{"id":709,"date":"2017-04-15T14:40:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T21:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/fun\/?p=709"},"modified":"2025-03-21T12:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T19:33:11","slug":"how-to-eat-a-cookie-maximize-share-enjoyment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/fun\/how-to-eat-a-cookie-maximize-share-enjoyment\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Eat a Cookie – Maximize & Share Enjoyment"},"content":{"rendered":"

(c) Copyright 2011 David Dilworth<\/strong><\/p>\n

French folks have a lovely saying (yes, I’m a friggin polyglot) —<\/p>\n

“<\/em>On peut manger, <\/strong><\/p>\n

mais on ne peut pas d\u00eener\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

en moins de deux heures.<\/strong>“<\/em><\/p>\n

Meaning:<\/em> “You can eat,<\/strong><\/p>\n

but You cannot Dine – in less than two hours.<\/strong>“<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In that vein, you know how to get maximum pleasure from eating a cookie<\/a><\/strong> – right ?<\/p>\n


\nWell, maybe not. . .<\/p>\n

Yes, its quite impertinent of me to suggest. However — if you want to extract maximum pleasure from dining of cookies<\/strong><\/em> (and who doesn’t) – You need to <\/b>realize<\/b><\/span> you’ve been eating your cookies wrong !<\/b><\/p>\n

Whoa. What ? ! ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please hold your ammunition while I explain – with a few simple questions.<\/p>\n

1. Which side is the most tasty part of a cookie?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A.The top<\/strong> – 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.<\/p>\n

So —\u00a0for maximum taste<\/strong> – what part of a cookie should you have touching your tongue’s taste buds (vs the roof of your mouth)? – Probably the Top.<\/p>\n

2. Smiling\u00a0Improves Cookie Eating Satisfaction<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cookies are rarely flat, though virtually\u00a0all cookies\u00a0are 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.<\/p>\n

\"Cookies<\/a>

Cookies – Wrong Side Up<\/p><\/div>\n

However, if you eat a cookie in the convention manner, with the curved edges facing down, what shape must your mouth make<\/strong> while eating them ?<\/p>\n

A frown<\/strong> ! \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

But, when you turn a cookie over, with the curved edges facing UP<\/strong>, now what kind of a face shape does THAT act force you to do?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A SMILE ! \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Cookies<\/a>

Cookies Right Side Up – Forces Smiles<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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<\/strong> who are enjoying watching you savor while sharing cookies with you \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

I DO hope you are sharing your\u00a0cookies. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

In a dining manner.<\/p>\n

With lakes of love,<\/p>\n

David<\/p>\n

PS However, please do NOT share this article as it is on a private website – just for my favorite friends. That would include – You !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(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 d\u00eener\u00a0 en moins de deux heures.“ Meaning: “You can eat, but You cannot Dine – … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9,7,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun","category-thinking","category-too-cool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":914,"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions\/914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}