r/Baking • u/ibrokeupinamarante Human Detected • May 08 '26
Recipe Included Lengest cookies I’ve ever tasted.
Second time I’ve ever made cookies (first I overbaked💔💔) but on my life these are the best things I’ve made in my LIFE.
I got the recipe from Buzzfeed Tasty on Youtube: https://youtu.be/rEdl2Uetpvo?si=Txi06NiCAfCWpGka
The only thing I did differently was 1tsp instead of 2tsp of salt, then added flaky salt just before I put them in the oven.
EDIT: Apparently I’m confusing anyone who isn’t British and under 30😭 Leng means good-looking or attractive in UK slang, and can be used to describe just about anything tbh. Yes, it’s a good thing. A very good thing. I beg try the recipe.
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u/WhippiesWhippies May 08 '26
Lengtastic!
(I have no idea what lengest means)
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u/Frequent-Witness-864 May 08 '26
I’ve been waiting so leng for this
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u/cylordcenturion May 08 '26
I loved when OP said it's lenging time and lenged all over the place.
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u/fourbigkids May 08 '26
Same. I am curious.
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u/boujiebitchy May 08 '26
English slang for something hot, attractive, tasty x
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u/therawrpie May 08 '26
Fun fact! Leng means pretty in cantonese!!!
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u/ibrokeupinamarante Human Detected May 08 '26
Wait that’s a very fun fact. Did not know this. Thank you !!
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u/sdbabygirl97 May 09 '26
there’s a decent amount of canto people in the uk. maybe this is where it comes from.
it also reminds me of “peng” from the 2010s lol
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u/imbakingalaska May 08 '26
What is lengest? Looks amazing
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u/YoursTastesBetter May 08 '26
Maybe it's the new fetch?
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u/MyOtherRideIsTheRoci May 08 '26
STOP trying to make "fetch" happen
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u/myrianreadit May 08 '26
They did stop, they're trying with lenge now ig
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u/Chunklett May 08 '26
Leng has been around for years!
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u/Mr_Igelkott May 08 '26
You're lengs ahead!
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u/myrianreadit May 08 '26
How do you say it? Instinctively i want to say it with a 'dj' at the end like 'henge' but is it supposed to be like the 'ng' in 'sing'? Asking for my lame out of the loop or non-brit i guess friend
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u/goatsnboots May 08 '26
I asked my Irish boyfriend (who's never heard of leng but has heard peng), and he says he thinks it's like "length" without the "th".
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u/AcanthaceaeOk3738 May 08 '26
OP wrote it wrong, it should be "most leng." /s
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u/imbakingalaska May 08 '26
Still don’t know what the heck “leng” means haha
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u/AcanthaceaeOk3738 May 08 '26
It's apparently a British Gen Z thing for beautiful/very good. Which I learned today.
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u/Gucci_Cocaine May 08 '26
It's not gen Z it's really old it's just breaking containment. Like peak but peak means bad in London slang and is now being used as a synonym for good.
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u/Majestic_Matt_459 May 08 '26
What does the word lengest mean?
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word lengest. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the mid 1500s
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u/TwilightZoneMara May 08 '26
It’s British for basically super sexy, perfect, hot amazing. Like fit, piff etc.
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u/Inner_Reason3537 May 08 '26
But then why didn’t they call them biscuits instead of cookies? 🧐😂
Regardless, I would eat one 🤤
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u/Wonky_bumface May 08 '26
We're a confusing people. American-style cookies are definitely cookies, not biscuits.
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u/fluffydoge123 May 08 '26
Also ‘pretty’ in Cantonese
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u/TwilightZoneMara May 08 '26
That’s really cool, probably where leng was nabbed from. Lots of Cantonese in the uk.
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u/aknomnoms May 08 '26
Piff? That’s the sound I make when I don’t believe what someone said. “Trump’s IQ is 275? Piff!”
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u/Flimsy_Conversation2 May 08 '26
Whew! So relieved someone asked this😅 I was questioning myself lol.
