The Cookie Table

honeychile · #1 12-02-2013, 02:52 PM

Found this latest explanation of The Cookie Table on Facebook, and thought I'd share:

In Pittsburgh, the wedding cookie table is a peculiar and wonderful local tradition.

I hear a cookie (or four!) calling my name...

clemsongirl · #2 12-02-2013, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by honeychile

Found this latest explanation of The Cookie Table on Facebook, and thought I'd share:

In Pittsburgh, the wedding cookie table is a peculiar and wonderful local tradition.

I hear a cookie (or four!) calling my name...

Oh my goodness. That is a stunning display of confectionery. I'll have to ask my mom if any weddings she went to as a kid had these. She grew up in a suburb of Cleveland until high school.

gatordeltapgh · #3 12-02-2013, 10:44 PM

Two years ago I went to a wedding in Youngstown, OH with 520 guests. The cookie table on the bride's "side" of the ballroom (dance floor in the middle) was actually 8 round tables pushed together. On the groom's side there were 5 round tables pushed together. I've never seen anything like it in my life. Family members baked for months and froze the cookies. When the cookie table opened there was a mad dash by the older ladies to scope it out and pick their favorites. I took a picture of my husband at one end of the cookie table(s) and you can't even see him!

For our wedding in the 'burgh we had a cookie & candy table. The cookies were gone fast. I didn't even get one! The candy was a bust. Go figure!

honeychile · #4 12-03-2013, 12:15 AM

^ I think it's the Scots influence on us. Cookies. Free. What's not to love?

BTW, there's a couple in Bethel Park whose daughter is getting married, and they had already filled TWO FREEZERS full of cookies when they were interviewed! They hadn't even gotten to the pizelles, and have something like 21,000 cookies baked. That is going to be one groaning table!