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Amy's avatar

Lol 😂 “Just A Dick”

Vance?! I ❤️ you, Ms Celia!!

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Kathy Starnick's avatar

On a plane and laughed out loud at "Just a Dick" Vance. Seat mates giving me side eye.

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Annette Nielsen's avatar

With all those cookies, perhaps we need to hold a bake sale to fund the national parks? Make Doug sit the bake sale table in front of the Capitol building all weekend! And remind him not to eat the profits!

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Celia Rivenbark's avatar

I sooooo wish I'd thought of that. Hilarious!!

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Jimmy Williams's avatar

Finally, cookies in a web article that I don’t think I’d mind, in fact I’m hungry!

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Carole Bellacera's avatar

JD (Just a Dick) Vance. 😂😂😂 before you mentioned they were sliced and bake cookies, I was thinking what a great opportunity to put a little seasoning of arsenic in them. Maybe serve them to the Dick In Chief.

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Celia Rivenbark's avatar

Carole is just kidding, Secret Service. Hahahahahaha!

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Carole Bellacera's avatar

Of course I was just kidding!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣☠️🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Amy's avatar

No, you weren’t but that’s ok with me! 😂

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Jeff Bartolino's avatar

Thank you for confirming what “JD” stands for. I always assumed that was the case, but it’s always nice to get validation from such an impeccable source.

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Susan Pflug's avatar

I'm hoping you get a comment from Doug himself reviewing your cookies.

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Celia Rivenbark's avatar

Wouldn't that be fun?? Clearly, he's never had really good chocolate chip cookies. I sliced and baked for years, til I grew tf up.

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SPW's avatar

Good column today Celia. Old Doug B. is just one of the many horrible 47 appointed. Coming from N. Dakota

First off and to be clear, Burgum is a dump truck of manure for his horrid decisions but for giving doge a helping hand. Our parks and outdoor spaces are wonderlands and everyone working in and for them do so out of their love of them. If we continue to allow this administration to gut and desecrate these, our soul’s jewels, we will be the losers. We as citizens may have to step up and volunteer in any capacity to keep them for our children and grandchildren. At this point, they may be the only things of value we have left for them.

As for Burgum’s frikkin cookies, I hope he chokes and sucks a few crumbs down into his lungs. It won’t kill him but it may cause him some long term issues.

That recipe looks delicious. I wish I could try it out. My late husband loved chocolate chip cookies.

By the way, I’m still looking for a really good bread pudding with a Bourbon sauce recipe. Anyone?

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Celia Rivenbark's avatar

I literally dreamed about bread pudding last night....

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SPW's avatar

Sooo, ok. Got the recipe?? Please. I want to be able to make this dessert for my adopted Hispanic family. I made rice pudding with Bourbon soaked raisins for our last big get together. There is as much rice eaten here as in the East I think so it was a hit. The bread pudding though would be new for them and I’m sure the Bourbon/butter sauce would only add to the celebration.

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Celia Rivenbark's avatar

I read about the rice pudding with bourbon raisins. Clever! Let me consult a couple of my better cookbooks...

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Celia Rivenbark's avatar

Emailed you one from Food.com that looks very basic but wonderful and does have a bourbon sauce, though I was surprised the bourbon wasn't cooked at all...

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Christy Jobe Carter's avatar

The whole Klan around trump is out of touch with reality. Ah and use Kosher salt in those cookies for a salty sweet taste! Love the column

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Celia Rivenbark's avatar

Yes! Salt is always a great idea

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Tim Gee's avatar

You left off weed from the ingredients. Surely it was just an oversight given the state of our 401Ks. What’s the amount that will augment the chocolate, not interfere with the chewy consistency, and yet still provide the state of mind that will allow us to chortle at the impending economic collapse?

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Celia Rivenbark's avatar

I wish I knew, Tim. Note that Trump's next planned disaster is 4/20. Hmmmm. I think he wants us all to "smoke a bowl."

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Tim Gee's avatar

Good plan, but I am blessed with COPD so to keep from hacking any remaining functional lobes, I should stick with edibles. I’ll run the question by Chef Data (ChatGPT) and get his opinion. 🙃

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Ed Buckner's avatar

reckless and out of touch--Trump admin's proud motto

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Celia Rivenbark's avatar

Since 2015.....

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