TUPELO ⢠Right around Christmas, Dr. Jay Dey and his family were watching the âTodayâ show on TV, when they saw a segment that got them off the couch and into the kitchen.
The piece was about Scott McKenzie in Huntington, Pennsylvania, who was furloughed from his job. Early in his furlough, McKenzie tried baking, and when he shared a photo of his results on Facebook, his friend Jeremy Uhrich commented, joking that he could make a better batch.
The pair squared off in a contest, along with one of McKenzieâs students, to see who could make the better chocolate chip cookie, judged by the townâs mayor. The studentâs cookies won in the end, and everyone left their extra cookies at the mayorâs office, where they were enjoyed by police officers, employees, and those working in the 911 dispatch office.