My roommate the cookie monster…
So last week I was invited to a cookie exchange. That’s where you bring a plate of cookies, everyone drinks lots of egg nog (spiked) and everyone goes home with an assortment of not-eaten-while-drinking-egg-nog-cookies.
I am not the best baker in the world, but I do enjoy messing in the kitchen now and again. I am a HUGE fan of peanut butter–and chocolate–so I purchased some peanut butter chips and semi-sweet chocolate chips to make a not-so-basic chocolate chip cookie. I was totally stoked!
I spent most of Friday evening in my kitchen meticulously measuring out ingredients, hand mixing with the greatest of care–and of course checking to make sure the batter tasted right. By the end of the evening, I had two dozen of the most beautiful chocolate chip and peanut butter chip cookies you had ever seen. I lovingly placed each one in a special cookie tin and went to bed with an immense sense of accomplishment.
%more%When I got up the next morning, I noticed the tin had moved several feet from the kitchen table to the kitchen counter. “That’s odd,” I thought. I went to the tin and opened it up–only to find about 8 cookies left!!!! My BLOODY ROOMMATE decided to take it upon himself to sample my baked goods! HOW DARE HE?!?! I had less than 2 hours until the cookie exchange and I had 8?! 8???! 8!!! cookies left! I frantically started baking oatmeal raisin cookies. I had no chips left! I was SO mad at him. I couldn’t believe it. (And this was less than a week after he drank myt bottle of wine that was meant to be a present to my partner’s parents!)
So yesterday I found out he was baking for his office party today. He makes decent cookies. They were lovingly arranged in a special cookie tin. BUT, like a good roommate, I did not sample any because he usually leaves a few behind for me. But did he this time? NO! What a jerk! I really wish that I hid his tin of cookies!
At the end of the day, I suppose I can feel like a better person. I didn’t seek revenge–and my waistline will stay slim–
But they were chocolate chip!
