Comments on: Oreos in China and the Wafer/Cakey Cookie Divide http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/05/oreos-in-china-and-the-wafercakey-cookie-divide.html A Historian's Take on Food and Food Politics Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:53:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Adam Balic http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/05/oreos-in-china-and-the-wafercakey-cookie-divide.html/comment-page-1#comment-648 Adam Balic Tue, 06 May 2008 06:26:28 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/?p=315#comment-648 "Cookie" from the Dutch "koekje" for "little cake" for cakey-biscuits only rather then inclusive of wafer-biscuits? Any roll of the convents in Mexico with wafer-biscuits? In Europe the wafers at one point were used in a quasi-eucharistic manner from the medieval period onward, but wafers have also moved on from this religious back-ground. Would be interesting if the Mexican versions were closer to the medieval origin. “Cookie” from the Dutch “koekje” for “little cake” for cakey-biscuits only rather then inclusive of wafer-biscuits?

Any roll of the convents in Mexico with wafer-biscuits? In Europe the wafers at one point were used in a quasi-eucharistic manner from the medieval period onward, but wafers have also moved on from this religious back-ground. Would be interesting if the Mexican versions were closer to the medieval origin.

]]> By: rajagopal sukumar http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/05/oreos-in-china-and-the-wafercakey-cookie-divide.html/comment-page-1#comment-647 rajagopal sukumar Tue, 06 May 2008 04:53:39 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/?p=315#comment-647 India is mostly a country of what we call "Biscuits". These are hardened cookies - the closest description i could attempt. Brittannia and others cell gargantuan quantities of these biscuits in India. People have these with coffee, tea, anytime they are hungry and there are a gazillion varieties available. Cookies are also starting to make a splash recently, thanks to a company called Cookie Man which sells individually packaged, fresh, soft cookies. They are really good. India is mostly a country of what we call “Biscuits”. These are hardened cookies - the closest description i could attempt. Brittannia and others cell gargantuan quantities of these biscuits in India. People have these with coffee, tea, anytime they are hungry and there are a gazillion varieties available. Cookies are also starting to make a splash recently, thanks to a company called Cookie Man which sells individually packaged, fresh, soft cookies. They are really good.

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