Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Haunting :: Moravian Cookies



A little bit of Winston-Salem! These are traditional cookies -- "the world's thinnest cookie" -- made in the old Moravian communities of colonial days. We used to have these with coffee after the Moravian Christmas Eve service. I picked up the Spice Cookies and the Key Lime variety. I like the traditional, but the Key Lime could be great for a summer tea.

PS :: They had cheese straws too! Don't get me started on cheese straws -- too good.

Find out more about the Old Salem Moravian community here, and more about the cookies themselves here. Enjoy!

2 comments:

Stu Shea said...

Cheese straws! I've never had them. They used to be an often-served condiment/snack at Chicago bars around 100 years ago.

EsseQuamVideri said...

Really? Well we will have to get you a cheese straw. I had no idea that they served them in bars 100 years ago. What kinds of bars? How do you know that?