Cookie etiquette?
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Re: Cookie etiquette?
Originally Posted by britvic
Is it a special day for the American's to bring you something they'v made. Our Mormon neighbour gave us some home made chocolates, I never see her and when I do she's just too nice :scared: I'll drop round a card, not into bakeing cookies.
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Re: Cookie etiquette?
Originally Posted by anotherlimey
Our neighbours are always here cooking - in our kitchen!
They literally cook something every evening for us.
They ARE retired.
They literally cook something every evening for us.
They ARE retired.
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Re: Cookie etiquette?
Originally Posted by AmerLisa
Ooooh tamales.....<drool>
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Re: Cookie etiquette?
Originally Posted by AmerLisa
Wow, wonder if I can move next door to them!!
When my fiancee was ill they noticed her car hadn't left the driveway, so they came over with flu medicine and started making the special tea for her.
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Re: Cookie etiquette?
Originally Posted by AmerLisa
Hmmm.....don't know that I'd want to be eating those chocolates....
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Re: Cookie etiquette?
Originally Posted by Leslie66
I'm spoilt here for Christmas tamales.... a co-worker brought some to work that his wife had prepared. Excellent hangover food.
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Re: Cookie etiquette?
Originally Posted by britvic
I'm not going to eat them, not when I'v got a box of Black Magic to stuff on Christmas day
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Re: Cookie etiquette?
Originally Posted by anotherlimey
They are also nosey though, but sometimes its a good thing.
When my fiancee was ill they noticed her car hadn't left the driveway, so they came over with flu medicine and started making the special tea for her.
When my fiancee was ill they noticed her car hadn't left the driveway, so they came over with flu medicine and started making the special tea for her.
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Re: Cookie etiquette?
Originally Posted by AmerLisa
Sounds like parents to me.
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Re: Cookie etiquette?
Originally Posted by anotherlimey
Oh no, they're real life, non-related, regular neighbours
Oh I'm sure they are. They just sound like they need to be parental....
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Re: Cookie etiquette?
Yup, it is customary to spread cookies around. Either in a tin you can pick up anywhere, or on Christmas plates covered in special Christmas cling wrap.
I give my mailman some, but then again, I've known him for years.
I give my mailman some, but then again, I've known him for years.
#27
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Re: Cookie etiquette?
I'd bring them some decent comfort food, such as a pie. (You can get a good one at a bakery if you can't bake one yourself.) If they like a bit of tipple, a bottle of wine would be OK, but in most cases, food would be a better choice.
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Re: Cookie etiquette?
Originally Posted by AmerLisa
I've found some authentic Cadbury Finger (at Target, no less) and have already started nibbling those. Supposed to be for Christmas Eve.....
My new neighbour left a bag filled with a Christmas Pudding, brandy butter and Christmas crackers on my front doorstep this week. So he may be getting the Cadburys.
#29
Re: Cookie etiquette?
Originally Posted by robskatie
OK so what is the deal with cookies and neighbours?
My neighbour just brought us a great big platter of cookies around, should have seen my girls faces
What is the required etiquette? Do we now have to take a huge bucket full back?
I'm crap at baking so would really like to do something else, any ideas anyone?
My neighbour just brought us a great big platter of cookies around, should have seen my girls faces
What is the required etiquette? Do we now have to take a huge bucket full back?
I'm crap at baking so would really like to do something else, any ideas anyone?
A sincere thank you is all that is required. If you had had the time and inclination you might have invited her in for coffee or a drink but a gift in return is not required.
I baked approximately 20 dozen various types of cookies this week for gifts and will give to friends and neighbors. Only a thank you is required in return.
Merry Christmas.
#30
Re: Cookie etiquette?
Me, I'd be ungrateful. American cookies are crap and mostly baked from "frozen" dough with very little taste of than sugar :scared:
Now, if my neighBOUR was to drop in with some homemade taramasalata or home-baked sausage rolls (with chipolatas) or a couple of packets of prawn cocktail crisps - heck, I'd share some of my glenmorangie (sp)
Now, if my neighBOUR was to drop in with some homemade taramasalata or home-baked sausage rolls (with chipolatas) or a couple of packets of prawn cocktail crisps - heck, I'd share some of my glenmorangie (sp)