Puester wrote:

>
> That's an old recipe from the 60's that is called "7 Layer Bars"
> or "Hello Dolly Bars" and the original recipe most definitely has a
> layer of coconut.

That's exactly what he called them -- 7 Layer Cookies.

>
> I suspect your co-worker had someone else make the cookies for him and
> lied about the coconut because he didn't want to admit it, really didn't
> know, and felt threatened when challenged.
>

Well, no, I don't think so. If you were here and if you knew him well,
I think you'd agree that if he says there's no coconut, then there's no
coconut. Here, I'll take a bite of one ... and chew ... and now ....
OK ... whatever it is I'm chewing really doesn't taste like coconut.
This ingredient actually has no distinctive taste at all -- it just has
the consistency of little bits of coconut.

I had sort of expected some experienced cook to tell me that Eagle
Brand precipitates little flakes when it's heated in a catalyst of
Graham cracker crumbs -- or something scientific like that. I don't
know. I wish you could taste the cookies. You'd say, I think, "well
.... whatever that is doesn't taste like coconut but it sure does chew
like coconut." Yep, I think that's what you'd say.

Bill Anderson