The dessert for my free brewpub dinner from Cathy, in appreciation of my assistance with her statistics homework . . . which I only partly garfed up.
The cookie came in this metal tin that seemed to scream "Easy Bake Oven." It was so warm that it fell apart into little schnibbly bits* when you tried to transfer it from the big plate to your little plate. Maybe you're not supposed to share it?
* I tried to explain the derivation of "schnibbly" to the waiter, who expressed his unfamiliarity with that term, but his eyes just glazed over and Cathy laughed at me.
schnibble n
Also schnipfel, s(ch)nipple,schnivvle, schnuffel, s(c)hnibbel,snibble, snibblin, snipsle
[Ger Schnippel : a scrap] chiefly in Ger settlement areas
A scrap; a small piece; hence v schnibble to chop (meat) into small pieces.
— PBS, Do You Speak American?
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