• actionjbone@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    They are very pretty. Someone clearly went through a lot of effort to make them look that nice.

    If it brought them joy, great. But it won’t give me extra joy to eat ones that look like that.

    So, to me, it’s about whether the baker thought it was worth their time.

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      3 months ago

      It’s all about the artwork. The biscuits are merely the canvas, which is how I’d suspect it would taste. They’re literally too pretty to eat. A feast for the eyes!

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        3 months ago

        Indeed, I was at a wedding this weekend with (very high-effort) personalized cookies. No one ate them after the first few were left on plates with one bite taken from them. Sad.

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          3 months ago

          I bet they were lovely décor though. You wouldn’t expect to eat your place cards.

          Even if they started out as good cookies, the time necessary to do elaborate art on so many, transport, and have them in place at the tables, would ensure they’re stale.

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            3 months ago

            Well, in this case, it was the sugar/flour ratio that doomed it. The ratio was 1g sugar/1kg flour. There was no discernible fat used to make them. They were…sawdusty…

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    3 months ago

    Unless they were clearly labelled, I wouldn’t even realise these were edible - they look amazing. I would never seek them out to eat them, but would absolutely try one if offered.

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    3 months ago

    I’ll be honest, it makes me assume the taste has been sacrificed in favour of the looks, same as the overly fancy cakes with the excessive fondant. They might actually be delicious but that’s where my brain goes.

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      3 months ago

      Zactly. Tastiest things I’ve ever eaten have been grey uniform rectangular blobs. Anything else is just bougie

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    3 months ago

    Eh, it depends. I like to bite through a fondant to the crispy cookie biscuit beneath, but I find that the fondant (or icing) often softens the substrate beneath it within a few hours. In my opinion, those sorts must be eaten the same day they’re made. The morning after, at the latest.

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    3 months ago

    Pretty much all the time awful, way too much icing and then a underwhelming biscuit underneath. Made for those who only care about sweetness and not flavour.

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    2 months ago

    They usually sacrifice the taste, I’d rather eat simple looking biscuits

    But they look cute