'twas (still) the night before thanksgiving...
... and all through my parents' house, I'm just sitting here thinking "oh shoot, I'm running late." Sorry, couldn't think of anything synonymous with "late" that rhymed with "house", haha.
Also, happy early Brett Favre Day, aka Thanksgiving in Green Bay. It's ridiculous, and the weather's going to suuuuuck, but it's going to be so worth it. :D
(Fingers crossed the comment screening is working. LJ got weird, man. What is this?)
Anyhow. Y'all know what time it is...
The Seventh Great Big COOKIE Gifting!
Yet again, the cookies will be bigger and badder and more awesome than last year, which was bigger and all that than the previous year! As usual, I have winnowed the recipe list down from "insane strange things" to "traditional favorites" and gotten a few new ideas - all while finding ways to make some things even better (peppermint bark, I'm still looking at you! Seriously, stop trying to get more awesome.).
See, I'm serious. For the holidays, because YOU ARE ALL SO AWESOME, I will send you a box of HOLIDAY COOKIES. Free. If you have ever read this journal in the past many years at all, you know I like cooking for other people (even if I've not been posting it recently, but hey, your stomachs are probably thanking me for that!), and if you're super-lucky and/or got on this gravy boat over the past many, many years, you've already discovered that I actually will send you foodstuffs in the mail. As a certain someone can attest, they may even be fandom-related... ;)
If this even remotely interests you (FREE COOKIES! HOW CAN THIS NOT INTEREST YOU?!), leave your address in a comment - or, rather, an address where a package can be received prior to Christmas. ***I'm aiming to ship everything by DECEMBER 15, so we'll hopefully be early this year.*** I may be good, but not even I can totally prevent COOKIES from going stale.
Also, a few things to note:
- I do not keep kosher.
- I do respect food allergies - so if you're allergic to nuts, I won't put them in your cookies. ;) However, I do use nuts in my kitchen, so if you're allergic to the presence of nuts within 20 feet of an oven where COOKIES were baked, this might not work out well. I have also taken to baking things with nuts last, so they are less likely to pollute the pristine atmosphere. Heh.
- I do ship internationally.
- If you want a particular kind of COOKIES, or COOKIES to celebrate a specific holiday, let me know and I will do my best to honor your request. If there is no preference indicated (i.e., "GIVE ME CHOCOLATE" or "Man, I could really use some frosted sugar cookies..." or even the dreaded "Gee golly, I don't really like peppermint"), you will get a surprise box of COOKIES. There is no request I won't try to fill as best I can, but be warned...
- I have not seen every COOKIE recipe known to mankind. If they're not as good as Grandma's, they're better, dammit! hopefully it'll be okay.
- If you have participated before, I may still have your address. You can check the comments here or here or here or here or here or here(these are listed oldest to newest, FYI) to see if your address is there. Let me know if this is the case! Also, please note that I will make up any part of a name for you if it is missing (just ask hamsterwoman. It's been how many years and I haven't written down her frigging last name yet?! ;) No, seriously, I forgot to do this again last year. Sigh.).
* All comments are screened, because sometimes, people are weird. *
Again, because of my insane schedule, sign-ups will be closed on Friday, December 4 (a week after Black Friday).
Yup. Free HOLIDAY COOKIES. For you.
Happy holidays, flist. You all are amazingly awesome!
Happy early holiday season!
Also, happy early Brett Favre Day, aka Thanksgiving in Green Bay. It's ridiculous, and the weather's going to suuuuuck, but it's going to be so worth it. :D
(Fingers crossed the comment screening is working. LJ got weird, man. What is this?)
Anyhow. Y'all know what time it is...
The Seventh Great Big COOKIE Gifting!
Yet again, the cookies will be bigger and badder and more awesome than last year, which was bigger and all that than the previous year! As usual, I have winnowed the recipe list down from "insane strange things" to "traditional favorites" and gotten a few new ideas - all while finding ways to make some things even better (peppermint bark, I'm still looking at you! Seriously, stop trying to get more awesome.).
See, I'm serious. For the holidays, because YOU ARE ALL SO AWESOME, I will send you a box of HOLIDAY COOKIES. Free. If you have ever read this journal in the past many years at all, you know I like cooking for other people (even if I've not been posting it recently, but hey, your stomachs are probably thanking me for that!), and if you're super-lucky and/or got on this gravy boat over the past many, many years, you've already discovered that I actually will send you foodstuffs in the mail. As a certain someone can attest, they may even be fandom-related... ;)
If this even remotely interests you (FREE COOKIES! HOW CAN THIS NOT INTEREST YOU?!), leave your address in a comment - or, rather, an address where a package can be received prior to Christmas. ***I'm aiming to ship everything by DECEMBER 15, so we'll hopefully be early this year.*** I may be good, but not even I can totally prevent COOKIES from going stale.
Also, a few things to note:
- I do not keep kosher.
- I do respect food allergies - so if you're allergic to nuts, I won't put them in your cookies. ;) However, I do use nuts in my kitchen, so if you're allergic to the presence of nuts within 20 feet of an oven where COOKIES were baked, this might not work out well. I have also taken to baking things with nuts last, so they are less likely to pollute the pristine atmosphere. Heh.
- I do ship internationally.
- If you want a particular kind of COOKIES, or COOKIES to celebrate a specific holiday, let me know and I will do my best to honor your request. If there is no preference indicated (i.e., "GIVE ME CHOCOLATE" or "Man, I could really use some frosted sugar cookies..." or even the dreaded "Gee golly, I don't really like peppermint"), you will get a surprise box of COOKIES. There is no request I won't try to fill as best I can, but be warned...
- I have not seen every COOKIE recipe known to mankind. If they're not as good as Grandma's, they're better, dammit! hopefully it'll be okay.
- If you have participated before, I may still have your address. You can check the comments here or here or here or here or here or here(these are listed oldest to newest, FYI) to see if your address is there. Let me know if this is the case! Also, please note that I will make up any part of a name for you if it is missing (just ask hamsterwoman. It's been how many years and I haven't written down her frigging last name yet?! ;) No, seriously, I forgot to do this again last year. Sigh.).
* All comments are screened, because sometimes, people are weird. *
Again, because of my insane schedule, sign-ups will be closed on Friday, December 4 (a week after Black Friday).
Yup. Free HOLIDAY COOKIES. For you.
Happy holidays, flist. You all are amazingly awesome!
Happy early holiday season!