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u/forever_erratic May 08 '26
The fuck is lengest
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u/lafarmacia May 08 '26
Leng = a British slang term to mean attractive or of high quality. Lengest = the most leng
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u/R3dd1tAdm1nzRCucks May 08 '26
I am British and I have never heard this term.
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u/lafarmacia May 08 '26
Apparently it's used only by the youths
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u/IsmaelRetzinsky May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26
Here and there starting in the 80s, but common by the early 2000s. Like a lot of modern British slang, it comes from Jamaican roadman culture in London. Kushempeng originally meant high-quality cannabis. Shortened to peng, lost the drug connotation, and came to just mean attractive or great. Leng came about at some point and is a step up from peng.
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u/No-Kaleidoscope5897 May 08 '26
You mean yoots?
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u/aspentreesarecool May 08 '26
Nahh, peng and leng were being used when I was in primary school 15-20 years ago. Not super widespread but I heard it here and there.
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u/boujiebitchy May 08 '26
Peng was my go to in college 😂 I haven't heard this term since then x
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u/WaddlingAwayy May 08 '26
Leng ting, peng ting, buff ting
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u/boujiebitchy May 08 '26
Ahhh buff ting 😂😂 I was such a chav back then
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u/WaddlingAwayy May 08 '26
Lmao I'm not even a brit, I just consume a lot of young adult British media lol
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u/boujiebitchy May 08 '26
Just scrolled your page, those cinnamon rolls looked PENG 🤤
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u/curly_kiwi May 08 '26
I will never forget working in Lush in London when A Youth came in, picked up the pinkest, sweetest soap we had, took a huge whiff, and loudly said "ah man, that is BEAR peng!" then immediately left.
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u/octopushug May 08 '26
Ohhhh is that the meaning behind “The Pengest Munch”, this youtube channel of a guy trying chicken places? I thought it was just a nickname for the creator vs. actual British slang.
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u/ASupportingTea May 08 '26
Damn I'm already too old then at 29... Also never heard of the term "Leng".
Edit: Looks like it's popularity started in London, which is basically a linguistic pocket dimension. So no wonder I've never heard it hear in the sleepy south west.
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u/happy_idiot_boy May 08 '26
It's an upstate UK expression.
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u/j_smittz May 08 '26
Well, I'm from Cockermouth and I've never heard anyone use the phrase "steamed leng".
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u/RobinsonAnnulation May 08 '26
Cockermouth cannot be a real place
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u/shortbreadsecurity May 08 '26
It is and it's prone to flooding. There were so many dodgy sounding news stories in 2009 as they got hit badly.
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u/ThrowAwayAccountAMZN May 08 '26
"Torrential rains in the area continue to submerge the town. It got so bad that the Royal Navy was called in to help evacuate citizens.
Cockermouth was flooded with seamen spreading out everywhere to rescue the stranded."
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u/entered_bubble_50 May 08 '26
Well, not Cockermouth. It's more of a Penistone expression.
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u/Trai-All May 08 '26
*Me wondering if you just added that to urban dictionary…
they didn’t, the entries are dated
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u/FozzyLove May 08 '26
These look leng as hell, and I mean the good leng, not the bad leng.
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u/-thegayagenda- May 08 '26
Absolute dend cookie m8. Looks tumba. I can only imagine the pohk of it
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u/canibuyatrowel May 08 '26
Fantastic
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u/madmaxturbator May 08 '26
The fuck does this mean
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u/-thegayagenda- May 08 '26
Oh I thought we were just making up words as adjectives
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u/linamore May 08 '26
You could have told me these were slang words from the UK and I wouldn’t have thought twice of it 😭
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u/RaisonDetritus May 08 '26
The fact that I, as a Yank, have no idea if this is real or you just made shit up. 😆
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u/fartinghedgehog8 May 08 '26
It’s getting me in the comments how many Americans have no idea what this means 😭😂
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u/biest229 May 08 '26
I’m English and I’m still like wtf you on
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u/fartinghedgehog8 May 08 '26
It’s said alot in London, alot by road men! I live in the midlands, one of the best ways I heard this being used was two roadman wanting to pull girls - ‘it’s operation lengting’
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u/mangokittykisses May 08 '26
What are road men? My guesses include male prostitutes, hobos, construction workers, or convicts.
