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elleng

(139,083 posts) Sat Jun 25, 2022, 07:35 PM Jun 2022

Why American Jews Love Stella D'Oro Cookies

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/why-american-jews-love-stella-doro-cookies/?

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Why American Jews Love Stella D'Oro Cookies (Original Post) elleng Jun 2022 OP

I've never heard of them but they look tasty. To me, Stella d'Oro Ocelot II Jun 2022 #1

Because they're GOOD. Jirel Jun 2022 #2

I make an Italian dessert with Stella doro cookies Easterncedar Jun 2022 #3

My parents went through many years of enjoying the original (no chocolate fun) after dinner... JudyM Jun 2022 #4

Ocelot II

(124,029 posts)

1. I've never heard of them but they look tasty. To me, Stella d'Oro

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sat Jun 25, 2022, 07:56 PM

Jun 2022

is a variety of daylily.

Jirel

(2,263 posts)

2. Because they're GOOD.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sat Jun 25, 2022, 08:21 PM

Jun 2022

What’s so hard to understand about that? The article is wrong about one thing - it’s not just a favorite of Jews and Italians, but if pretty much any European immigrant, especially the generation that arrived just post-WWII.

In our Ukrainian household, they were omnipresent, eaten with harsh black tea for breakfast, or nibbled as an easy dessert any time. I will never forget that taste from my childhood, almondy and mildly sweet and super crunchy.

Easterncedar

(4,166 posts)

3. I make an Italian dessert with Stella doro cookies

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sat Jun 25, 2022, 09:12 PM

Jun 2022

My spelling may be wrong, but my “dolce torinese” is the bomb. The secret is rum. And almonds and chocolate

JudyM

(29,542 posts)

4. My parents went through many years of enjoying the original (no chocolate fun) after dinner...

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Jun 27, 2022, 10:01 PM

Jun 2022

I could not understand the appeal when they suddenly started appearing on the table, nor did I ever learn to like them.
(Dad’s folks were Ukrainian, Mom’s were Polish/German, FWIW.)

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