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Something Light: Favorite Girl Scout cookies
A Michigan teen may have set a national record for selling the most Girl Scout cookies: 17,328. That’s a whole lot of Thin Mints, Do-Si-Dos, Trefoils, Tagalongs, Samoas, All Abouts, Thanks-a-Lots, Lemon Chalet Cremes, Sugar Free Chocolate Chips, Cinna-Spins, and Lemonades.
This year our regular Girl Scout didn’t stop by to see if we wanted any cookies–so my husband missed out on his Thins Mints and I on my Samoas. I guess we’ll just have to wait for the next cookie drive. Sigh.
For all you Girl Scout cookie connoisseurs, what’s your favorite cookie?
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Trefoils. Frozen.
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Thin Mints, frozen. But for the one who needs a Thin Mint fix year round, Keebler Grasshoppers are just as good.
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It sure ain’t Thin Mints!!!
I sort of like the Samoas, if I had to pick just one.
As long as it’s not Thin Mints.
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I don’t care much for any of them (and as TJ and I agreed the other day, mint and chocolate just do not belong together).
My favorite cookie is a homemade chocolate chip. Favorite store-bought are Otterbein’s sugar cookies. I think they may be local to Baltimore – anybody seen them elsewhere? They are an awesome, thin sugar cookie.
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TJ – we were posting at the same time.
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It used to be the thin mints. But the last time I had some, they just didn’t taste the same…
Now I just go to Kroger and pick up a pack of those Pepperidge Farm Pecan/Chocolate Chunk cookies….
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mmmmmmmm…..
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For those of you who participated in the “Jephthah” thread the other day, this is the response I got from my Pastor:
This is a difficult story to say the least. A number of stories in the Book of Judges are difficult. The story of Jephthah is the ninth episode in the Book of Judges which describes a Judge’s struggles with the Ammonites and Moabites (Jueges 10:6 – 12:7) and others. Jephthah, the son of a harlot, was appointed by the elders to lead the people against these foes. To ensure the Lord’s support, Jephthah promised to sacrifice whoever first came out of his tent to greet him when he returned victorious from his campaigns. Unfortunately for Jephthah, his daughter came to greet him.
Human sacrifice does not receive positive attention in the Bible:
Deut. 18:9-10 (NIV)
When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. [10] Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,
2 Kings 3:26-27 (NIV)
When the king of Moab saw that the battle had gone against him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they failed. [27] Then he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him as a sacrifice on the city wall. The fury against Israel was great; they withdrew and returned to their own land.
2 Kings 16:2-4 (NIV)
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. Unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God. [3] He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, following the detestable ways of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites. [4] He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.
2 Kings 21:5-6 (NIV)
In both courts of the temple of the Lord, he (Manasseh) built altars to all the starry hosts. [6] He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
Jeremiah 7:31 (NIV)
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire–something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.
Micah 6:7-8 (NIV)
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousand rivers of oil?
Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
[8] He has showed you, O man, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.
One scholar wrote that sacrifices such as that promised by Jephthah were possibly designed to arouse the deity to furious action in desperate situations. This does not seem to be the reason in Jephthah’s case. Some of the other references above may fit into this category.
The concluding note in Judges 11 suggests, among the Israelites, the incident gave rise, to the custom of bewailing virginity. The closing portion of the Jephthah cycle speaks of conflicts amongst the tribes themselves, and throws some light on differences in dialects among the various groups, Judges 12:1-6.
The way I have read this passage involves a boarder look. The key for me is
Hebrews 11:17-18 (NIV)
“By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, [18] even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”
Abraham is commended for his faith in Yahweh even if it meant the sacrifice of his only son. Faith in Yahweh is the issue here. Abraham was willing to sacrifice Isaac if that is what Yahweh wanted in terms of obedience and faithfulness. Abraham’s faith was that strong!
In the same chapter of Hebrews we read: Hebrews 11:32 (ESV)
“And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets –” Here again faith in Yahweh is the issue. Jephthah’s faith was so strong that if he made a vow to Yahweh (no matter how ridiculous it was or how morally incomprehensible), he was morally bound to fulfill that vow. Like you, I believe he kept his word – he fulfilled his vow – he sacrificed his daughter (his only child!). There is no word that he did otherwise. Both Abraham and Jephthah are lifted up as demonstrating great faith in Yahweh – one willing to sacrifice his only son in obedience to the Word of Yahweh – the other willing to sacrifice his only child in obedience to a foolish vow he made to Yahweh. Faith in Yahweh can be that radical.
I believe we have to leave it there and not try to explain it away. It is one of those tensions under which we live. When we get to heaven, we’ll get a clearer explanation.
