Thin mint cookies from the Girl Scouts were good, maybe they still are. Might try Amazon to get a few boxes.

Freshness may be a concern. I heard that whatever the Girl Scouts were unable to sell they chuck them on over to Amazon.

Make your own:
<http://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/homemade-girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/>

For my money, though, nothing beats a homemade chocolate chip
cookie (made with butter, not margarine or vegetable shortening).

Cindy Hamilton

On 8/20/2015 11:41 AM, wrote:
> Thin mint cookies from the Girl Scouts were good, maybe they still are. Might try Amazon to get a few boxes.
>
> Freshness may be a concern. I heard that whatever the Girl Scouts were unable to sell they chuck them on over to Amazon.
>

Home made chocolate chip is best. Toll House recipe
Next is a Walker shortbread cookie
Everything else is tied for third.

On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:44:33 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>Make your own:
><http://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/homemade-girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/>
>
>For my money, though, nothing beats a homemade chocolate chip
>cookie (made with butter, not margarine or vegetable shortening).
>
>Cindy Hamilton

Hear hear!! Vegetable shortening gives a little crispier CC cookie,
but at what flavoir sacrifice? Would you spread Crisco on a cracker or
bread and eat it? NO! Then why use it in cooking?

John Kuthe...

vivapadrepio wrote:
>
>Thin mint cookies from the Girl Scouts were good.

Mallowmars rule!

On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 9:57:38 AM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:44:33 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >Make your own:
> ><http://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/homemade-girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/>
> >
> >For my money, though, nothing beats a homemade chocolate chip
> >cookie (made with butter, not margarine or vegetable shortening).
> >
> >Cindy Hamilton
>
> Hear hear!! Vegetable shortening gives a little crispier CC cookie,
> but at what flavoir sacrifice? Would you spread Crisco on a cracker or
> bread and eat it? NO! Then why use it in cooking?
>
> John Kuthe...

Shortening isn't used for flavor but for texture and stability. It keeps the dough from melting and spreading out in CCCs. I wouldn't want to spread coco butter on a cracker either but it's still important in making chocolate.

On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 5:41:48 AM UTC-10, wrote:
> Thin mint cookies from the Girl Scouts were good, maybe they still are. Might try Amazon to get a few boxes.
>
> Freshness may be a concern. I heard that whatever the Girl Scouts were unable to sell they chuck them on over to Amazon.

The best ones are made by a cute blue-eyed blond gal that really enjoys baking. If you don't have one of those, I guess GS cookies will have to do.

On 20/08/2015 1:06 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/20/2015 11:41 AM, wrote:
>> Thin mint cookies from the Girl Scouts were good, maybe they still
>> are. Might try Amazon to get a few boxes.
>>
>> Freshness may be a concern. I heard that whatever the Girl Scouts
>> were unable to sell they chuck them on over to Amazon.
>>
>
> Home made chocolate chip is best. Toll House recipe
> Next is a Walker shortbread cookie
> Everything else is tied for third.
I looked at the Toll House recipe and there's a helluva lot of sugar in
it. Cooks Illustrated cut the sugar content for their version. When I
came to live in Canada, I noticed early on how much sweeter cookies and
cakes were compared to their European equivalents. Halving the sugar
content in some recipes we tried was often still a bit too sweet.
Graham
--
"You can't buy happiness, but you can buy wine,
which is kind of the same thing".

On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 1:18:36 PM UTC-7, dsi1 wrote:
> On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 5:41:48 AM UTC-10, wrote:
> > Thin mint cookies from the Girl Scouts were good, maybe they still are. Might try Amazon to get a few boxes.
> >
> > Freshness may be a concern. I heard that whatever the Girl Scouts were unable to sell they chuck them on over to Amazon.
>
> The best ones are made by a cute blue-eyed blond gal that really enjoys baking. If you don't have one of those, I guess GS cookies will have to do.

