Yeah, it's pretty much at least in the '80s and possibly late '70s. That was junior high-high school era for me so I wasn't really focusing on who made the cookies although the cookie itself!

I can't recall if I remember the Mystic Mints name but I've probably tried them. I could go for something chocolate and minty since you brought it up. I'm guessing there wasn't a high demand and were taken off the market.

Mmmm... Famous Amos cookies...
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5351...

I haven't bought many cookies over the past few years just a few times but recently some Golden Oreos and windmill cookies.

I'm glad I was able to stir some memories and thank you for input.

I don't believe it's the Swiss Creme. The design was different than the Swiss Creme and the creme center was, I believe, light yellow or yellow. I don't recall a lemon flavor to them, though. It didn't have a hole in the center.

If I would have known back then that I would have trouble remembering and finding these cookies and also that we would have computers, digital cameras, scanners and the internet, I would have archived photos of the cookie and package!

For those who don't know what Swiss Creme cookies look like, I provided links below.

Swiss Creme description:
http://snacks.cyberpunks.org/Nabisco-...

Swiss Creme package:
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/drsoda_2076_6...

Hey alkapal,

Yes, they'll have some mighty fine eats by your misfortune. Bonne chance on your next purchase. Lol... clever acronym for the syndrome and twist on officials ;)

Happy New Year to you and yours also and I'll be poking around here.

The avatar photo is really nice! I'll provide a link to where I uploaded the photo:

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/26...

It is a golden eagle attacking a fox. I received this in an email and by researching about it, it was photographed by Finnish photographer Pekka Komi:

Series of photos (eagle and fox)
http://www.tarsiger.com/gallery/index...

Some people dispute whether this actually happened. So, Snopes tackled this one:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/...

I wish I could have photographed anything remotely like this! Too cool!!!

Well alkapal, as you see I missed this post one month ago! I'm trying to figure out why I didn't get an email that someone replied to my post? I came back as I was going through my "history" in my Firefox web browser.

To answer your post:

Questions 1 & 2: Personally, I wouldn't eat it if was not refrigerated the day I would have bought it. Next time you do get the tasso and andouille consider getting something similar of what you received from Don's Specialty Meats. Even those cheap thermal bags and blue ice packs or similar can buy you some time on your next purchase.

Thermal bags:
http://images.google.com/images?compl...

Blue Ice packs:
http://images.google.com/images?compl...

As for the "alligator eggs" recipe you can substitute it with the mentioned andouille or go with chaurice sausage (other spellings include: cherisse, chorizo and chorisso).

Chaurice sausage recipe:
http://www.jfolse.com/recipes/meats/p...

If you want some really, really good andouille get it in LaPlace, Louisiana. I lived there for a year with my parents when I was in the 2nd/3rd grade school years. I don't recall the name of the places where my parents would buy andouille but here's a couple of links (no pun intended!):

The first link is a place that was featured by Alton Brown of Good Eats on the Food Network. The series was called "Feasting on Asphalt." He and his crew rode motorcycles along the Mississippi River roadways from New Orleans up to the northern most part of the river.

"Feasting on Asphalt" episode guide:
http://www.altonbrown.com/adventure/t...

Ok, first link of place he stopped (Bailey’s Andouille and Produce):
http://www.baileysandouille.com/

Another andouille link (not visited by Alton Brown):
Jacob's World Famous Andouille
http://www.cajunsausage.com/

I see that Jacob's ships but I don't see that Bailey's does or not, you may need to call to verify.

Anyway, I hope your tasso and andouille didn't spoil but to be on the safe side I would have passed on that amount of time not being refrigerated even if they are vacuumed sealed. Just my thought.

Oh, almost forgot. So you enjoyed that boudin did you? Good deal! Everyone who asks me, "What's boudin like?" I tell them it's similar to dirty rice (rice dressing) stuffed in sausage casing. Most people are turned off by pig intestine casing from the video I posted in the link but mostly you'll find in the stores down here is artificial casing. The meat texture varies from store to store... some have a stringy texture and some have a grounded texture. Whatever floats you're boat!

Edit:

I just found a site that sells alligator sausage:
CajunGrocer
http://www.cajungrocer.com/farm-pride...

Not sure where they're located but returned merchandise is to be sent to Lafayette, Louisiana.

Well, we'll eat just about anything but my preference will go to chicken and sausage gumbo. The smoked sausage would be a mix of pork and deer (yes, white-tailed deer). Believe me, it's not a gamey taste at all. A nice hot, dark, strong roux, rice and some sides like potato salad or candied yams and it's not complete if it doesn't make your nose run. Drop a boiled egg in the gumbo bowl and I'm set!

Eh, don't fall for the gumbo down in New Orleans. That's not Cajun. Come to the country. Start in the Lafayette, Louisiana region and work your way about 50 miles in circumference and you'll experience some great local dishes. Boudin (pronounced: boo-DAHN) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX_pou... , boiled crawfish (in season), jambalaya, etouffee (pronounced: Ay-too-fay), etc.

A couple of links:

Stop by the A+ rated locations at the following link for some excellent boudin:

http://www.boudinlink.com/

Most notably here for boudin and jalapeno sausage cheese bread:
http://boudinlink.com/Bourques/Bourqu...

If anyone is in Louisiana, drop by in the parishes numbered 8, 9, 11 & 12 at the following link for some of our cooking:

http://www.realcajunrecipes.com/herit...

All are welcome in Acadiana!