…But I Like Oreos

When a truck in Illinois, hauling about 20,000 pounds of Oreos, crashed Monday (May 19, 2008) on I-80 just east of Morris, the trailer was ripped opened and the Oreos were thrown across the eastbound lanes of the highway. What I wouldn’t give to have been there! I’d help clean up that mess!

As I read the short piece in the paper, my mouth began to water and the familiar memory of milk and cookies passed through my brain signaling a need to race out the door in search of double-filled Oreos and a gallon of whole milk.

Then I remembered…the diet, the calories, the fat, etc. So, I resisted the urge, closed my eyes, drifted back into childhood memories of cooking healthy dishes in the kitchen with my mother; then baking those seven layer chocolate cakes with creamy chocolate icing between each layer………and we’d have Oreos with milk…….uh oh!