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 ML>> stomach still churns when I think about it almost a decade later.
 NB>> Never found out what in the mix made you feel sick, eh...?  Freaky
 NB>> things like that happen...
 ML> I never figured it out.
 NB> And not planning to try to replicate the situation to explore it,

No indeed. It was like getting punched in the tum.

 ML> the rich peanutty filling. All in all modest disappointment,
 ML> but how few of the wonderful things of our childhood are
 ML> still so wonderful today?
 NB> Two factors working there... childhood memories might be colored
 NB> somewhat, and things really aren't done quite like they used to...
 NB> there are so many corners being cut, "oh, they'll never know the
 NB> difference", and maybe not, but all the changes add up and it really
 NB> isn't as good as it was.

Yes indeed. In this case, the childhood memory is vivid and
probably accurate: a better balance of sweet peanutty filling
to dryish waffle cookie. Clean Dave's blog has a picture of
how unfilled the pouches are nowadays. My mouth tells me that
the new cookie is more cardboardy, less tasty.

 ML> who are blessed with the ability to get away with anything,
 ML> and the harassees/victims tolerate it and even appear to feel
 ML> honored to receive the attention. 
 NB> Or don't think they'd be believed...

There is that. I myself (when young and slightly more
adventurous) engaged in behavior that could easily have
been described - and called out - as harassment, only
I obeyed the golden rule, which in this case can be
summarized as "if she asks you to stop, you stop." There
were cases where looking back I see that taking the
additional risk might have reaped rewards ... but also
might have resulted in unpleasant consequences for all. I
was not one of those blessed with the aforementioned ability.

 NB> A quiet acknowledement of a mistake made rather than a public
 NB> spectacle that might cause more trouble for those left...  a sensible
 NB> and gracious solution... 

Back in olden days it was easier to quietly pack away a
troublemaker and send him off where he came from (I took a
look for him on the Internet, and it appears that this
particular doc was allowed to slide off the face of the
earth without an identifiable trace). While poking around
I also found a set of interviews with my father; these are
vaguely interesting and can be found at tinyurl.com/lootl01
or library.mdanderson.org/hrc/interviews/lootl1/loo.html.

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 ML> than I said, which I had to check my e-mail to verify that
 ML> this was total fiction. It was bad enough that I didn't eat
 ML> a proper meal in the several days I was there, subsisting on
 NB> Apparently his brain did a convenient jiggle, deciding that what you
 NB> must have meant was at least a day later than you said... and then
 NB> remembering that as gospel... never mind the facts...

I sometimes wonder what's in that brain.

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      Title: Ali's Oatmeal Cookies
 Categories: Cookies, Ceideburg
      Yield: 3 servings

           Stephen Ceideburg
      1 c  Butter-flavored shortening
      1 c  Granulated sugar
      1 c  Firmly packed brown sugar
      2    Eggs
      1 ts Vanilla
  1 1/2 c  Plus 1 tb sifted all-purpose
           -flour, divided
      1 ts Baking soda
    3/4 ts Salt
  2 1/2 c  Old-fashioned or:
  2 1/2 c  Quick-cooking oatmeal,
           -uncooked
      1 c  Finely chopped hazelnuts
      1 c  Finely diced dried apricots
      1 c  White chocolate chips

  Best Oatmeal Cookie, Oregon State Fair Susan Middleton and Alisha
  Delos, Keizer

  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl, mix shortening, the
  sugars, eggs and vanilla. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer
  until well-blended.

  Combine 1 1/2 cups of flour, baking soda and salt. Stir into the
  shortening mixture. Stir in oatmeal. Stir in nuts.

  Toss apricots with remaining 1 tablespoon flour. Stir into dough.
  Stir in white chocolate chips.

  Shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls. Flatten slightly and place 2 inches
  apart on ungreased baking sheets.

  Bake 11 to 13 minutes until slightly moist in the center and just
  beginning to brown around the edges. Remove immediately to
  wax-paper-covered paper towels.

  Makes 3 dozen

  From the Oregonian's FOOD DAY, 1/12/93.

  Posted by Stephen Ceideburg

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