Thanks. But now my mind isn't on cookies anymore. :-)

On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 10:34:33 AM UTC-10, wrote:
> On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 1:18:36 PM UTC-7, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 5:41:48 AM UTC-10, wrote:
> > > Thin mint cookies from the Girl Scouts were good, maybe they still are. Might try Amazon to get a few boxes.
> > >
> > > Freshness may be a concern. I heard that whatever the Girl Scouts were unable to sell they chuck them on over to Amazon.
> >
> > The best ones are made by a cute blue-eyed blond gal that really enjoys baking. If you don't have one of those, I guess GS cookies will have to do.
>
> Thanks. But now my mind isn't on cookies anymore. :-)

Hee hee.

On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 11:55:47 AM UTC-7, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/20/2015 11:41 AM, wrote:
> > Thin mint cookies from the Girl Scouts were good, maybe they still are. Might try Amazon to get a few boxes.
> >
> > Freshness may be a concern. I heard that whatever the Girl Scouts were unable to sell they chuck them on over to Amazon.
> >
>
> Home made chocolate chip is best. Toll House recipe
> Next is a Walker shortbread cookie
> Everything else is tied for third.

Famous Amos was really good for chocolate chip cookies, but that was when he had franchises. The cookies were warm and fresh, better than anything I had ever tasted. Now they're availabl only in grocery stores, cold and with a big compromise in the ingredients.

On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 13:16:31 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 9:57:38 AM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:44:33 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >Make your own:
>> ><http://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/homemade-girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/>
>> >
>> >For my money, though, nothing beats a homemade chocolate chip
>> >cookie (made with butter, not margarine or vegetable shortening).
>> >
>> >Cindy Hamilton
>>
>> Hear hear!! Vegetable shortening gives a little crispier CC cookie,
>> but at what flavoir sacrifice? Would you spread Crisco on a cracker or
>> bread and eat it? NO! Then why use it in cooking?
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>
>Shortening isn't used for flavor but for texture and stability. It keeps the dough from melting and spreading out in CCCs. I wouldn't want to spread coco butter on a cracker either but it's still important in making chocolate.

If you are making home made Toll House cookies, what do you care more
about? Texture and stability or flavor?

John Kuthe...

On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:21:28 -0600, graham > wrote:

>On 20/08/2015 1:06 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 8/20/2015 11:41 AM, wrote:
>>> Thin mint cookies from the Girl Scouts were good, maybe they still
>>> are. Might try Amazon to get a few boxes.
>>>
>>> Freshness may be a concern. I heard that whatever the Girl Scouts
>>> were unable to sell they chuck them on over to Amazon.
>>>
>>
>> Home made chocolate chip is best. Toll House recipe
>> Next is a Walker shortbread cookie
>> Everything else is tied for third.
>I looked at the Toll House recipe and there's a helluva lot of sugar in
>it. Cooks Illustrated cut the sugar content for their version. When I
>came to live in Canada, I noticed early on how much sweeter cookies and
>cakes were compared to their European equivalents. Halving the sugar
>content in some recipes we tried was often still a bit too sweet.
>Graham

Yes, but that's the original Toll House cookie recipe.

I know most United Statesian recipes have far too much sugar in them.

John Kuthe...

On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 10:42:14 AM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 13:16:31 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <d>
> wrote:
>
> >On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 9:57:38 AM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
> >> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:44:33 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >Make your own:
> >> ><http://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/homemade-girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/>
> >> >
> >> >For my money, though, nothing beats a homemade chocolate chip
> >> >cookie (made with butter, not margarine or vegetable shortening).
> >> >
> >> >Cindy Hamilton
> >>
> >> Hear hear!! Vegetable shortening gives a little crispier CC cookie,
> >> but at what flavoir sacrifice? Would you spread Crisco on a cracker or
> >> bread and eat it? NO! Then why use it in cooking?
> >>
> >> John Kuthe...
> >
> >Shortening isn't used for flavor but for texture and stability. It keeps the dough from melting and spreading out in CCCs. I wouldn't want to spread coco butter on a cracker either but it's still important in making chocolate.
>
> If you are making home made Toll House cookies, what do you care more
> about? Texture and stability or flavor?
>
> John Kuthe...

