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My Little Eggy Friends …

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I’m so happy to see that you’re with me during my month of chocolate. For those of you that haven’t read my last post, I am attempting to post food made with chocolate for the entire month of February!

Today’s post, accomplishes a number of things. First of all, the little cookies you see above are in fact chocolate chip cookies so there’s my chocolate commitment fulfilled. Secondly, this is a Magazine Mondays post as the recipe for those chocolate chip cookies is one that I’d bookmarked awhile ago and finally got around to trying. And finally, I get to tell you about my little eggy friends.

It’s been awhile, but some of you may remember the Traveling Egg Meme. These sweet little creatures were created by Hannah of Bittersweet who gifted them to my sweetie Helene of Tartelette. Helene then decided that rather than keep them to herself, she’d share them with the world via a meme.

These little sweethearts travelled far and wide and made their way to my home last fall thanks to Peabody. Now the idea is to spend some quality time with the eggs and then send them back out into the world, to find a new home and to grace another family with their presence.

Just one problem. I didn’t want to give them up!

During our time together, I grew so attached.

We spent Christmas together.

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We played in the snow together.

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We read cookbooks together.

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We watched hockey together.

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We even baked together.

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And through it all, I secretly hoped that Hannah and Helene and everyone else would forget the eggs and forget that they were with me. I know. That’s so selfish. But this way my little friends would stay with me always and we would be so happy.

But after a few gentle reminders, I had to face the unhappy truth. It was time to send my little eggs back out into the world.

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We spent our final hours together baking these chocolate chip cookies from the May 2007 issue of Martha Stewart Living.

To the person who will soon be receiving my little eggy friends, enjoy them as much as I did!

Ciao!

29 Comments


02/4/08 at 9:30 pm

i love reading the tales of these world travelled eggs :-) so cute!


02/4/08 at 9:42 pm

I can see the little ones were treating like royalty! I knew they would be in good hands….and now they can explain to me “that hockey thing”!!


02/4/08 at 9:43 pm

So glad they still got to watch hockey…they love it!


02/4/08 at 10:21 pm

Aww, those eggs are the cutest idea ever…love ‘em!

Magazine Mondays is also an amazing idea!…too bad I didn’t read about this until just now, when I already posted my World Nutella Day recipe! I’m definitely up for joining you in the following weeks, though =)


02/5/08 at 3:31 am

Well, I’ve been wondering where those little eggy fellows were!! You were perfect to spend Christmas with I’m sure Ivonne.
Ok this is chocolate. And I’m always up for a chocolate chip cookie.


02/5/08 at 7:41 am

Cute eggies!
Delicious cookies1


02/5/08 at 8:24 am

Oh, this is just too cute! I was also wondering what had happened to those little eggs, and it’s a relief to know that they were simply spending an extended vacation with you. It looks like they all had a great time at least, so I’m happy that you enjoyed having them as guests, too.


02/5/08 at 8:34 am

The eggs are off on another adventure :) Just like our children we have given them wings now let them fly ;)…besides they would never want to leave if you are cooking with chocolate for the entire month of February. Get out while you still can little eggs :)


02/5/08 at 8:56 am

Aw, I haven’t seen the eggs pop up on a blog for a while. They are so adorable! Do they have their own blog?

I did all chocolate in my blog last February and fell in love with some of the recipes from the Nestle Chocolatier site. Slurp!


02/5/08 at 9:19 am

I’ve seen this recipe before, and I really want to try it. I like how you made tiny cookies. Happy chocolate month!


02/5/08 at 9:21 am

I wondered what happened to those eggs! Hee Hee, they are so cute, I would have wanted to keep them too.


02/5/08 at 9:27 am

I love those eggs! I’ve seen them on other blogs - such a cute idea! Glad you had such a good time with them :)


02/5/08 at 11:10 am

Those eggs are so cute. Would love to have them over for a visit :-)

clemmy

02/5/08 at 11:42 am

Ciao!I’m italian and you are so amazing!
but where are your recipes???
please let us know your secrets!!!
a fun of yours from san benedetto del tronto (marche region, along the adriatic see)


02/5/08 at 11:57 am

the cockles of my heart have been duly warmed.

Us vs. Food


02/5/08 at 12:14 pm

Are they duck eggs? They’re very white. You weren’t tempted to crack one open and make eggy bread? ;-)


02/5/08 at 12:19 pm

Ah HA! You’re the little egg keeper!!! (wink-wink) I was wondering where they had gotten off to after I sent them to Peabody. I was going to drop her an email this week and see if during the move they got packed into a box during her move and she hadn’t opened them yet.

They sure look like they had a great time at your place. I know it is hard to send them out into the world isn’t it!

Good bakers they are…


02/5/08 at 1:03 pm

The eggs are adorable! Such happy looking ovoids. I hope they have many more fun adventures together.


02/5/08 at 2:37 pm

Ivonne, these are so dorky-cute i love them!


02/5/08 at 4:38 pm

Ooh I wondered where they had gone, and hoped I was on the list somewhere! Surely they want to see Canada’s Capital! :-)

JEP

02/5/08 at 4:54 pm

A delightful post today–thanks!


02/5/08 at 7:05 pm

Love those eggs! I was wondering where they’d gone. I’m looking forward to the rest of the month of chocolate, too.


02/5/08 at 7:36 pm

heheheh how cute!! I’m glad they had such a good time with you - it looks like you treated them like royalty! :)

Eggsellent my love. ;)

xoxo


02/5/08 at 8:51 pm

i remember seeing the little eggs on peabody’s blog. glad to see you have had fun with them :)


02/6/08 at 6:32 am

lol, I definitely missed the history of the eggs!

The chocolate chip cookies look great


02/6/08 at 7:08 am

The eggs are adorable. I hope they will show up in Sweden one day :-)


02/6/08 at 11:24 am

Oh my goodness, the eggs are a-d-o-r-a-b-l-e!!

and I’m soooo excited about your month of chocolate…


02/7/08 at 7:27 pm

They are so adorable! I remember doing the same thing with a friend’s “pet” purple rubber dino, Elmo. I took him all around campus and then sent postcards to his dad…

j

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