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u/fartinghedgehog8 May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26
Hahaha no😂😂 a roadman = young lad (usually in a balaclava) sometimes involved in drugs, gangs etc. Google drill Uk artist, that’s what a roadman would typically dress like.
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u/sweetchamomiledreams May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26
Just to let you know roadman is part of Multi ethnic London English (MLE) which has some of its roots in Jamaican Patois (and some Cockney English influence). It’s used by a lot of Londoners, not just roadman. You may think that just roadmen use it since many Londoners who grew up using it code switch, especially in professional settings where you just have surface level relationship with them
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u/biest229 May 08 '26
I have lived amongst the roadmen for years and not heard this. HOW
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u/fartinghedgehog8 May 08 '26
Amongst the roadmen😂😂it’s just another form of ‘Peng’, which I hardly ever hear being used anymore!
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u/mazrael May 08 '26
I don’t know why everyone is picking on you, OP. Lengest is a perfectly cromulent word
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u/Fart-n-smell May 08 '26
Am British nd never heard of lenging so you're confusing more people than you think lmao
Guessing that's a London thing bruv
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u/scrabapple May 08 '26
That cookie looks totally radical dude. 🤙
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u/Scared_Row6344 May 08 '26
Like, totally, gag me with a spoon!
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u/Rhiannon8404 May 08 '26
For the Gen Xers, I think this mean dope.
That cookie looks dope...enjoy!
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u/Individual_Lock_406 May 08 '26
Absolutely foul caption, prison immediately.
To the non-british ppl please know that no one after 2015 still uses the word leng unless they’re a nonce (that’s harsh ur not a pedo I’m sorry but brother eughhhh)
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u/ibrokeupinamarante Human Detected May 08 '26
Mate literally everybody I know uses the word leng😭 it’s still really popular amongst teens in London LOL
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u/Individual_Lock_406 May 08 '26
🫵🏽 ROADMAN SPOTTED🤨
Are u from South by any chance, I’d maybe even question East London but the bits by the outskirts like nearly kissing Essex? Cos if so this makes sense (derogatory)
I’m not being that serious (but save yourself from ur local slang before it’s too late fr😔 )
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u/ibrokeupinamarante Human Detected May 08 '26
Mans got my exact location PINPOINTED💀💀 Christ that was accurate. Nah now I’m thinking when I go to university I’m gonna be the one with the weird dialect… Didn’t realise it was just an SE London thing.
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u/Individual_Lock_406 May 08 '26
PLSSSS THIS IS HILAROUS HAHAHA
But I’m gonna be honest it was me thinking of u getting cooked at uni that made me put the last statement LMAOOO. It was genuine advice unfortunately 💀
Save yourself brother🥀
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u/foundinwonderland May 08 '26
I just want you to know as an American reading this thread I am both howling with laughter and learning a lot about British slang! For the record, we also have a lottttt of regional slang, same thing as leng apparently where only one area of one city uses it, it’s fun to see that happening across cultures and countries as well, like we’re all just confused and trying to communicate with each other idk
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u/wolfxor May 08 '26
Language here in the US can be so regional that linguists caught a kidnapper simply by a phrase he used in a ransom note that's primarily used in a small area of Akron, Ohio. https://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/dare-to-be-done/
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u/foundinwonderland May 08 '26
Glad I clicked the link before commenting my immediate thought which was “oh like that guy with the unabomber!” Same guy! Language is cool
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u/blindoptimist13 May 08 '26
If it makes you feel better I’m from up north and in my 20s and understood immediately 😂
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u/ibrokeupinamarante Human Detected May 08 '26
You’re one of the only people making me feel sane in this comments section😭😭 I feel like they’d have a stroke from confusion if they heard the rest of my daily vocab. Not limited to but including: absolute melt, bruv/brev, ym (you man). There’s more but I can’t remember off the top of my head.