Butter isn't the main flavor in a Toll House cookie. I've made these cookies both ways. I don't like to see cookies getting all flat in the oven. That's just my awesome opinion. There are some cookies where a butter flavor is of primary importance. Those are tasty too.

John Kootchie wrote:
>dsi vwrote:
>>John Kootchie wrote:
>>>Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>
>>> >Make your own:
>>> ><http://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/homemade-girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/>
>>> >
>>> >For my money, though, nothing beats a homemade chocolate chip
>>> >cookie (made with butter, not margarine or vegetable shortening).
>>>
>>> Hear hear!! Vegetable shortening gives a little crispier CC cookie,
>>> but at what flavoir sacrifice? Would you spread Crisco on a cracker or
>>> bread and eat it? NO! Then why use it in cooking?
>>
>>Shortening isn't used for flavor but for texture and stability. It keeps the dough from melting and spreading out in CCCs. I wouldn't want to spread coco butter on a cracker either but it's still important in making chocolate.
>
>If you are making home made Toll House cookies, what do you care more
>about? Texture and stability or flavor?
>
>John Koothie

So tell us, why is Crisco Bwrrryan's and your lubricant of choice for
anal sex?

On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:00:50 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 10:42:14 AM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 13:16:31 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <d>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 9:57:38 AM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:44:33 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Make your own:
>> >> ><http://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/homemade-girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/>
>> >> >
>> >> >For my money, though, nothing beats a homemade chocolate chip
>> >> >cookie (made with butter, not margarine or vegetable shortening).
>> >> >
>> >> >Cindy Hamilton
>> >>
>> >> Hear hear!! Vegetable shortening gives a little crispier CC cookie,
>> >> but at what flavoir sacrifice? Would you spread Crisco on a cracker or
>> >> bread and eat it? NO! Then why use it in cooking?
>> >>
>> >> John Kuthe...
>> >
>> >Shortening isn't used for flavor but for texture and stability. It keeps the dough from melting and spreading out in CCCs. I wouldn't want to spread coco butter on a cracker either but it's still important in making chocolate.
>>
>> If you are making home made Toll House cookies, what do you care more
>> about? Texture and stability or flavor?
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>
>Butter isn't the main flavor in a Toll House cookie. I've made these cookies both ways. I don't like to see cookies getting all flat in the oven. That's just my awesome opinion. There are some cookies where a butter flavor is of primary importance. Those are tasty too.

It's all a matter of opinion. My "awesome opinion" is that butter is
yummy, and Crisco has no place in my kitchen.

John Kuthe...

On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 11:43:58 AM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:00:50 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <>
> wrote:
>
> >On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 10:42:14 AM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
> >> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 13:16:31 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <d>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 9:57:38 AM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
> >> >> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:44:33 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >Make your own:
> >> >> ><http://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/homemade-girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >For my money, though, nothing beats a homemade chocolate chip
> >> >> >cookie (made with butter, not margarine or vegetable shortening).
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Cindy Hamilton
> >> >>
> >> >> Hear hear!! Vegetable shortening gives a little crispier CC cookie,
> >> >> but at what flavoir sacrifice? Would you spread Crisco on a cracker or
> >> >> bread and eat it? NO! Then why use it in cooking?
> >> >>
> >> >> John Kuthe...
> >> >
> >> >Shortening isn't used for flavor but for texture and stability. It keeps the dough from melting and spreading out in CCCs. I wouldn't want to spread coco butter on a cracker either but it's still important in making chocolate.
> >>
> >> If you are making home made Toll House cookies, what do you care more
> >> about? Texture and stability or flavor?
> >>
> >> John Kuthe...
> >
> >Butter isn't the main flavor in a Toll House cookie. I've made these cookies both ways. I don't like to see cookies getting all flat in the oven. That's just my awesome opinion. There are some cookies where a butter flavor is of primary importance. Those are tasty too.
>
> It's all a matter of opinion. My "awesome opinion" is that butter is
> yummy, and Crisco has no place in my kitchen.
>
> John Kuthe...

We all have to follow our own vision. I don't mind other people's awesome visions. I'll eat other people's cookies, no problem! Just don't ask me to toss anybody's cookies. Hee hee.

