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Espresso with the best Chocolate Chip Cookies in the cosmos, made by and sent by my mother.
I, not my mother, made the espresso, by the way.
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looks very yummy! I prefer my cookies with ice-cold milk, but to each his own…
I prefer warm Ovaltine; a classic, timeless tradition.
Phil
Those cookies look beautiful. What is the secret I wonder to sending them by post such that they arrive looking as perfect as coming out of the oven? Once I tried to send a batch to my brother but alas they reached their destination in smithereens.
Aww, that is so sweet, Fr. Z! Your mom must be so very proud of you. Christmas blessings to you, with gratitude!
Benedetta, Layers of bubble wrap? Tissue paper? Is there an angel for protection of mailed cookies?
I am very glad she did not try to mail you the espresso. Chocolate chip cookies are indeed a delight.
By sheer coincidence, my daughter is just pulling the last of a batch of chocolate chip cookies out of the oven under my supervision.
There is an engagement in her future, and therefore some intensive instruction in cooking is taking place. She has been my able assistant for years, but it’s different to take the lead.
Thanks for the tip, Banjo Girl!
AmericanMother, may your daughter enjoy many years of Christmas cookie baking!
Fr. Z., can your mother temporarily adopt my wife and I long enough to send us some cookies? We need something to go with our Mystic Monk coffee. Thanks.
Sorry to disagree but it is MY mother who makes the best chocolate chip cookies in the world.
ALong with the best peach cobbler, best peanut brittle, best chocolate pie, best cinammon rolls, best roast beef and gravy, best caramel pie, and best strawberry shortcake. Among other things.
ttucker: No. The cosmos is on my side in the case of the Chocolate Chip Cookies. The other things, especially the baked items, I will not take a stand on except, perhaps the Chocolate Pie.
They look like tasty cookies. It looks like she used the Toll House recipe.
Yummy! Nothing says “My son the priest – such a good boy – I’m so proud of him but if I tell him he gets the swelled head and then he can’t hear confessions so good” like cookies from Mother.
It is a truism, I think in an ontological way, that our mother’s cookies, in essence, are always the best in our eyes. This struck me between the brow, and brought back memories for me, as my mother is gone now, and God willing, enjoying her eternal reward.
Thanks for spurring some great memories.
Ed
Yes espresso is the only way to have coffee, maybe a little bit machiatto.
Someone on food-tv said that the exact melting point of chocolate is 98.6 degrees… another gift to us from the tender Heart of our Lord!
Does Mystic Monk produce espresso coffee? What kind of machine does Fr. Zed use? Inquiring minds want to know!
Wow, Father Z, it is hard to imagine your mum. It is hard to imagine you as a little kid. The cookies in the photo indicate an excellent mum….
When I first saw the picture I thought you were having a nice porter with your cookies!
I never thought a liturgical blog would make me hungry. I hope you have enough to share.
pbewig says:
I prefer warm Ovaltine; a classic, timeless tradition.
Ovaltine is good period. Try just eating it by the spoon straight out of the jar.
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf says:
No. The cosmos is on my side in the case of the Chocolate Chip Cookies. The other things, especially the baked items, I will not take a stand on except, perhaps the Chocolate Pie.
Did you ever have them in Rome. There was a place in, I think, the Jewish Quarter that sold them.
robtbrown: Oh yes, I went there. It was just up from Giggetto near the Portico d’Ottavia. They were reputed to have very good Chocolate Chip Cookies. They were okay. Their Peanut Butter Cookies were far better. It was a bit of an oasis, however. Too bad the shop didn’t survive.
Benedetta: My parents discovered the protective virtues of reused Pringle tubes (for the appropriate gauge cookies) then packed next to each other snugly in a box.
Father Z.: And are you and your mother willing to reveal her recipe so that we may attempt pale imitations?
Father,
The cookies look delicious!!! I’d have them with some oolong tea.
Chocolate chip cookies: black and white. Obviously, a Dominican innovation. QED.
Once again I find that I must be counted as a member of the uncultured.
I can’t imagine anything besides very cold water or white milk with cc cookies.
Ovaltine, chocolate milk, or coffee would not go well.
I have never had espressso, but I can’t see it going so well either.
Like I said I am uncultured I suppose.
The cookies look quite yummy. My wife just did a cookie exchange party. Most of them were ok, but the ladies all tried to be fancy this year. It’s hard to beat good old chocolate chip.
You are a lucky guy Father Z. I always miss my parents, but especially at this time of year. My mom would make fudge (with black walnuts), pumpkin pie, banana pudding, cherry yum-yum, and her great lemom pound cake. No wonder we all got fatter around Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Mmmm chocolate-chip biscuits dunked in English Breakfast tea.
“anj says:
Does Mystic Monk produce espresso coffee? What kind of machine does Fr. Zed use? Inquiring minds want to know!”
I agree, how did you get such a nice bit of crema?
Those cookies look mighty yummy. You are one lucky boy, Father Z. Merry Christmas blessings to you and your mother. Tom
Oooo, those chocolate chip cookies are making me hungry, Father Z!
Your mom is blessed to have such a son as you.
‘MARY CHRIST-MASS’ [to use the favorite saying of a traditional priest I once met] to you and to your mom!
You got your ‘culinary genes’ from her, that’s for sure!
Father Z:
What the best espresso in Rome? For me, so far: Tazza d’Oro, via degli Orfani, 84 (at the Pantheon). You’ve come to Castle Corbenic, you’ve made it to the mystical city of Sarras, you’ve found The Holy Grail. And the altar … I mean the bar, is long enough so that you can get to the rail soon enough.