Talk:Half Moons

And why was the link to the Black and White Cookie blog deleted? How more relevant to this article can something be?

---

Who decided to name this article "black and white cookie" instead of "half moon"? Most english speakers call it "half moon" cookie.

The reference to the cookie being mainly frosted either black or white in Germany is actually not true. At least in Southern Germany the cookie is mostly frosted black and white.194.94.134.99 08:41, 13 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I would lend my voice to support in keeping the name of the article as "black and white cookie", not just being as being a New Yorker and therefore that's the only name i've ever heard it called, but because of the fact that many people from outside of New York only know of the existence of the cookie because of the Seinfield episode mentioned in the article, whether one likes it or not it is seen as mostly a NY phenomenon and therefore the name we use in NY should be the name of the article, regardless of what the rest of the English speaking world uses. The German name references the fact that its an American invention, and the cookie supposedly was invented in Utica, NY where it is called the black and white, and only sometimes the halfmoon.148.78.243.26 18:44, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

..... Half moons are called "half moons" in Utica, not 'black and white cookies'. I was raised in central new york (in upstate), and none of us say 'black and white cookie'. If, as you say, they were invented in Utica, then maybe they should be called "half moons". Jerry Seinfeld called the cookies 'black and white' because the name provided him with a good way to joke about race relations.

-

Seinfeld wasn't calling them that JUST for the joke. His character lives in NYC. I have lived in NYC since I was born, have NEVER heard the phrase "half moon", and every single person I have ever known calls them Black and White Cookies, including all of the retailers, bakeries, and brand labels on the ones in stores...In NYC they are called "Black and White Cookies." -Jordan —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)