Not that you can really compare cookies and peas, but I'd have to say that if this were a contest, I think I'd go with the peas. Really!
I think it's mostly because I'm not a big fan of peas. Maybe it's that childhood rhyme about eating peas with honey (come on, you know that one, don't you? "I eat my peas with honey; I've done it all my life. It makes the peas taste funny, but it keeps them on the knife.") but they just never filled any void that I had in my culinary soul.
So this recipe was a pleasant surprise--first because I've never cooked cucumbers and they were good, second because the combination of just a little cream, then fresh dill and lemon juice lifted those peas right up out of the banal into the really good and tasty.
The Lemon Thins were delectable, of course--what would you expect? I haven't dusted them with confectioner's sugar yet, but they'll be tastier still after that. They did seem to have the slightest, faintest edge of bitterness, though. I had to eat two or three just to confirm that. I think it's on account of the lemon zest--my grater is a little on the coarse side for that sort of thing, and I long for a microplane at work, which I never remember I want except when I'm zesting lemons and then I'm too busy to find a catalog. Shaw's in Beverly, take notice! Stock microplanes and I will buy one.
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