Brooklyn1 wrote:

>> If you are making home made Toll House cookies, what do you care more
>> about? Texture and stability or flavor?
>>
>> John Koothie
>
> So tell us, why is Crisco Bwrrryan's and your lubricant of choice for
> anal sex?
>
I'm guessing Castrol.

On 8/20/2015 3:53 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> We all have to follow our own vision. I don't mind other people's awesome visions. I'll eat other
> people's cookies, no problem! Just don't ask me to toss anybody's cookies. Hee hee.

That will make the Girl Scout dens very happy ;-)

On 8/20/2015 2:18 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> I heard that whatever the Girl Scouts were unable to sell they chuck them on over to Amazon.
> The best ones are made by a cute blue-eyed blond gal that really enjoys baking.

Nordic treats?

> If you don't have one
> of those, I guess GS cookies will have to do.

I think Jared Fogel thought so too... ;-(

My CC cookies are the best, with 2/3 butter and 1/3 oleo. And John K., you have it
opposite...butter makes them crisper, and margarine makes them softer.

N.

On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 3:16:37 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 9:57:38 AM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
> > On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:44:33 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >Make your own:
> > ><http://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/homemade-girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/>
> > >
> > >For my money, though, nothing beats a homemade chocolate chip
> > >cookie (made with butter, not margarine or vegetable shortening).
> > >
> > >Cindy Hamilton
> >
> > Hear hear!! Vegetable shortening gives a little crispier CC cookie,
> > but at what flavoir sacrifice? Would you spread Crisco on a cracker or
> > bread and eat it? NO! Then why use it in cooking?
> >
> > John Kuthe...
>
> Shortening isn't used for flavor but for texture and stability. It keeps the dough from melting and spreading out in CCCs. I wouldn't want to spread coco butter on a cracker either but it's still important in making chocolate.

The residents of the Great State of Hawai'i are infamous for eating icky
foods like Spam.

--Bryan

On 8/20/2015 1:15 PM, Playa wrote:
> On 8/20/2015 3:53 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> We all have to follow our own vision. I don't mind other people's
>> awesome visions. I'll eat other
>> people's cookies, no problem! Just don't ask me to toss anybody's
>> cookies. Hee hee.
>
> That will make the Girl Scout dens very happy ;-)
>

I don't care much for those GS cookies. We've had to sell those things
myself. These days I just buy the whole allotment outright and give the
stuff away. I really don't like asking people to buy fund-raising items.
That's a real drag.

"dsi1" > wrote in message
...
> On 8/20/2015 1:15 PM, Playa wrote:
>> On 8/20/2015 3:53 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> We all have to follow our own vision. I don't mind other people's
>>> awesome visions. I'll eat other
>>> people's cookies, no problem! Just don't ask me to toss anybody's
>>> cookies. Hee hee.
>>
>> That will make the Girl Scout dens very happy ;-)
>>
>
> I don't care much for those GS cookies. We've had to sell those things
> myself. These days I just buy the whole allotment outright and give the
> stuff away. I really don't like asking people to buy fund-raising items.
> That's a real drag.

it should be outlawed.

On 8/20/2015 1:18 PM, Playa wrote:
> On 8/20/2015 2:18 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> I heard that whatever the Girl Scouts were unable to sell they chuck
>>> them on over to Amazon.
>> The best ones are made by a cute blue-eyed blond gal that really
>> enjoys baking.
>
> Nordic treats?
>
>> If you don't have one
>> of those, I guess GS cookies will have to do.
>
> I think Jared Fogel thought so too... ;-(

No GS cookies for him!

On 8/20/2015 6:29 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
> My CC cookies are the best, with 2/3 butter and 1/3 oleo. And John K., you have it
> opposite...butter makes them crisper, and margarine makes them softer.
>
> N.
>

Good tip on the margarine - thanks!