Another point is that God (Yahweh) was willing and did in fact sacrifice His only-begotten Son for us. That’s how much He loves us! That’s how much He is willing to go to reconcile us to Himself. That’s how much He desires that we be His forever! That is the way God actually proves: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”
I hope this sheds some light on the subject or at least presents another view. Thank you for the question. It got me to do some thinking once again about this troublesome text.
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I don’t eat those cookies unless they’re made out of real girl scouts. Needless to say, I’ve never had one.
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Thin Mints!!
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I’m sorry – I put post 6 on the wrong thread – I meant to put it on WV.
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Thin Mints. (I forgive you, TJ and Mommy.)
DH and I unknowingly ordered our usual ‘one or each kind’ from two different girl scouts this year, so we were well stocked.
The cleverest girl scout I met this year was stationed at the first stop sign on the way down the mountain from the ski slopes. A couple of boxes of cookies made the drive home a lot of fun!
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If you love children’s picture books, read ‘Cookies: Bite-Sized Life Lessons’ by Amy Krause Rosenthal. It’s full of definitions like “Trustworthy means, If you ask me to hold your cookie until you come back, when you come back, I will still be holding your cookie.” accompanied by beautiful watercolor illustrations by Jane Dyer.
http://www.amazon.com/Cookies-Bite-Size-Amy-Krouse-Rosenthal/dp/006058081X/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211288844&sr=1-1
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*sigh* Helen and I missed out this year also because the local GS troop didn’t come by the condo association. *pout*
We like the shortbreads (my fave),didn’t know they were called trefoils. Also we like the tags, samoas, and the lemon cremes.
All enjoyed with a real tall glass of local Rhode Island milk.
aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh
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For me it’s a toss up between Tagalongs and Samoas.
Mommy,
All is forgiven on the misplaced post, just tell us Jepthah’s favorite Girl Scout cookie by way of pennance:)
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Justus331,
Oh yeah, Tagalongs with coffee milk! Nice.
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Thin Mints has always been my favorite – so I try not to eat any. (Hard to eat just one.)
Last year one of my son’s best friends was selling them for her Brownie troop, so of course I let him order a box. He ordered the peanut butter ones, which was just fine with me – I like them but I had no trouble letting him have the whole box (over the course of a few weeks).
If someone at work orders Samoas and offers me one I am happy to accept.
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Thin Mints.
Alas, the sale usually is during Lent when I give up chocolate. Over the years, I’ve had several accomodating Girl Scout mothers who stored my purchase in the refrigerator until after Easter. Got to love them–the girls and the cookies!
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Thin Mints. I had Thin Mint ice cream once at a Brewsters, with huge chunks of the cookies in minty ice cream. It was amazing.
Mommy, thanks for the reference to Jephthah … the connection with Abraham made sense and cleared things up a lot.
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Thin Mints are the result of a nefarious plot by Josef Mengele foisted on the American public. Even Dr. Frankenstein wasn’t demented enough to ruin perfectly good chocolate by combining it with mint.
Oh, the humanity (or lack thereof)…
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I love frozen thin mints & samoas, HOWEVER my favorite is lemon coolers, which they don’t have anymore!!! OH THE PAIN & SUFFERING!
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Their cookies are pretty bad all around. The girls scouts would do better at making money I am sure, if they made their own home made cookies, which would obviously be way better than this boxed junk and cheaper to make too I would guess – meaning more profits. They could still sell them door to door
So, are the girls too lazy, too busy, too stupid or too worried about being sued to make their own cookies today?
You guessed it. The main reason girl scouts buy their horrible cookies to sell is because only the horrible cookie company gets sued by insane whack jobs.
It is better all around to give the girls $5 each and tell them to keep the cookies if you really want to help them and yourself out
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Now wait a minute, TJ – I’ve always liked you on this blog, but I’m beginning to think we’re going to have a hard time getting along if you don’t like Thin Mints – or mint and chocolate together. They were made for each other. As I recall, Cameron likes chocolate and mint together. However DO you two stay married?
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Llama – That’s what the girls scouts used to do. Back in the day they sold homemade cookies.
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Klasko, you need to confer with Mommy. She has it right. Cameron and I are in counseling over the issue. It’s sort of like a Yankees fan marrying a Red Sox fan.
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Is it just me or have they added a bunch of new cookies recently (like in the last four or five years)? I’ve never even heard of a “Samoa” and remember some good caramel and chocolate cookies and then chocolate-covered shortbread.
Do they make those?
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Kimberly,
They’ve kept some, changed the names of some, and added new “healthier” ones (read: less trans fat). Samoas have been around forever, though, I think.
Thin Mints rock. I currently have 2.5 boxes “polluting” our freezer-yum! Be right back…
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*wipes TM crumbs from fingers before typing*
Kristen, your too-long link at the top made the screen unbalanced!
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Thin mints are my favorite, I think–I’ve actually only ever tried a couple of kinds, and don’t remember what the other kind was. BUT they’re too expensive, and I don’t buy them myself. If anyone has some extras of any variety, I’d be glad to try a couple….
