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Lorna Doone Cookies

Are these still popular with today's youth?

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by Anonymousreply 71June 20, 2020 12:43 AM

No. I don’t think so

by Anonymousreply 1May 24, 2020 9:59 PM

Were they molested?

by Anonymousreply 2May 24, 2020 10:01 PM

I can taste them in my mouth. Gross

by Anonymousreply 3May 24, 2020 10:10 PM

Those are the cookies they LET you have when you're a hospital patient. Sweet, crunchy, bland - and nothing else.

by Anonymousreply 4May 24, 2020 10:13 PM

I'm not sure that shortbread was ever popular with the kiddies but Trefoil shortbreads are still one of the Girl Scouts' bestsellers.

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by Anonymousreply 5May 24, 2020 10:15 PM

Smell them!

by Anonymousreply 6May 24, 2020 10:16 PM

Is Lorna Doone the cookie equivalent of Werther’s Original?

by Anonymousreply 7May 24, 2020 10:21 PM

Yes, I just bought a box today. I’m 51 so don’t know if I qualify as a member of today’s youth. But I pass for 26.

by Anonymousreply 8May 24, 2020 10:23 PM

Never heard of them.

by Anonymousreply 9May 24, 2020 10:24 PM

I prefer Lorna Luft cookies.

by Anonymousreply 10May 24, 2020 10:24 PM

I think they're great as a neutral cookie, like water crackers are to crackers. The topping becomes the feature. Nutella, jam, cream cheese, fresh fruit, etc.

by Anonymousreply 11May 24, 2020 10:25 PM

I can’t imagine these ever being popular with youths considering the old lady packaging design.

by Anonymousreply 12May 24, 2020 10:26 PM

[quote]Are these still popular with today's youth?

They weren't even popular with the youth of the 1920s.

by Anonymousreply 13May 24, 2020 10:31 PM

They're really popular over on the Let's Be an Antique Mall thread...

by Anonymousreply 14May 24, 2020 10:31 PM

I need to frost mine with something creamy and sweet

by Anonymousreply 15May 24, 2020 10:32 PM

Are these the cookies that only appear for one day every hundred years?

by Anonymousreply 16May 24, 2020 10:37 PM

My grandmother would give me a couple of these in a little glass of milk to eat with a spoon. ADORED it -probably wouldn’t now. Have never seen a child eat them since.

by Anonymousreply 17May 24, 2020 10:48 PM

They are two boxes for the price of one at CVS this week

Ya-UM

by Anonymousreply 18May 24, 2020 11:07 PM

My brother called them "sand cookies" but I liked them.

by Anonymousreply 19May 24, 2020 11:12 PM

r19 Is your brother French? The French call this type of cookie SABLE, which means 'sandy.' You can't find a simpler cookie: a fat + a sugar + a flour = good eats.

I buy them occasionally, they are good paired with juicy berries, such as blackberries or strawberries. Nice with tea or cocoa, less so with coffee.

by Anonymousreply 20May 24, 2020 11:46 PM

I prefer Stella D’oro breakfast treats

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by Anonymousreply 21May 24, 2020 11:57 PM

It's a pity. They could be good, but are made of crap ingredients.

by Anonymousreply 22May 25, 2020 12:37 AM

Everyone eats them in France and Switzerland and probably many countries. They are made with good flour and butter. The butter is not rancid like the Walkers sold in USA. The latter seem to be specially made of rancid butter for the cartons shipped to USA.

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by Anonymousreply 23May 25, 2020 12:41 AM

We're getting them back with our chlorinated chicken through Brexit, though! Huzzah!

by Anonymousreply 24May 25, 2020 12:50 AM

New England WASPs love to offer half a Lorna Doone with a thimbleful of Old Sack Sherry as a delicious snack to famished guests.

by Anonymousreply 25May 25, 2020 12:59 AM

I liked Lorna Doones as a kid. The MOST boring cookie EVA was Nilla Wafers.

by Anonymousreply 26May 25, 2020 1:04 AM

LDs be lit yo

by Anonymousreply 27May 25, 2020 1:05 AM

I love to put prune yogurt between two of them and eat them slowly while thinking of my late wife Agnes.

by Anonymousreply 28May 25, 2020 1:10 AM

My WASP grandmother would offer us Nilla Wafers, when we were kids. I would have killed for Lorna Doone’s.

by Anonymousreply 29May 25, 2020 1:10 AM

I used to love Lorna Doones, but haven't had them in many many years. Didn't know they still made them.

by Anonymousreply 30May 25, 2020 1:16 AM

Will there be a rebranding movie tie in launching them as Lorna Dunes?

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by Anonymousreply 31May 25, 2020 1:22 AM

I love shortbread cookies, but they have to be made with butter, unlike LDs. The only thing I might consider using them for is as a crust base (instead of graham crackers) for a pie or bar cookies. Although I think Nilla wafers would be preferable for that purpose.

by Anonymousreply 32May 25, 2020 2:58 AM

One of the characters in the novel CROWNED HEADS is named Lorna Doone. She first got boys in grade school interested in her by keeping a box of the cookies on her desk.

She’s an aging, down on her luck B movie star who goes to Mexico on vacation, and gets obsessed with a study, native hotel employee.

The movie FEDORA (1978) is based on a different section of the book.

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by Anonymousreply 33May 26, 2020 5:39 AM

How are the Pepperidge Farm Chessmen cookies? I like shortbread cookies.

