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"Zilbandy" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 21 May 2007 19:38:58 GMT, "wff_ng_7" >
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>>> Did you know there are 150 calories in just TWO Girl Scout Samosa
>>> Cookies?

>
>>Ha! I can eat FOUR Thin Mints and only have the same amount of calories.
>>Problem
>>is, I've been known to eat half the box... in my younger day! ;-)

>
> Ahh, but did you know that two Samosa cookies weigh 1.1 oz, where four
> Thin Mints only weigh 1 oz? As it turns out, just about any good
> cookie tips the calorie scales at around 130-150 calories per ounce...
> even my favorites, the Oreo Double Stuff cookie. Hershey's milk
> chocolate and dark chocolate both tip in at around 150 calories per
> ounce. Now I want a chocolate chip cookie. Hmm, wouldn't you know
> it? Nabisco Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies... 142 calories per
> ounce. All my info comes from http://www.calorieking.com/foods/.
>
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> Zilbandy


Samoas, not Samosa.