What would you like with Tea/Coffee/whatever?

[stinybean]

@hazeldublin your muffin reminds me of a Danish.


I wouldn't mind that with a cup of coffee. But I would also love some rainbow cookies.

[erbear]

I don't discriminate against sweets.

[Widget123]

I gladly take any and all deserts. I hope you don't mind a detour from pastries a bit, since we are being "cultural", one of my favorite treats is mochi ice cream balls. If you aren't familiar with it, it is pounded sticky rice (forms a dough) wrapped balls of ice cream.

[Widget123]

May 24, 2016 7:04:31 GMT -5 @hazeldublin said:

Widget123 is it a Japanese desert? I had something similar in a sushi place before but it wasn't ice cream.

Yes. There are a variety of Asian deserts that come in ball form, with different types of filling.  One of the more popular ones in Chinese restaurants is sesame seed balls.

[Widget123]

Looks delicious @hazeldublin!

[alayne926]

May 24, 2016 7:40:35 GMT -5 Kristykristyleelee said:

So whenever I enjoy a 'cuppa', it's usually by itself. (Does coffee count as a cuppa, or only tea?)

Either way, if I eat a pastry, danish, donut, etc, it's on it's own and not with my hot beverage.

This for me too.

[mrsmonogrammed]

Don't like coffee or tea, but give me all the lemon flavored sweets!

[jillywilly]

I'll take anything sweet. Since I'm at the beach now, I just enjoyed some yummy fudge with my cuppa water, if that counts. But in general, a slice of cake or some cookies are my faves.

[purple]

I like cake, biscuits, scones, pastries... anything sweet really. I've been comfort eating far too much in the last couple of weeks, but I really don't care.

Joolschweets, @badwolf321, jammy dodgers are evil. They're made with raspberry flavour plum jam. My parents used to think I got overexcited and worked up at kiddy birthday parties and that was why I always threw up. No, it was because that was the only context in which I ate jammy dodgers and I was mad about them, and I'm allergic to plums.

mrsmonogrammed, have I identified another cultural difference? This thread has been about cakes, pastries and biscuits. Your comment about sweets looks like a non sequiter to me. Does the word "sweets" include cakes and things if you're American?

And yes, a cuppa can be tea, coffee, herbal or fruit tea, or even hot chocolate. When I say it, it never refers to coffee :-)

[purple]

May 24, 2016 11:16:43 GMT -5 @scoop said:

That looks delicious... but what's the butter for? Surely you wouldn't have butter with a fruity pastry like that?

[purple]

May 24, 2016 11:13:54 GMT -5 @badwolf321 said:

May 24, 2016 11:04:29 GMT -5 purple said:

I like cake, biscuits, scones, pastries... anything sweet really. I've been comfort eating far too much in the last couple of weeks, but I really don't care.

Joolschweets , @badwolf321 , jammy dodgers are evil. They're made with raspberry flavour plum jam. My parents used to think I got overexcited and worked up at kiddy birthday parties and that was why I always threw up. No, it was because that was the only context in which I ate jammy dodgers and I was mad about them, and I'm allergic to plums.

mrsmonogrammed , have I identified another cultural difference? This thread has been about cakes, pastries and biscuits. Your comment about sweets looks like a non sequiter to me. Does the word "sweets" include cakes and things if you're American?

And yes, a cuppa can be tea, coffee, herbal or fruit tea, or even hot chocolate. When I say it, it never refers to coffee :-)

You stop it with that blasphemy! RIGHT NOW

I don't think it's blasphemy when the wretched things made me ill many times as a child! I wouldn't mind if they were up front about the fact that they use plum jam, but it's hidden in the ingredients.

[tiffbot]

This thread made me eat one of my mom's delicious m&m peanut butter chip homemade cookies that she sent home with us yesterday. Not really morning food but it was worth it.

[tiffbot]

Ok two. I ate two.

[holliberry28]

I love a good chocolate chip cookie. With or without coffee.

[purple]

May 24, 2016 12:27:29 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

On a good day- coffee with a muffin.

On an okay day - lukewarm coffee.

On a horrible, go back to bed "I hate my life" day - cold coffee. Not iced. Just cold. These are also known as Mondays to some of you.

I'm pleased for you that today is Tuesday and hope your coffee is warm all week.

I am seriously in awe of mums of three or more young kids.

[carolyngrace]

I always hated the name digestives. What a terrible name for something good to eat.

[carolyngrace]

I could give up every other sweet in the world (candy, cookies, ice cream, cake) but never my pastries.

With my coffee I like muffins, Danish, toast, bagels, or coffee cake. In that order.

And I HATE when I forget to order coffee with dessert at a restaurant and then can't flag down a waiter. Worst.

[carolyngrace]

Never heard the expression "cuppa" in my life.

[blueskiessmiling]

FFTC: I ate an entire one of those Panera pastry rings myself over the course of a day and a half while pregnant. Each section you see is an individual serving size. I'm still impressed with myself. Those rings are to die for.

[carolyngrace]

May 24, 2016 19:05:12 GMT -5 blueskiessmiling said:

FFTC: I ate an entire one of those Panera pastry rings myself over the course of a day and a half while pregnant. Each section you see is an individual serving size. I'm still impressed with myself. Those rings are to die for.

Could not bring that thing into my house. But I've eaten a whole loaf of Italian bread in 2 days so nothing is safe.

[blueskiessmiling]

May 24, 2016 19:06:47 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

May 24, 2016 19:05:12 GMT -5 blueskiessmiling said:

FFTC: I ate an entire one of those Panera pastry rings myself over the course of a day and a half while pregnant. Each section you see is an individual serving size. I'm still impressed with myself. Those rings are to die for.

Could not bring that thing into my house. But I've eaten a whole loaf of Italian bread in 2 days so nothing is safe.

I was planning on taking it into work, then decided against it. I had SUCH a sweet tooth with my daughter's pregnancy.

[Deleted]

I'm noming banana bread with cream cheese with a cup of tea right now.

[sugarkissed]

I don't even want to read this thread because I'm in a binge eating mood.

Chocolate chip cookies, coffee or not. I eat these on a daily basis since my first pregnancy. I have a problem.

[stinybean]

May 24, 2016 6:43:56 GMT -5 @hazeldublin said:

stinybean Danishes come under the term pastries for me.

Rainbow cookies are a new one, they look amazing! But that pic to me is cake not cookies.

These recent threads are just so cultural guys!

Agreed a Danish is a pastry.

Rainbow cookies are essentially a three layer cake cut into cookie size pieces. To get your pregnant mouth watering, each layer of cake has jelly/jam in between (the best is when it's apricot, but sometimes it's raspberry) and then you have the thin layer of chocolate on either side. OMG! DELICIOUSNESS!

[sugarkissed]

May 25, 2016 7:51:05 GMT -5 Kristykristyleelee said:

May 24, 2016 22:46:32 GMT -5 sugarkissed said:

I don't even want to read this thread because I'm in a binge eating mood.

Chocolate chip cookies, coffee or not. I eat these on a daily basis since my first pregnancy. I have a problem.

homemade or store bought?

What's your go-to chocolate chip cookie?

Usually store bought because I'm lazy and my kid is afraid of the stand mixer. I don't know if they are the same down there, but Costco makes the best cookies here. I buy a big pack and throw them in the freezer so that I never run out.

[sugarkissed]

@scoop, Nobody said anything about self control. Why do you think that I go to the gym so often? Haha.