Recipe: Love Letter Cookies Recipe »
I don't think that I was a particularly ugly child or teenager. I'd probably rate myself a three or four out of ten perhaps taking off some points for the fact that I grew up in the 80s and points must inevitably be deducted for bad hair choices and suspect clothing selections.
Still, I never got a single Valentines Day card.
In my albeit weak defence I went to an all girl's school but I think that defence can only work so far. I'd hear of girls at school that would receive cards and I would go home and check the letterbox to find that nothing arrived for me. Come to think of it my friends didn't get any either (and before you ask, I wasn't good enough at Maths to be in the nerdy/geeky group, we were strictly middle of the range) but I did feel like I was missing out on things a bit.
Fast forward to a decade later when I was in my 20s and I also felt the same slight twinge at missing out on pick up lines. You always hear of appalling pick up lines issued forth from randy, drunken men but I have to say that I've never actually had a really bad one delivered to me. In fact if I sift through my memory I can't remember hearing many colourful or memorable ones at all. Men bragging about their assets seems comparatively boring in comparison (or perhaps I am just hanging out with the wrong crowd?). I mean surely I'm not that pickup line unworthy am I? Perhaps I am! The truth hurts...
The original inspiration for these cookies was when I saw this letter set at Swedish stationery store Kikki K while Christmas shopping. I promptly put it onto my Christmas shopping list and my secret santa (aka Mr NQN's aunt Sisko) bought it for me for Christmas. I knew immediately that I wanted to bake some love letter cookies. To make up for my utter lack of love letters you do see. They were terribly easy to make and all of the work is in the stamps themselves. I should think you could even make a mini version with some stamps and those square morning coffee biscuits should you want to send your beloved a last minute love letter. The cookies are my usual cut out cookie recipe that rolls and rerolls easily and I've flavoured these with the heart warming aroma of cinnamon and vanilla. I gave mine to Mr NQN who was actually lucky enough to have received a Valentines day card in his teenage years. sighLooks like it might just be me that missed out!
So tell me Dear Reader, what is the worst pick up line you've ever heard? And did you ever get Valentines Day cards?
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