Word that Comes Before #2

I've heard the phrases "electric broccoli", "magnetic colon" and "powedered aardvark" more than I've heard "political bloc".

Same, never heard of Christmas geese or cookies. Golden goose was what I kept thinking.

I've heard of a Christmas goose (from that Gary Coleman episode of The Simpsons), but never a Christmas cookie. Is it, like the goose, just any cookie that you make at Christmas, or is it a specific kind of cookie?

Our biscuits are probably closer to your scones than anything, but they aren't sweet. Every grandmother (at least in the South) has her own recipe but basically they consist of flour, baking powder, salt, shortening/butter/lard, and milk. Knead them as little as possible, roll or pat to an inch thick, then cut out circles and bake them. Break them apart and smear with butter, molasses, jelly, or white gravy. Or split them and use as the bread on a breakfast sandwich with sausage, ham, bacon or eggs.

In the UK a cookie is a specific type of biscuit - round and crumbly, usually with chocolate chips. Other biscuits, such as custard creams (rectangular and with a more solid texture) and Oreos (round, but again, more solid and not crumbly), are not considered to be cookies.

Haven't heard of it on my side of the pond (Canada) either.

I have a feeling (but I can't be bothered to check) that American Christmas cookies originate from the German Weihnachtsgebäck tradition - small baked treats that are traditionally made for Advent and Christmas.

(Other European countries have similar things, I'm just most familiar with the German version.)

ahhhh, never heard that before.

all mozzarella is made from buffalo milk, so it seems unnecessary to add it but got it anyway (all in the EU at least where the name is protected, otherwise as posted above, read as all traditional...)

maybe it's an American thing? High fructose corn syrup is one of those things they made us scared of in health classes that seems like it's in literally food product there is