cookies like you've never dunked before.  Diets be damned.  You can sweat a little harder tomorrow.  Today it's all about the Oreo and all your fond cookie munching memories.


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Note:  There should be a registered mark after Oreo but I don't know how to make it on the computer, so lawyers please relax.

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