"Chocolate Bikkie"

I went to an orientation session for international students where they had a bunch of different kinds of cookies for us to nibble on while we met some new people. It definitely helped to jumpstart the conversation once one of the Kiwi girls started talking about the different ways that they eat cookies down here. It's kind of similar to the different ways that we Americans eat Oreos, except not exactly the same. The girl was really excited when she brought out the chocolate covered marshmallow puff cookies, she said "everyone eats them differently, I smash mine on my head before I eat it", then smashed the cookie onto her forehead to flatten it before she started nibbling at it. Then she pointed to the ginger cookies and said that it's lucky if you get it to break into three pieces when you smash it with your elbow. If you do that, then you get to make a wish. All the international students were kind of just watching her in awe- those kind of beat any cookie traditions that we had.