(c) Copyright 2011 David Dilworth
French folks have a lovely saying (yes, I’m a friggin polyglot) —
“On peut manger,
mais on ne peut pas dîner
en moins de deux heures.“
Meaning: “You can eat,
but You cannot Dine – in less than two hours.“
In that vein, you know how to get maximum pleasure from eating a cookie – right ?
Well, maybe not. . .
Yes, its quite impertinent of me to suggest. However — if you want to extract maximum pleasure from dining of cookies (and who doesn’t) – You need to realize you’ve been eating your cookies wrong !
Whoa. What ? ! ?
Please hold your ammunition while I explain – with a few simple questions.
1. Which side is the most tasty part of a cookie?
A.The top – as it is the last place likely to get burned, and the flavored parts float to its surface. Plus, I bet you’ve never seen icing or sprinkles on the bottom of a cookie.
So — for maximum taste – what part of a cookie should you have touching your tongue’s taste buds (vs the roof of your mouth)? – Probably the Top.
2. Smiling Improves Cookie Eating Satisfaction
Cookies are rarely flat, though virtually all cookies are flat on the bottom, the part that was on the hot cookie sheet in the oven. However, many cookies, particularly home-made chocolate chip cookies, are rounded on top; particularly at the edges.
Cookies – Wrong Side Up
However, if you eat a cookie in the convention manner, with the curved edges facing down, what shape must your mouth make while eating them ?
A frown ! 🙁
But, when you turn a cookie over, with the curved edges facing UP, now what kind of a face shape does THAT act force you to do?
A SMILE ! 🙂
Cookies Right Side Up – Forces Smiles
So you see, with a simple flip of your wrist, you can vastly improve your cookie taste (eating sensory experience) your attitude, and at the same time inspire smiles in others who are enjoying watching you savor while sharing cookies with you 😉
I DO hope you are sharing your cookies. 😉
In a dining manner.
With lakes of love,
David
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