In France, there are ear shaped cookies known as "Pig's Ear", "Elephant Ear" or "Palmiers" (See here). The same cookies are known in Mexico and Latin American countries as "Orejas" ["Ears"] or "Orejitas" ["Little Ears"]. I've had them before and have enjoyed their crispy, flaky texture and honey sweet, mild buttery taste (I had bought a box of them from a bodega in a friend's neighborhood). They were very "delicioso" (I tried the Mexican variety). I have yet to try the original, French variety of this type of cookie/pastry.
If you really want to get exotic, there are also deep fried, crunchy, ear shaped, cookies made with fermented, red bean paste which originate from China known as "Cow Ear" or "Cat Ear" cookies. You can also find those for sale online at Asian supermarkets like "Weee!" (See here) or fresh, deep fried at local Asian bakeries on the East and West coast of the US. If you can find them at a local bakery (Not too many Asian bakeries offer them anymore as it's almost a "Lost art" and expensive to craft with a low markup. I found a recipe with step by step pictures here~!) try to get the ones that are deep fried in lard.
Yes, all the best tasting, traditional, original cookies are baked with or fried in lard or heavy butter (eg. - The original, traditional Scottish Shortbread cookies like the authentic ones from Walker's, The official Shortbread Supplier to the Royal Household as appointed by King Charles III are loaded with a "ton" of butter. You can find them for sale, online here - I've had some that were packaged in a Walker's tin box before as a gift which were brought over from a cousin of mine who lives and works in Scotland and can remember my taste buds dancing while my heart skipped a beat! Compared to the Scottish Shortbread cookies, the American Shortbread cookies taste watered down like McDonaldland cookies - Anyone else remember those from their childhood?)!
The French Palmier cookies are available on Amazon (See here) or if you're in the US, in your local supermarket's cookie aisle (They're fairly, well known in the US as well). It's best, if available, to get the fresh baked ones from a local bakery instead (The boxed ones have preservatives that are meant to extend the shelf life of the boxed cookies which does negatively affect the texture and the flavor of the cookies to varying degrees, depending upon the individual manufacturer's brand of the cookie).
Perhaps Mike Tyson was thinking about those cookies when he saw Evander Holyfield's ear and momentarily "Lost his focus" during their [in]famous, second WBA Heavyweight Championship match (See video here)? LOL~! 😀 😉
If you really want to get exotic, there are also deep fried, crunchy, ear shaped, cookies made with fermented, red bean paste which originate from China known as "Cow Ear" or "Cat Ear" cookies. You can also find those for sale online at Asian supermarkets like "Weee!" (See here) or fresh, deep fried at local Asian bakeries on the East and West coast of the US. If you can find them at a local bakery (Not too many Asian bakeries offer them anymore as it's almost a "Lost art" and expensive to craft with a low markup. I found a recipe with step by step pictures here~!) try to get the ones that are deep fried in lard.
Yes, all the best tasting, traditional, original cookies are baked with or fried in lard or heavy butter (eg. - The original, traditional Scottish Shortbread cookies like the authentic ones from Walker's, The official Shortbread Supplier to the Royal Household as appointed by King Charles III are loaded with a "ton" of butter. You can find them for sale, online here - I've had some that were packaged in a Walker's tin box before as a gift which were brought over from a cousin of mine who lives and works in Scotland and can remember my taste buds dancing while my heart skipped a beat! Compared to the Scottish Shortbread cookies, the American Shortbread cookies taste watered down like McDonaldland cookies - Anyone else remember those from their childhood?)!
The French Palmier cookies are available on Amazon (See here) or if you're in the US, in your local supermarket's cookie aisle (They're fairly, well known in the US as well). It's best, if available, to get the fresh baked ones from a local bakery instead (The boxed ones have preservatives that are meant to extend the shelf life of the boxed cookies which does negatively affect the texture and the flavor of the cookies to varying degrees, depending upon the individual manufacturer's brand of the cookie).
Perhaps Mike Tyson was thinking about those cookies when he saw Evander Holyfield's ear and momentarily "Lost his focus" during their [in]famous, second WBA Heavyweight Championship match (See video here)? LOL~!
😀 😉
So, unlike the recent Mike Tyson match.