Cookies are something I have a weakness for.  Many moons ago, when I was entered into the Miss Chinatown beauty contest, I was about 10 pounds heavier than I wanted to be, so I went on a 5-day-liquids-only fast.  On day 4 of this fast, a friend left a pear in my sight and I felt like Eve beholding the forbidden fruit.  I held the pear in my hands as if it was a new-born baby.  I brought it up to my nose and inhaled its intoxicating, heady “pearfume”.  I was playing with fire!  Before I knew it, I brought this devil fruit to my lips and almost sunk my teeth into its flesh….then I came to my senses.  Close call!  When I made it to the end of the five days, can you guess how I broke this fast?  Not with a delicious juicy pear, no, it was with a Chip Ahoy cookie, and then another, and then another, until I had polished off several.   It was not the proudest moment of my life.  And neither was the actual pageant, but I will save that for another post.

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