I’m being lazy with today’s post – it isn’t the usual well reasoned (or sometimes not so well reasoned) commentary on whatever strikes my fancy for the day. Instead a couple of photographs.
However, since the proverb says a picture is worth a thousand words, then this post is actually longer than usual.
My oatmeal cookies are pretty popular here. The impression I have is that most Germans have never had one before – they must be a North American thing. I’d share, but haven’t figured out how to get them to you while they are still fresh.
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Do they do shortbread cookies?
How about butter tarts? The tarts are supposedly a Canadian thing, so I’m guessing they might not…
…I’m with Mike by the way. I see you capitalizing on the weekend markets instead of just visiting.
I’m not a big cookie consumer, so I haven’t looked closely. I have seen the same Danish butter cookies we used to have in Canada. And yes, I think I saw some shortbread cookies. I don’t think there are butter tarts, but that would be a bakery thing, not a grocery store. There is a bakery on every corner here. Some do basic breadstuffs, others are more elaborate with amazing cakes and cookies. At least they look amazing, I don’t eat many sweets.
I don’t think I would want to get into commercial baking, especially with only one baking sheet. Germany is renowned for its paperwork, I can only imagine the hoops I would have to jump through to sell a cookie. And getting people to try them isn’t easy – my Candy Cane cookies at Christmas were looked at with great suspicion by people who had never seen anything like them before.
“…picture is worth a thousand words, then this post is actually longer than usual.” Groaner!
Maybe you can sell oatmeal cookies at all those weekend fairs you attended