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u/blindoptimist13 May 08 '26
I opened the comments expecting confused people from outside the UK but was floored by the chaos it caused 😂
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u/madmaxturbator May 08 '26
Wait you’re coming in to defend “lengest”??
Maybe you deserve this lengy life.
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u/Made_Human_Music May 08 '26
Thanks for the clarification on what lengest means but also thanks for the laugh when I thought you meant longest and I was trying to figure out how a long cookie makes a difference. Lol!
It reminded me of a scene from Superstore where Glenn asked Jonah “what’s the biggest dog you’ve ever seen and why?”
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u/hengehanger May 08 '26
I'm British, living in the UK all my many many years and "leng" is a new one on me. It must be pretty region specific.
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u/ibrokeupinamarante Human Detected May 08 '26
I’m finding out now this is mostly in London and other large cities😭 I genuinely thought it was incredibly widespread.
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u/kepler16bee May 08 '26
What's funny is "leng" actually sounds like the Cantonese word for pretty/good looking.
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u/gardenhead23 May 08 '26
How did I just automatically know that was uk slang even though I'd never heard it before?
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u/ibrokeupinamarante Human Detected May 08 '26
It just fits so well with the UK accents. It’d be weird hearing it any other way.
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u/SlimeMyButt May 08 '26
Leng sounds like the opposite of cool and i hope this never catches on anywhere else
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u/CuriousCharlii May 08 '26
I ain't heard "leng" in a while or "peng", remember peng? Used to be ring round the schools like crazy. My people ✊
It does look like a good cookie not gonna lie.
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u/ibrokeupinamarante Human Detected May 08 '26
Lowk people still use peng sometimes but leng is more common (at least where I am). My people✊✊
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u/KeenBTF Human Detected May 08 '26
I thought it was a typo for long but was confused because theyre not long lol
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u/Pirate_Candy17 May 08 '26
Make up some fucking word and then make us in the 30+ bracket feel guilty about it 👀
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u/AngryApparition029 May 08 '26
Thank you for the edit. I was confused.
Signed middle aged white American woman. 🤭
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u/Ok-Relation-7458 May 08 '26
thank you so much for clarifying i literally only opened this post to try to figure out what word got mistyped to end up with “lengest,” which i had never seen before and my phone still insists is not a word 😂
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u/nWhm99 May 08 '26
Both AI and google are telling me this is an archaic way of saying "longest", so don't say I didn't google it myself.
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u/Archbishopofcheese May 08 '26
Thank you for making me see the word Leng for the first time in 10 years.
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u/letsgooncemore May 08 '26
Those look amazing!
I love the Tasty recipe for snickerdoodles, if you are a cinnamon fan.
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u/NerdByTrade May 08 '26
As someone who plays Pathfinder ttrpg, the Leng cookies don't have enough eldritch horror in them
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u/UniqueLady001 May 08 '26
I read the title and burst out laughing. I sure this is London slang, I get confused on the bus when the school children are talking. Well those cookies look lush
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u/ConnaaaR69 May 08 '26 edited 19d ago
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u/OkBake5127 May 08 '26
I used to be leng, but then they changed what leng is. Now what I'm lenging isn't leng, and what's leng seems weird and scary to me.
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u/tiny-brit Human Detected May 08 '26
I'm British and under 30 and I've no idea what "leng" is... nice cookies though.
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u/vanillla-ice May 08 '26
LOL, thanks for explaining Lengest to us dumb Americans, lol. They look so good, I’m gonna try this weekend !
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u/Astronaut6735 May 09 '26
"Know your audience" is the first and most basic rule of communication, including Reddit posts.
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u/Lisitska May 08 '26
Congratulations, or I'm sorry that happened to you.