avalong Posted June 16, 2023 #151 Share Posted June 16, 2023 10 hours ago, calicakes said: I bake with American butter an I buy Kerry Gold to use on toast/potatoes, etc. I love butter and wanted to try some French Butter. I've purchased Plugra' if I'm baking sable'. Try Land O' Lakes butter. I think it's the best of American mainstream brands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutj Posted June 17, 2023 #152 Share Posted June 17, 2023 One of our cooking class chefs on Oceania once told us that she also thought the cookies were terrible and she told us why. They mix everything together at once. Any good cookie maker creams the butter and sugar together, then the eggs and other liquid ingredients. Then you put the flour and other dry ingredients in. She told the bakers that many times, but for some reason I don’t recall, they won’t change. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YourWorldWithBill Posted June 17, 2023 #153 Share Posted June 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Clutj said: One of our cooking class chefs on Oceania once told us that she also thought the cookies were terrible and she told us why. They mix everything together at once. Any good cookie maker creams the butter and sugar together, then the eggs and other liquid ingredients. Then you put the flour and other dry ingredients in. She told the bakers that many times, but for some reason I don’t recall, they won’t change. And we have an answer! Thanks! 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutj Posted June 17, 2023 #154 Share Posted June 17, 2023 Sorry I didn’t check in before this thread had grown to 7 pages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YourWorldWithBill Posted June 18, 2023 #155 Share Posted June 18, 2023 3 hours ago, Clutj said: Sorry I didn’t check in before this thread had grown to 7 pages! If you had, we might have missed all the interesting cookie comments here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakes47 Posted June 18, 2023 #156 Share Posted June 18, 2023 I could not agree more about the flavourless cookies - I tried them once and never again which is probably a good thing. I also found the Madeleines equally flavourless - also a good thing or I would munching on them all day. So - I am happy for then to stay as they are or I'll be carrying even more excess baggage at the end of our next cruise.😁 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMHuntFerry Posted June 18, 2023 #157 Share Posted June 18, 2023 This thread is great! I got a whole cruise completed since it started and it's still going 🙂 I tried a cookie (not sugar free) at Baristas the first day. If there was butter in that cookie, I couldn't taste it (and the texture was wrong). I went back to eating way too many of the little brown cakes...yum! I didn't suffer, and have 4 pounds to prove it 😉 Any dessert with fruit was amazing (OK, they were all amazing), and the cassis sorbet was nice and tart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbow3fe Posted June 18, 2023 #158 Share Posted June 18, 2023 On 6/4/2023 at 1:31 PM, temerarious said: This thread is the perfect illustration of how subjective so many things are... I've taken two Viking Ocean cruises, and I thought they had the worst cookies I've ever had on a cruise ship. (And NO variety.) So funny! (I'm so glad someone likes them, though!) I'll be sailing on Oceania for the first time on July 17th. I've now lowered my cookie expectations... but maybe your husband and I have opposite taste in cookies, so there might be hope. 🍪 I used to think they overbaked them. Then I realized that they served the same awful cookies on every Oceania ship. Did anyone ever tell you why they are awful? It's really OK with me. I love the cheesecakes, keylime pies, sticky buns and those awesome mini cakes in Baristas. 🎂☕️⚰️ It's better for me not to be tempted by delicious cookies.🍪 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutj Posted June 19, 2023 #159 Share Posted June 19, 2023 On 6/18/2023 at 6:18 AM, Rainbow3fe said: Did anyone ever tell you why they are awful? One of our cooking class chefs on Oceania once told us that she also thought the cookies were terrible and she told us why. They mix everything together at once. Any good cookie maker creams the butter and sugar together, then the eggs and other liquid ingredients. Then you put the flour and other dry ingredients in. She told the bakers that many times, but for some reason I don’t recall, they won’t change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chloemonkey Posted June 20, 2023 #160 Share Posted June 20, 2023 On 6/4/2023 at 4:48 AM, Woodrowst said: My wife and I are currently on the Nautica having embarked in Dubai and now entering the Red Sea on our way to Egypt. We are having a wonderful cruise. This is our 5th Oceania cruise and we have noticed on all of them that the cookies have no taste whatsoever. This is clearly the exception since all of the other food is terrific. So I thought I’d ask if anyone knows why Oceania bakes cookies that have no taste? Please understand that this is not a complaint. It would take a lot more than cardboard cookies to ruin our cruise. I am simply looking for an explanation. i also realize that the question can be read two ways. The taste I am talking about involves ingredients. It does not reference a cookie who wears shorts to dinner ☺️ I totally agree! And I have been asking my husband (who has Type 2 Diabetes) why he insists on going into the Concierge Lounge on our way back to our suite....to grab these TASTELESS cookies! I mean for Pete's sake.....there are other ways to misbehave and blow your diet! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbow3fe Posted June 20, 2023 #161 Share Posted June 20, 2023 16 minutes ago, chloemonkey said: I totally agree! And I have been asking my husband (who has Type 2 Diabetes) why he insists on going into the Concierge Lounge on our way back to our suite....to grab these TASTELESS cookies! I mean for Pete's sake.....there are other ways to misbehave and blow your diet! I agree. There are so many different exciting desserts on Oceania. I don't choose to waste my daily allotment of calories on those awful cookies. 