On 8/20/2015 7:18 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 8/20/2015 1:15 PM, Playa wrote:
>> On 8/20/2015 3:53 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> We all have to follow our own vision. I don't mind other people's
>>> awesome visions. I'll eat other
>>> people's cookies, no problem! Just don't ask me to toss anybody's
>>> cookies. Hee hee.
>>
>> That will make the Girl Scout dens very happy ;-)
>>
>
> I don't care much for those GS cookies. We've had to sell those things
> myself. These days I just buy the whole allotment outright and give the
> stuff away. I really don't like asking people to buy fund-raising items.
> That's a real drag.


As any parent knows, it goes with having kids.

But maybe that will change.

I haven't seen a UNICEF box at Halloween in decades!

On 8/20/2015 7:20 PM, taxed and spent wrote:
> "dsi1" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 8/20/2015 1:15 PM, Playa wrote:
>>> On 8/20/2015 3:53 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>> We all have to follow our own vision. I don't mind other people's
>>>> awesome visions. I'll eat other
>>>> people's cookies, no problem! Just don't ask me to toss anybody's
>>>> cookies. Hee hee.
>>>
>>> That will make the Girl Scout dens very happy ;-)
>>>
>>
>> I don't care much for those GS cookies. We've had to sell those things
>> myself. These days I just buy the whole allotment outright and give the
>> stuff away. I really don't like asking people to buy fund-raising items.
>> That's a real drag.
>
> it should be outlawed.
>
>
WTF?!?!?!

Huh?

On 8/20/2015 7:21 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 8/20/2015 1:18 PM, Playa wrote:
>> On 8/20/2015 2:18 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>> I heard that whatever the Girl Scouts were unable to sell they chuck
>>>> them on over to Amazon.
>>> The best ones are made by a cute blue-eyed blond gal that really
>>> enjoys baking.
>>
>> Nordic treats?
>>
>>> If you don't have one
>>> of those, I guess GS cookies will have to do.
>>
>> I think Jared Fogel thought so too... ;-(
>
> No GS cookies for him!


Not anymore....

Brooklyn1 wrote:
> John Kootchie wrote:
>>dsi vwrote:
>>>John Kootchie wrote:
>>>>Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >Make your own:
>>>> ><http://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/homemade-girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/>
>>>> >
>>>> >For my money, though, nothing beats a homemade chocolate chip
>>>> >cookie (made with butter, not margarine or vegetable shortening).
>>>>
>>>> Hear hear!! Vegetable shortening gives a little crispier CC cookie,
>>>> but at what flavoir sacrifice? Would you spread Crisco on a cracker or
>>>> bread and eat it? NO! Then why use it in cooking?
>>>
>>>Shortening isn't used for flavor but for texture and stability. It keeps the dough from melting and spreading out in CCCs. I wouldn't want to spread coco butter on a cracker either but it's still important in making chocolate.
>>
>>If you are making home made Toll House cookies, what do you care more
>>about? Texture and stability or flavor?
>>
>>John Koothie
>
> So tell us, why is Crisco Bwrrryan's and your lubricant of choice for
> anal sex?

it was only a matter of time...

On 8/20/2015 3:08 PM, MisterDiddyWahDiddy wrote:
> On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 3:16:37 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 9:57:38 AM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
>>> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:44:33 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Make your own:
>>>> <http://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/homemade-girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/>
>>>>
>>>> For my money, though, nothing beats a homemade chocolate chip
>>>> cookie (made with butter, not margarine or vegetable shortening).
>>>>
>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>>> Hear hear!! Vegetable shortening gives a little crispier CC cookie,
>>> but at what flavoir sacrifice? Would you spread Crisco on a cracker or
>>> bread and eat it? NO! Then why use it in cooking?
>>>
>>> John Kuthe...
>>
>> Shortening isn't used for flavor but for texture and stability. It keeps the dough from melting and spreading out in CCCs. I wouldn't want to spread coco butter on a cracker either but it's still important in making chocolate.
>
> The residents of the Great State of Hawai'i are infamous for eating icky
> foods like Spam.
>
> --Bryan
>

You got that all wrong - Hawaii is a trending, exciting, kind of place
foodwise. We got foods here that you've never imagined. You can just
come off of your high-horse barbecue grill mister!