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by Anonymousreply 34May 26, 2020 6:30 AM

The best supermarket shortbread cookies I was served had a blue (?) windmill on the packaging. But they were squiggly; they did not LOOK like windmills.

This was QUITE a while ago.

by Anonymousreply 35May 26, 2020 6:41 AM

I usually stick to Walker’s if I’m buying shortbread. Much better than Lorna Doone’s.

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by Anonymousreply 36May 26, 2020 9:39 AM

Walkers and the Chessman lack the smooth, buttery taste of the Lornas.

by Anonymousreply 37May 26, 2020 9:45 AM

*Chessmen, sorry.

by Anonymousreply 38May 26, 2020 9:46 AM

Dean’s of Huntly is the best.

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by Anonymousreply 39May 26, 2020 10:01 AM

R37. Seriously??? Walkers is just made from flour, butter, sugar, and salt. Lorna Doone’s have no butter, and the ingredients are like a chemistry experiment.

by Anonymousreply 40May 26, 2020 10:02 AM

I prefer the more exciting Liza Doone cookies.

by Anonymousreply 41May 26, 2020 10:05 AM

When I was in the "hospital" one of our afternoon snacks was Lorna Doones and Guida's chocolate milk.

by Anonymousreply 42May 26, 2020 10:12 AM

Liza Doone Ingredients:

Enriched Quaalade Flour, Schoybean Oil, Distilled Ethanol, Partially Honorary Tony Oil, Michael York, Schalt, Gay Husband Cum Syrup, Cocaine, Schoy Lecithin (E-mama-fier), Artificial Hip Flavor

by Anonymousreply 43May 26, 2020 10:19 AM

^^^ Mmmmm. Tasty, R43!

by Anonymousreply 44May 26, 2020 2:26 PM

😭.

by Anonymousreply 45May 26, 2020 2:51 PM

Shortbread cookies with butter are BUTTER cookies.

by Anonymousreply 46May 27, 2020 12:55 AM

Today's youth? How old are you, Gramps?

by Anonymousreply 47May 27, 2020 1:04 AM

I’ve never had them. Are they better than Salerno?

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by Anonymousreply 48May 27, 2020 2:01 AM

I never thought much of Lorna Doones. My preferred shortbread cookie is Pecan Sandies.

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by Anonymousreply 49May 27, 2020 2:07 AM

Will every Pepperidge Farm cookie want their own thread after this one?

by Anonymousreply 50May 27, 2020 2:20 AM

Idk, about today’s youth. Or even the youngsters, as Ed Sullivan would describe teenagers tuning in to see their rock and roll idols.

by Anonymousreply 51May 27, 2020 2:27 AM

Love Lorna Doone AND Social Tea cookies.

by Anonymousreply 52May 27, 2020 2:40 AM

I'm 50 and I never heard of them.

by Anonymousreply 53May 27, 2020 3:34 AM

Are the cookies supposed to have some tie in with the book?

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by Anonymousreply 54May 27, 2020 3:41 AM
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by Anonymousreply 55May 27, 2020 3:43 AM

R15 my jizz is available

by Anonymousreply 56May 27, 2020 4:32 AM

Those are real gay cookies.

by Anonymousreply 57May 27, 2020 4:41 AM

Never heard of them, but they look like something that would be popular in Australia.

by Anonymousreply 58May 27, 2020 4:48 AM

Boxing Day sounds like a perfect time to eat Lorna Doones

by Anonymousreply 59May 27, 2020 5:04 AM

We endorse Lorna Doone Shortbreads!

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by Anonymousreply 60May 27, 2020 5:38 AM

Ugh, even before I spotted Mitt, the first thing that came to mind was “Damn Mormons!” How is it that even in a simple family picture they ooze Mormoness and what exactly is it, the smug self righteousness? “We don’t drink or swear, we don’t rat our hair, we get ill from one cigarette and we don’t imbibe in the devil’s caffeine!” If these cookies are their favorites, them I’m all for them meeting a speedy end.

by Anonymousreply 61May 27, 2020 5:51 AM

This is my best thread ever

by Anonymousreply 62May 27, 2020 6:13 AM

I want a shortbread cookie now.

Or 12.

by Anonymousreply 63May 27, 2020 6:32 AM

For all their chemical makeup, I still like Lorna Doone cookies, although mainly as a last resort if such were needed. Pepperidge Farm has a new butter shortbread cookie out called "Dublin" and those are pretty tasty. For R34, I think Chessmen are worth buying at least once if you can to see what you think. They beat the shit out of Milano, that's for sure.

by Anonymousreply 64May 27, 2020 6:34 AM

Michelle Duggar (far left), mother of 19, seems to inject creativity into her hair stylings. No, she's not Mormon; she's Independent Baptist. However, the point stands that a Godly woman can bear children in quick and constant succession and also pay attention to her looks and her hair.

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by Anonymousreply 65May 27, 2020 7:51 AM

Me and My Shadows: My Life with Pepperidge Farm

by Anonymousreply 66May 27, 2020 9:14 AM

The blonde Romney really lost out in the looks department.

by Anonymousreply 67May 27, 2020 9:15 AM

What do the Romneys have to do with these polyester cookies?

by Anonymousreply 68May 27, 2020 9:56 AM

Lorna

Doone

Shortbreads

by Anonymousreply 69May 27, 2020 10:28 AM

Veddy veddy strange

by Anonymousreply 70May 27, 2020 11:32 AM

I like them better because they aren't buttery, though I like the butter ones too.

by Anonymousreply 71June 20, 2020 12:43 AM
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