🍪😎 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutj Posted June 22, 2023 #162 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Maybe they intentionally mix them so the texture is horrible, knowing they have to check the box and supply cookies or else people will complain, but they make terrible ones to keep consumption low and thus save costs. They do have to make a lot of most of the other baked goods (croissants etc…), resulting in higher costs in that area… 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbow3fe Posted June 22, 2023 #163 Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Clutj said: Maybe they intentionally mix them so the texture is horrible, knowing they have to check the box and supply cookies or else people will complain, but they make terrible ones to keep consumption low and thus save costs. They do have to make a lot of most of the other baked goods (croissants etc…), resulting in higher costs in that area… It's strange because the croissants and other baked items are always fresh and delicious. They're wonderful and high quality. 😍 Edited June 22, 2023 by Rainbow3fe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redtravel Posted June 22, 2023 #164 Share Posted June 22, 2023 On Marina now. In December, we thought that the cookies were bad. Now they are even worse. One bite and done. They aren’t tasteless. They taste BAD. Baristas has nice sweets and excellent coffee. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbow3fe Posted June 22, 2023 #165 Share Posted June 22, 2023 38 minutes ago, Redtravel said: On Marina now. In December, we thought that the cookies were bad. Now they are even worse. One bite and done. They aren’t tasteless. They taste BAD. Baristas has nice sweets and excellent ☕️ Enjoy Baristas and don't bother with those other cookies.🍪 Hopefully the sticky buns at Terrace Cafe were great. Someone mentioned they weren't sticky enough last time. 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basenji56 Posted June 22, 2023 #166 Share Posted June 22, 2023 2 minutes ago, Rainbow3fe said: Hopefully the sticky buns at Terrace Cafe were great. Someone mentioned they weren't sticky enough last time. 😎 Maybe we need a new thread about why the sticky buns are not sticky enough! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMHuntFerry Posted June 22, 2023 #167 Share Posted June 22, 2023 7 hours ago, Rainbow3fe said: ☕️ Enjoy Baristas and don't bother with those other cookies.🍪 Hopefully the sticky buns at Terrace Cafe were great. Someone mentioned they weren't sticky enough last time. 😎 I haven't tried the sticky buns since I have this weird thing about not liking sweet things in the morning, but they looked gooey on Regatta last week and there was sugary overflow left in the pan. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basenji56 Posted June 22, 2023 #168 Share Posted June 22, 2023 26 minutes ago, AMHuntFerry said: I haven't tried the sticky buns since I have this weird thing about not liking sweet things in the morning, but they looked gooey on Regatta last week and there was sugary overflow left in the pan. I'm so glad I didn't cancel my cruise when I heard about the lack of stickiness of the buns! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDL Posted June 22, 2023 #169 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Are the sugar free cookies marked as such? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMHuntFerry Posted June 23, 2023 #170 Share Posted June 23, 2023 1 hour ago, IDL said: Are the sugar free cookies marked as such? Usually there is a little card by the cookies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted June 23, 2023 #171 Share Posted June 23, 2023 With all due respect to Flatbush Flyer, it seems to me that a "premium cruise line" should be able to bake premium cookies! End of discussion 🙂 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted June 23, 2023 #172 Share Posted June 23, 2023 I have another thought! Since quite a few folks are telling me that O cookies suck, this creates a personal dilemma. Like Cookie Monster, I do enjoy a decent cookie. So now I face the awful dilemma of spending 35 days on the Vista without a decent cookie. This should not happen to any man! Since we embark from Miami, where there are plenty of decent bakeries, I wonder if I can bring aboard a supply of good cookies without being charged a "cookie fee." What say you? Hank 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbow3fe Posted June 23, 2023 #173 Share Posted June 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, Hlitner said: I have another thought! Since quite a few folks are telling me that O cookies suck, this creates a personal dilemma. Like Cookie Monster, I do enjoy a decent cookie. So now I face the awful dilemma of spending 35 days on the Vista without a decent cookie. This should not happen to any man! Since we embark from Miami, where there are plenty of decent bakeries, I wonder if I can bring aboard a supply of good cookies without being charged a "cookie fee." What say you? Hank The cakes, pastries, tarts and pies are fabulous. It's your call.🙃💥 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YourWorldWithBill Posted June 23, 2023 #174 Share Posted June 23, 2023 6 minutes ago, Hlitner said: I have another thought! Since quite a few folks are telling me that O cookies suck, this creates a personal dilemma. Like Cookie Monster, I do enjoy a decent cookie. So now I face the awful dilemma of spending 35 days on the Vista without a decent cookie. This should not happen to any man! Since we embark from Miami, where there are plenty of decent bakeries, I wonder if I can bring aboard a supply of good cookies without being charged a "cookie fee." What say you? Hank I think if you put the cookies inside bottles of wine you're okay. Big bottles. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami74 Posted June 23, 2023 #175 Share Posted June 23, 2023 I thought the sticky buns were sticky enough but really needed some salt!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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