Cellar Cookie Exchange Experiment - Page 2

Chocolatl · 01-24-2009, 03:22 PM

Here's how I would do the cookie exchange:

-Organizer collects participant names and addresses. Participants state how many people they'd like to bake for.
-Organizer scrambles all the entries up at random. Each participant gets a dozen cookies for every dozen they send out.
-Each participant mails out a dozen of their signature cookie by the given date.
-All parties eat, enjoy, and take pictures.

So, for example, if I feel like baking three dozen cookies, I might send out cookies to lumberjim, Zippyt, and LabRat, and receive cookies from Pico, blue, and Shawnee.

(Clod, my eggs always stuck to the bowl. What's the secret for Egg McMuffin shape?)

jinx · 01-24-2009, 03:36 PM

I'm in. I make kick-ass oatmeal choco chips...

lumberjim · 01-24-2009, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chocolatl

Here's how I would do the cookie exchange:

-Organizer collects participant names and addresses. Participants state how many people they'd like to bake for.
-Organizer scrambles all the entries up at random. Each participant gets a dozen cookies for every dozen they send out.
-Each participant mails out a dozen of their signature cookie by the given date.
-All parties eat, enjoy, and take pictures.

So, for example, if I feel like baking three dozen cookies, I might send out cookies to lumberjim, Zippyt, and LabRat, and receive cookies from Pico, blue, and Shawnee.

(Clod, my eggs always stuck to the bowl. What's the secret for Egg McMuffin shape?)

how'd you like to be the organizer?

Chocolatl · 01-24-2009, 03:50 PM

Sure! I'll do it, if everyone's comfortable sending me their info.

Wickedly_Tasteful · 01-24-2009, 05:01 PM

i wanna participate. I make some stellar peanut butter and chocolate cookies

lumberjim · 01-24-2009, 05:16 PM

dibs on the toll house cookies

Chocolatl · 01-24-2009, 05:24 PM

Okay, how's this for a suggested timeline:

If you'd like to participate, drop me your contact info and how many people you'd like to bake for in a PM by Monday, Feb. 2nd. That gives everybody a week to see the thread and decide if they want to participate.

I'll send everyone their cookiecipient information by Friday, Feb. 6th, and we'll try to have cookies mailed by March 1st.

Juniper · 01-24-2009, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chocolatl

(Clod, my eggs always stuck to the bowl. What's the secret for Egg McMuffin shape?)

You put a very thin coating of oil in the bowl first.

I like to nuke eggs in a square microwave dish. Perfect shape for a sandwich!

Cloud · 01-24-2009, 06:51 PM

my oven's not working.

monster · 01-24-2009, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

my oven's not working.

you need mtp's microwave recipe....

monster · 01-24-2009, 07:32 PM

In an IRL cookie exchange, you only generally get 1-3 of each type (in my experience), and mailing 12 cookies several times over is going to be pretty costly, so few people will be able to sample more than one or two cookies baked by other people....

So how about 3-4 addresses per dozen you want to bake? Should be less than $1 for each mailing and so you can get lots of different types in return.... ?

Chocolatl · 01-24-2009, 09:14 PM

Yeah, I wasn't sure how much it'd be for shipping. I haven't sent a package in a while!

How about 2-3 addresses per dozen, so that if the recipient really likes the cookie they'll be able to have a second serving?

dar512 · 01-25-2009, 12:13 PM

Has anyone ever managed to mail cookies that didn't arrive as crumbs? I've had bad luck with this.

limey · 01-25-2009, 01:42 PM

Cookies posted from Abroad may be stale on arrival

Sundae · 01-25-2009, 01:50 PM

I'd be tempted if it wasn't for the overseas thang.
Also, I'm not sposed to be eating cookies (biscuits).

Please include descriptions and photos in this experiment so we can participate too!

01-24-2009, 03:36 PM	#17
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I'm in. I make kick-ass oatmeal choco chips... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

01-24-2009, 05:01 PM	#20
Wickedly_Tasteful What do you want? A cookie? Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wichita Kansas Posts: 162	i wanna participate. I make some stellar peanut butter and chocolate cookies __________________ When life gives you lemons...call me and Ill bring the tequila and we can do shots all night

01-24-2009, 05:16 PM	#21
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	dibs on the toll house cookies __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-24-2009, 06:51 PM	#24
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	my oven's not working. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

01-24-2009, 07:32 PM	#26
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	In an IRL cookie exchange, you only generally get 1-3 of each type (in my experience), and mailing 12 cookies several times over is going to be pretty costly, so few people will be able to sample more than one or two cookies baked by other people.... So how about 3-4 addresses per dozen you want to bake? Should be less than $1 for each mailing and so you can get lots of different types in return.... ? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-24-2009, 03:22 PM	#16
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Here's how I would do the cookie exchange: -Organizer collects participant names and addresses. Participants state how many people they'd like to bake for. -Organizer scrambles all the entries up at random. Each participant gets a dozen cookies for every dozen they send out. -Each participant mails out a dozen of their signature cookie by the given date. -All parties eat, enjoy, and take pictures. So, for example, if I feel like baking three dozen cookies, I might send out cookies to lumberjim, Zippyt, and LabRat, and receive cookies from Pico, blue, and Shawnee. (Clod, my eggs always stuck to the bowl. What's the secret for Egg McMuffin shape?)

01-24-2009, 03:50 PM	#19
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Sure! I'll do it, if everyone's comfortable sending me their info.

01-24-2009, 05:24 PM	#22
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Okay, how's this for a suggested timeline: If you'd like to participate, drop me your contact info and how many people you'd like to bake for in a PM by Monday, Feb. 2nd. That gives everybody a week to see the thread and decide if they want to participate. I'll send everyone their cookiecipient information by Friday, Feb. 6th, and we'll try to have cookies mailed by March 1st.

01-24-2009, 09:14 PM	#27
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Yeah, I wasn't sure how much it'd be for shipping. I haven't sent a package in a while! How about 2-3 addresses per dozen, so that if the recipient really likes the cookie they'll be able to have a second serving?

01-25-2009, 12:13 PM	#28
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Has anyone ever managed to mail cookies that didn't arrive as crumbs? I've had bad luck with this. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

01-25-2009, 01:42 PM	#29
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Cookies posted from Abroad may be stale on arrival __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

01-25-2009, 01:50 PM	#30
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I'd be tempted if it wasn't for the overseas thang. Also, I'm not sposed to be eating cookies (biscuits). Please include descriptions and photos in this experiment so we can participate too!

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