Cookies were 25 cents a pound but they were broken and a day old.And in those days a day old meant stale!We never but never got dessert except rice pudding and all the other goodies such as candy and ice cream were unheard of by us.After 1937 when things started to improve a bit my mother did bake a pie (apple was her specialty) and an occasional chocolate cake.My mother lived until 1976 but she r