> schreef in bericht
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> Puester wrote:
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>> 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.

How about grated carrot?
>
> 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
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