On 8/20/2015 3:20 PM, taxed and spent wrote:
> "dsi1" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 8/20/2015 1:15 PM, Playa wrote:
>>> On 8/20/2015 3:53 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>> We all have to follow our own vision. I don't mind other people's
>>>> awesome visions. I'll eat other
>>>> people's cookies, no problem! Just don't ask me to toss anybody's
>>>> cookies. Hee hee.
>>>
>>> That will make the Girl Scout dens very happy ;-)
>>>
>>
>> I don't care much for those GS cookies. We've had to sell those things
>> myself. These days I just buy the whole allotment outright and give the
>> stuff away. I really don't like asking people to buy fund-raising items.
>> That's a real drag.
>
> it should be outlawed.
>
>

Parents got enough problems as it is already - thanks!

On 8/20/2015 3:43 PM, Playa wrote:
> On 8/20/2015 7:18 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 8/20/2015 1:15 PM, Playa wrote:
>>> On 8/20/2015 3:53 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>> We all have to follow our own vision. I don't mind other people's
>>>> awesome visions. I'll eat other
>>>> people's cookies, no problem! Just don't ask me to toss anybody's
>>>> cookies. Hee hee.
>>>
>>> That will make the Girl Scout dens very happy ;-)
>>>
>>
>> I don't care much for those GS cookies. We've had to sell those things
>> myself. These days I just buy the whole allotment outright and give the
>> stuff away. I really don't like asking people to buy fund-raising items.
>> That's a real drag.
>
>
> As any parent knows, it goes with having kids.
>
> But maybe that will change.
>
> I haven't seen a UNICEF box at Halloween in decades!

Ha ha, those guys would send kids out into the cold and dark on one of
the scariest nights of the year to collect spare change. Could people be
more heartless?

On 8/20/2015 3:44 PM, Playa wrote:
> On 8/20/2015 7:21 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 8/20/2015 1:18 PM, Playa wrote:
>>> On 8/20/2015 2:18 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>> I heard that whatever the Girl Scouts were unable to sell they chuck
>>>>> them on over to Amazon.
>>>> The best ones are made by a cute blue-eyed blond gal that really
>>>> enjoys baking.
>>>
>>> Nordic treats?
>>>
>>>> If you don't have one
>>>> of those, I guess GS cookies will have to do.
>>>
>>> I think Jared Fogel thought so too... ;-(
>>
>> No GS cookies for him!
>
>
> Not anymore....

My guess is that one of the terms of his parole would be no GS cookie
sales within 200 yards of his residence.

On 20/08/2015 1:06 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/20/2015 11:41 AM, wrote:
>> Thin mint cookies from the Girl Scouts were good, maybe they still
>> are. Might try Amazon to get a few boxes.
>>
>> Freshness may be a concern. I heard that whatever the Girl Scouts
>> were unable to sell they chuck them on over to Amazon.
>>
>
> Home made chocolate chip is best. Toll House recipe
> Next is a Walker shortbread cookie
> Everything else is tied for third.

I've just made a batch of TH cookies for my d-i-l who just delivered
twins:-) I cut the white sugar by half and they are still too sweet, IMO.
Graham
--
"You can't buy happiness, but you can buy wine,
which is kind of the same thing".

On 8/20/2015 8:03 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 8/20/2015 3:43 PM, Playa wrote:
>> On 8/20/2015 7:18 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On 8/20/2015 1:15 PM, Playa wrote:
>>>> On 8/20/2015 3:53 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>> We all have to follow our own vision. I don't mind other people's
>>>>> awesome visions. I'll eat other
>>>>> people's cookies, no problem! Just don't ask me to toss anybody's
>>>>> cookies. Hee hee.
>>>>
>>>> That will make the Girl Scout dens very happy ;-)
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't care much for those GS cookies. We've had to sell those things
>>> myself. These days I just buy the whole allotment outright and give the
>>> stuff away. I really don't like asking people to buy fund-raising items.
>>> That's a real drag.
>>
>>
>> As any parent knows, it goes with having kids.
>>
>> But maybe that will change.
>>
>> I haven't seen a UNICEF box at Halloween in decades!
>
> Ha ha, those guys would send kids out into the cold and dark on one of
> the scariest nights of the year to collect spare change. Could people be
> more heartless?


