Kassia Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 (edited) DH and I were talking about sandwich cookies and were wondering how most people eat them. Edited December 3, 2022 by Kassia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 You need an 'other'. I sometimes open an Oreo. Sometimes I eat one intact. I *never* open a maple cream sandwich cookie (my preferred sandwich cookie.) 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 If I have 3 I generally open 1 or 2 and bite the other one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Both or either. Depends on the cookie and my mood 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
math teacher Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 22 minutes ago, gardenmom5 said: You need an 'other'. I sometimes open an Oreo. Sometimes I eat one intact. I *never* open a maple cream sandwich cookie (my preferred sandwich cookie.) I've never heard of a maple cream sandwich cookie, but it sounds delicious!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 27 minutes ago, gardenmom5 said: You need an 'other'. I sometimes open an Oreo. Sometimes I eat one intact. I *never* open a maple cream sandwich cookie (my preferred sandwich cookie.) I added "other" - thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 This is fascinating to me. DH and I both agree (and we never agree on anything) that absolutely everyone opens the cookies and no one would ever eat them whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 I voted other. I couldn't say which I do more often, but sometimes I open them up, and sometimes I don't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebcoola Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Another who does both or sometimes I open 2 make the cream bigger put back together and than eat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena1277 Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 I eat them whole. I love the inside part, but the dry, crunchy cookie part is yuck by itself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 If it's an Oreo (back in the day when I could have gluten), I would open it up and scrape out all that nasty white stuff so I could enjoy the chocolate cookies properly. If it's any other sandwich cookie--especially macarons--everything stays together in a gorgeous marriage of flavors and textures. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Like a sandwich. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 1 minute ago, Harriet Vane said: If it's an Oreo (back in the day when I could have gluten), I would open it up and scrape out all that nasty white stuff so I could enjoy the chocolate cookies properly. If it's any other sandwich cookie--especially macarons--everything stays together in a gorgeous marriage of flavors and textures. There are GF Oreos! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dianthus Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) I always scrape the white out of oreos too. I don't eat many other sandwich cookies. Eta, i dont eat many oreos either... Edited December 3, 2022 by Dianthus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 2 hours ago, Kassia said: I added "other" - thanks! Could we add: "That Guy" as a polling option? I mean, I'm an adventurous eater and all....but with Oreos and whatnot, I'm afraid you found my limits Bill 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teaching3bears Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 2 hours ago, athena1277 said: I eat them whole. I love the inside part, but the dry, crunchy cookie part is yuck by itself. We should get together! I love the cookie but could pass on the inside part. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234 Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 When I eat Oreo’s, I eat them whole after I’ve dipped them in almond milk. I pretty much never eat cookies but when I do, milk is involved and they are dipped. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234 Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 2 hours ago, Harriet Vane said: If it's an Oreo (back in the day when I could have gluten), I would open it up and scrape out all that nasty white stuff so I could enjoy the chocolate cookies properly. If it's any other sandwich cookie--especially macarons--everything stays together in a gorgeous marriage of flavors and textures. So, I guess I eat cookies more frequently than I thought. I love macarons and have a local place that is amazing. For some reason though I just didn’t think of them as cookies. It’s like they are in their own separate category. They are eaten like a sandwich and never taken apart or dipped. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emba Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 I usually open one Oreo and eat the middle, then eat the cookie part, but then I’ll eat subsequent ones whole. That sounds like I eat a lot more Oreos than I do, though. most other sandwich cookies I eat whole, but I pry the top and bottom layers off of sugar wafers, and eat the them separately from the middle layer with the filling stuck to it. If I’m in public with people I don’t know well, I don’t play with my food nearly as much, though, and am much more likely to just eat it all whole. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnwife Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 3 hours ago, Kassia said: This is fascinating to me. DH and I both agree (and we never agree on anything) that absolutely everyone opens the cookies and no one would ever eat them whole. See, this is fascinating to me because I am the opposite. I truly thought opening them up was just something done in commercials/shows because who in their right mind would commit such a crime? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelydon Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 I never open cookies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, fraidycat said: There are GF Oreos! I like GF Oreos better than regular Oreos. And I am another who scrapes most of the filling off (and discards it) before eating. I only like the cookie part. Edited December 3, 2022 by maize 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelfqueen Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 4 hours ago, Kassia said: This is fascinating to me. DH and I both agree (and we never agree on anything) that absolutely everyone opens the cookies and no one would ever eat them whole. I never open cookies. Always eat them whole. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 59 minutes ago, Joker2 said: So, I guess I eat cookies more frequently than I thought. I love macarons and have a local place that is amazing. For some reason though I just didn’t think of them as cookies. It’s like they are in their own separate category. They are eaten like a sandwich and never taken apart or dipped. Yes, macarons truly deserve their own separate category. So pillowy and such gorgeous flavor. And I agree--taking them apart or dipping would be a desecration. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 5 hours ago, math teacher said: I've never heard of a maple cream sandwich cookie, but it sounds delicious!! Canadian. You can get all kinds of "Maple" things in Canada. We also have maple cream cookies in our local grocery stores. But, it's three hours to Vancouver. We were in Waterton last summer and I got some Maple fudge . . . I need to make some . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 2 hours ago, gardenmom5 said: Canadian. You can get all kinds of "Maple" things in Canada. We also have maple cream cookies in our local grocery stores. But, it's three hours to Vancouver. We were in Waterton last summer and I got some Maple fudge . . . I need to make some . . I live in OH in an area that is big on maple syrup production and we have all things maple here too (including the cookies). We have a huge maple festival each year, a Maple Elementary school, maple roads, businesses named Maple ____, etc. There's a store here with all maple products - creams, sugars, candy, popcorn, jerky, cookies, syrup (obviously), seasonings, ice cream...pretty much anything you can think of that they can flavor with maple! And those cookies are delicious. But...always opened and never whole! 😛 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 I hardly ever eat them, but if I do I eat them whole. When I was a child I was spanked for opening them. It was considered the height of bad manners 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 12 minutes ago, Melissa in Australia said: I hardly ever eat them, but if I do I eat them whole. When I was a child I was spanked for opening them. It was considered the height of bad manners Oh wow, I'm sorry. 😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 7 hours ago, Kassia said: I live in OH in an area that is big on maple syrup production and we have all things maple here too (including the cookies). We have a huge maple festival each year, a Maple Elementary school, maple roads, businesses named Maple ____, etc. There's a store here with all maple products - creams, sugars, candy, popcorn, jerky, cookies, syrup (obviously), seasonings, ice cream...pretty much anything you can think of that they can flavor with maple! And those cookies are delicious. But...always opened and never whole! 😛 The person to whom I was responding wasn't familiar with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 25 minutes ago, gardenmom5 said: The person to whom I was responding wasn't familiar with them. I'm sorry if I went on too long about maple products! I guess I just got too enthusiastic about maple since it's such a big deal where I live. I apologize if what I said was inappropriate or inconsiderate in any way. ❤️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 I chose other because I do both depending on what the flavor is, where I am, who I’m with and any number of other rationalizations I come up with in the millisecond it takes to make the decision. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Do adults really eat like little piggies. I have a mental image of people sitting down for a cup of tea and biscuits(your cookies I guess) ripping them opened and licking out the icing. Do they do the same if they are served a piece of cake? Lick the frosting off first. I have to say that I am culturally shocked 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 11 hours ago, Kassia said: Oh wow, I'm sorry. 😞 Nothing to be sorry about. My generation was taught manners by being spanked I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, Melissa in Australia said: Do adults really eat like little piggies. I have a mental image of people sitting down for a cup of tea and biscuits(your cookies I guess) ripping them opened and licking out the icing. Do they do the same if they are served a piece of cake? Lick the frosting off first. I have to say that I am culturally shocked Good point. I wouldn't do that in public! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 As a kid, opening Oreos first was a requirement. As an adult, I just eat them whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 I eat them without opening, but ONLY when dipped in milk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakersDozen Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 I take two cookies, open both, set aside the two pieces with the most filling, eat the other two with the least filling/plain, then put the two most-filled halves back together and eat that whole. The logic is that I take two cookies but, in my mind, actually eat 3. It works for me. 🙂 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2scouts Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 22 hours ago, Melissa in Australia said: Do adults really eat like little piggies. I have a mental image of people sitting down for a cup of tea and biscuits(your cookies I guess) ripping them opened and licking out the icing. Do they do the same if they are served a piece of cake? Lick the frosting off first. I have to say that I am culturally shocked Yes, yes we do!🤣 Life (and cookies) should be enjoyed (at least at home). 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2scouts Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 On 12/3/2022 at 3:24 AM, Kassia said: I live in OH in an area that is big on maple syrup production and we have all things maple here too (including the cookies). We have a huge maple festival each year, a Maple Elementary school, maple roads, businesses named Maple ____, etc. There's a store here with all maple products - creams, sugars, candy, popcorn, jerky, cookies, syrup (obviously), seasonings, ice cream...pretty much anything you can think of that they can flavor with maple! And those cookies are delicious. But...always opened and never whole! 😛 I'm pretty sure I know what community you are talking about and you live *very* close to one of my adult children. It also reminded me that dd wants some maple candy in her stocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, mom2scouts said: I'm pretty sure I know what community you are talking about and you live *very* close to one of my adult children. It also reminded me that dd wants some maple candy in her stocking. I'm pretty sure I know where you live too (big fire recently?) or I could be getting you mixed up with someone else. Maple candy - yum! Great stocking stuffer. I should get some for my adult kids. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 On 12/2/2022 at 7:04 PM, math teacher said: I've never heard of a maple cream sandwich cookie, but it sounds delicious!! If you have Aldi and Trader Joe's near you, they sometimes have them. At least, they do here in SE PA. I usually buy one box a year. This year, my son and I agreed that the Aldi version is too sweet - the flavor is just sweet, not very mapley at all. I don't know if the cookies changed, or we did. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emba Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 On 12/3/2022 at 2:53 PM, Melissa in Australia said: Do adults really eat like little piggies. I have a mental image of people sitting down for a cup of tea and biscuits(your cookies I guess) ripping them opened and licking out the icing. Do they do the same if they are served a piece of cake? Lick the frosting off first. I have to say that I am culturally shocked Like I said, I totally do if I’m by myself or close friends/family but not so much in front of others. I do not lick the icing off of cake, though. That is a step too far. 😁 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 On 12/3/2022 at 3:53 PM, Melissa in Australia said: Do adults really eat like little piggies. I have a mental image of people sitting down for a cup of tea and biscuits(your cookies I guess) ripping them opened and licking out the icing. Do they do the same if they are served a piece of cake? Lick the frosting off first. I have to say that I am culturally shocked It's totally an American thing, and yes, very common for Oreos. Not so common with other sandwich cookies, in my experience. As far as cake goes, I have seen people lick the frosting off a cupcake in a more casual, just-us-friends setting. At a dinner party, though, cake is eaten with a fork. Personally I am not a big fan of frosting and I eat it WITH the cake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 On 12/3/2022 at 3:53 PM, Melissa in Australia said: Do adults really eat like little piggies. I have a mental image of people sitting down for a cup of tea and biscuits(your cookies I guess) ripping them opened and licking out the icing. Do they do the same if they are served a piece of cake? Lick the frosting off first. I have to say that I am culturally shocked I must say, we Americans can be very uncouth when it comes to desserts. It’s a holdover habit from childhood. Oreo runs entire advertising campaigns based on taking apart their cookies to eat. Probably how we all got the idea in the first place! The setting does matter - taking apart the cookie is something I only do at home with family and only very very close friends. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 18 minutes ago, TechWife said: I must say, we Americans can be very uncouth when it comes to desserts. It’s a holdover habit from childhood. Oreo runs entire advertising campaigns based on taking apart their cookies to eat. Probably how we all got the idea in the first place! The setting does matter - taking apart the cookie is something I only do at home with family and only very very close friends. Such memories! 😍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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