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Thin Mints
Samoas (although, they are called Caramel Delights here)
I like the chocolate covered peanut better ones – can’t remember what the name is.
I also like the Trefoils.
I’m a cookie girl. I can leave cake, but cookies…
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Samoas and Thin Mints.
Thin Mints are my weakness – I have been known to buy an extra box so that at least half a box of them makes it home…
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TJ – Horrors!! As a dyed in the wool Yankee fan, that’s a feud worse than the Hatfields and the McCoys!!
It’s going to take a LOT of counseling for you to overcome your aversion to chocolate and mint together. It’s good that Cameron has consented to come along to counseling to help you overcome this.
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Mommy merits forgiveness for that offense because she likes chocolate chip cookies and being from Baltimore, she’s practically my neighbor. (I’m in Northern VA.)
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Thin mints and Samoas (there seems to be a common theme in this thread).
I ordered from two girl scouts this year (actually, their mothers who brought the forms in to work. I never met the girls in person).
One of them never showed up with the goods, so I just ended up with thin mints. Fortunately, my boss ordered several of each box for the company — that rocked!
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Klasko – do you have Otterbein’s there? They sell them in the grocery store in red and whit bags; usually in the bakery section.
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#31: Klasko, Thin Mints and a Yankees fan?!? That sounds like something out of a horror novel. No, even Ray Bradbury or Stephen King might find that too fantastic to believe.
I’m afraid that such a rift might be impossible to bridge. Only if you affirm the superiority of Georgia football can you return to my good graces.
Or you can buy me some Samoas.
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I have not seen them, but then I have never looked for them. I know they don’t sell them at the commissary in Quantico, but I’ll check my other grocery stores. They sound good.
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TJ – Sorry – we like the Wolverines (DH is from MI), but I guess you DO have some redeeming qualities. The Samoas just might be the bridge – they’re my second favorites.
Please tell me you like The Red Wings…
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Frozen Thin Mints, for sure. Klasko’s right, Keebler’s Grasshoppers taste just the same [even the 100 calorie pack ones]
Two questions though: For those of you who didn’t have a GS come to their door, weren’t there girls selling them in front of your local grocery stores? And did that girl really sell 17,328 boxes all by herself, or did she have a lot of parental help at their workplaces? As I recall, when I was working, there were always parents selling cookies or whatever their other kids were using for fund raisers. I’ll bet that hasn’t changed.
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Klasko,
Wolverines fan? Do you know that dispatch.com keeps a running total of the number of days that have passed since Michigan’s last victory over Ohio State in football?
Today’s count is 1641.
Go Bucks!
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Ouch Scott! That wasn’t nice!!
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It’s OK Klasko–
The Cubs don’t win much either.
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Klasko,
Perhaps you’re right; I may have been a bit harsh.
Have you checked out Ohio’s other sports teams (Reds, Indians, Bengals, Browns, Cavs, Blue Jackets)? Ohio State football is all we have.
Wait, the Crew is playing well. Too bad nobody in town notices.
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True enough, Scott. You have to back the winner.
We can loan you the Wings…
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Not really a hockey fan, Klasko. Though I do own a Hartford Whalers cap (very un-PC but a cool logo, nonetheless). But considering that they now reside in NC and under a different name, I’m not sure that means much. At least they don’t still play in a mall.
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Ah well, I guess we’ll just have to settle for the Sammoa bridge then.
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One thing to keep in mind is that the cookies are made by different bakeries. A guy my husband works with said he’d bought the same kind of GS cookie (maybe it was Thin Mints) from 2 different GSs, one in Conn., one in Mass. He said the ones from Conn. were much better.
Thin Mints & Samoas rule in our house, along with the peanut butter ones & the Trefoils.
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When we buy, it is Thin Mints and Samoas. We used to buy when my husband’s fellow employees sold them for their daughters. We don’t get too many requests for buying them now.
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I said this on the World Views Thread for today, but if anyone can guess who I voted for in today’s presidential primary, I’ll eat a Thin Mint. Cameron will be my witness.
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I think the second flavor I tried was the peanut butter ones. Whatever it was, I wasn’t impressed. I do really like the thin mints.
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48–
And there are a couple guesses on Whirled/World Views. We’re waiting with bated breath, TJ!
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Kimberly – the Samoas are shortbread with caramel, chocolate and coconut. They have been around forever, but in our area they are called Caramel Delights. Not sure why, but the names seem to be somewhat regional. Yummy!
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Kimberly and her bated breath guessed correctly on the WV thread.
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Cameron #27: Actually, I think Paula’s link @ 12 offset the screen. And just how do you get along with someone who does not like Thin Mints?
My fav is Thin Mints, but the peanut butter ones are almost better (thicker and all).
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Devil Cookie
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