Plus we had to put the labels on our own used lunch milk containers ;-(

On 8/20/2015 8:05 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 8/20/2015 3:44 PM, Playa wrote:
>> On 8/20/2015 7:21 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On 8/20/2015 1:18 PM, Playa wrote:
>>>> On 8/20/2015 2:18 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>> I heard that whatever the Girl Scouts were unable to sell they chuck
>>>>>> them on over to Amazon.
>>>>> The best ones are made by a cute blue-eyed blond gal that really
>>>>> enjoys baking.
>>>>
>>>> Nordic treats?
>>>>
>>>>> If you don't have one
>>>>> of those, I guess GS cookies will have to do.
>>>>
>>>> I think Jared Fogel thought so too... ;-(
>>>
>>> No GS cookies for him!
>>
>>
>> Not anymore....
>
> My guess is that one of the terms of his parole would be no GS cookie
> sales within 200 yards of his residence.

Ayup.

On 8/20/2015 5:56 PM, Playa wrote:
> On 8/20/2015 8:03 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 8/20/2015 3:43 PM, Playa wrote:
>>> On 8/20/2015 7:18 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>> On 8/20/2015 1:15 PM, Playa wrote:
>>>>> On 8/20/2015 3:53 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>> We all have to follow our own vision. I don't mind other people's
>>>>>> awesome visions. I'll eat other
>>>>>> people's cookies, no problem! Just don't ask me to toss anybody's
>>>>>> cookies. Hee hee.
>>>>>
>>>>> That will make the Girl Scout dens very happy ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't care much for those GS cookies. We've had to sell those things
>>>> myself. These days I just buy the whole allotment outright and give the
>>>> stuff away. I really don't like asking people to buy fund-raising
>>>> items.
>>>> That's a real drag.
>>>
>>>
>>> As any parent knows, it goes with having kids.
>>>
>>> But maybe that will change.
>>>
>>> I haven't seen a UNICEF box at Halloween in decades!
>>
>> Ha ha, those guys would send kids out into the cold and dark on one of
>> the scariest nights of the year to collect spare change. Could people be
>> more heartless?
>
>
> Plus we had to put the labels on our own used lunch milk containers ;-(

Luckily, there's laws protecting kids from the horrors we had to go
through these days. The smell of milk in the lunchroom and the stink of
rotting milk in the dumpsters is a most unpleasant memory of those early
school days. I'm glad I don't have to smell stinky milk anymore!

> wrote in message
...
> Thin mint cookies from the Girl Scouts were good, maybe they still are.
> Might try Amazon to get a few boxes.
>
> Freshness may be a concern. I heard that whatever the Girl Scouts were
> unable to sell they chuck them on over to Amazon.

I think you heard wrong. Although you can buy them there, I have read that
nobody but the scouts are supposed to sell them. If you do see them for
sale there, it is likely some unscrupulous person who bought them to resell
at a higher price. I was at Winco today and saw some thin mint cookies. I
think it was their brand.

"dsi1" > wrote in message
...
> On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 9:57:38 AM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:44:33 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >Make your own:
>> ><http://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/homemade-girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/>
>> >
>> >For my money, though, nothing beats a homemade chocolate chip
>> >cookie (made with butter, not margarine or vegetable shortening).
>> >
>> >Cindy Hamilton
>>
>> Hear hear!! Vegetable shortening gives a little crispier CC cookie,
>> but at what flavoir sacrifice? Would you spread Crisco on a cracker or
>> bread and eat it? NO! Then why use it in cooking?
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>
> Shortening isn't used for flavor but for texture and stability. It keeps
> the dough from melting and spreading out in CCCs. I wouldn't want to
> spread coco butter on a cracker either but it's still important in making
> chocolate.

Yes. I find that shortening is necessary for some cookies. In some case,
half that and half butter. I would never use it in something like Spritz or
Shortbread though.