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Best Bites of YumSugar

Posted Aug 6th 2009 1:00PM by Monika Bartyzel
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Shrimp Tacos with Avocado-Corn Salsa. Photo: YumSugar

Each Thursday, we round up a selection of scrumptious links from our friends over at YumSugar. Here's what they've got cooking this week:

Raw corn off the cob can perk up a shrimp cocktail when you make a salsa and throw it in a taco.

Has Wal-Mart ripped off those delicious cookies the Girl Scouts have been selling for years?

Bottarga makes for a fine "poor man's" caviar.

Grilled bruschetta chicken is a fast and easy dish perfect for evenings when time is of the essence.

Rum punch is prime for a technicolor luau.

Julie Powell, of "Julie & Julia" fame, dishes about the movie.

A test of your M&M's know-how to separate myth from fact.

Leftover chicken thighs are prime candidates for Peking-style chicken wraps.

Girl Scout Victims of Counterfeit Bills

Posted Mar 3rd 2009 1:01PM by Max Shrem
Filed under: Snacks, Newspapers, On the Blogs

According to a report just yesterday from MSNBC, Girl Scout troops selling their cookies in Washington state are the latest victims of fraud. They have lost $100 so far due to fake $20 bills. This comes at a particularly rough time for Girl Scout cookie sales.

According to The Consumerist, a troop leader states that sales are down by as much as half. As The Consumerist states, "Girl Scout Cookies are not recession-proof." Apparently, they are also not safe from the fraudsters that seem to be sweeping our country, like Bernard Madoff and Robert Allen Stanford. As a result, troop leaders are defending themselves with counterfeit detecting pens. This specific troop of Girl Scouts in Bremerton, WA plans to sell more cookies this weekend, but with a cautious eye and a defensive pen.

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Girl Scout Cookie Sales - Should Parents Shill for Their Kids?

Posted Feb 4th 2009 6:06PM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Food News

A couple of nights ago, I was having dinner with a couple of people, when the topic of Girl Scout cookies came up. We all had stories about friends and co-workers who have convinced, cajoled and harrassed us into buying a box or two and eventually someone asked, "where are the actual Girl Scouts who are supposed to be selling the cookies?"

As a child, my parents always insisted that if my sister and I were to participate in a fundraising event that included selling things, we had to sell them ourselves. They refused to take cookies and candy into their workplaces and shill for us. We had to trudge around the neighborhood on our own to make our sales. We were both always so jealous of the friends who could simply have their father take the sales sheet into the office and come home that night with the sales quota met.

According to an article on CNN.com, the Girl Scouts of America actually stress that cookie sales should be done by the girls* themselves, however, most people recognize that fundraisers like this one often require a great deal of parental participation.

What's your take on fundraising sales like Girl Scout cookies and school candy sales? Should parents participate, or should the kids be the ones to do the work?

*I would like to note that Scott and I bought two boxes of cookies this year from actual Brownies, who were stationed just outside a local grocery store. However, it was the first time in years that either of us had encountered any real scouts.

Avoid Transfats, Make Girl Scout Cookies at Home

Posted Jan 8th 2009 10:58AM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Dessert, On the Blogs, Comfort Food

It's January, the month for fresh starts, healthy eating and Girl Scout Cookies. Yes, that's right, sometime this month (start dates vary according to region), little girls in patch-laden sashes and perky uniforms will be knocking on doors and setting up tables, all in effort to raise funds via cookie sales.

However, in recent years critics have called into question the Girl Scout Cookie, because they of their negative health effects (particularly since they've historically contained trans-fats). There's even talk of doing away with the Girl Scout Cookie as a fundraiser altogether. However, for those of you who love your Thin Mints or Do-Si-Dos, take heart. There's another way to get your fix - make them yourself!*

Over the years, Nicole at Baking Bites has developed a series of cookie recipes that allow you to make all your favorites at home. This way, you can get your favorite flavors without all the questionable additives. In addition to the cookies mentioned above, she's also got recipes for Samoas and Tagalongs.

*If you'd normally buy a box or two from your local scout, consider giving a donation to make up for the lost cookie revenue.

Peanut Butter Moon Pies

Posted Jan 2nd 2009 12:00PM by Kat Kinsman
Filed under: Snacks, Southern States, New Products, America, Guilty Pleasures

The good folks at Chattanooga Bakery have seen fit to re-release their previously discontinued peanut butter permutation of the traditional choco-coated cookie, and not a darned second too soon. I'm here to tell ya, this li'l fella is some seriously good -- if nigh on violently sugary -- eating. With a crunchy, fudgy cookie as the foundation, a hearty slathering of extra-sweet peanut butter in lieu of the standard marshmallow and a silky chocolate coating, the confection bears an astonishing texture and flavor resemblance to the perennial Girl Scout vended fave, Tagalongs®, a.k.a. Peanut Butter Patties®. Served frozen, per a suggestion on the box, it's simply a revelation.

The upside is that unlike the GSA confection, Moon Pies can be acquired year-round. The downer for those trapped north of the Mason-Dixon is that they're not especially easy to come across in stores. $17.99, plus $8.95 (give or take) shipping will net you 48 pies, but I'd daresay it's worth the investment at least once. Tell ya what -- if you don't like 'em, next time I see you, I'll spring for your R.C.

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Tasty Nibbles From YumSugar

Posted Dec 4th 2008 3:29PM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: YumSugar

Each Thursday, we round up a selection of scrumptious links from our friends over at YumSugar. Here's what they've got cooking this week.

On occasion, we all get sucked into reality TV. YumSugar wants to know who your favorite food reality TV contestant was for 2008 (I must admit an unhealthy in Kelsey Nixon from TNFNS).
This 'wich of the week is a toasted cheese that features grilled eggplant in place of bread. Yum!
It appears that Girl Scout Cookies may be on their way out. Say it isn't so!
Jamie Oliver, that scruffy British chef, has launched his own glossy magazine.
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Now that holiday season is here, you may find yourself looking for a good party appetizer. How about these Red Pepper Cheese Crostini?
These tips on how to orchestrate a last minute Thanksgiving meal are helpful any time you have to get dinner on the table for a crowd on the spur of the moment.

Girl Scout cookie sales record

Posted May 16th 2008 9:00AM by Shayna Glick
Filed under: Snacks, Business, Comfort Food, Bakeries

Several boxes of girl scout cookies, different flavors.

We all love Girl Scout cookies, right? I try to stay away from them or I'll a whole box at a time, but I love them all the same. Well so does one scout from Michigan, who actually broke sales records.

Jennifer Sharpe sold, I kid you not, 17, 328 boxes of cookies. That's a lot of Samoa's! I can't imagine selling even a fraction of that. Apparently, though, all that selling really helped Jennifer get over being shy. Not only that, the cookie sales (about $21,000) is paying for her troop to go to Europe this winter.

Just think about that next time you buy a box of Girl Scout cookies!

Ready for Girl Scout cookie season?

Posted Jan 18th 2007 9:03AM by Nicole Weston
Filed under: Snacks, Culinary Kids, Stores & Shopping, New Products, Comfort Food, Bakeries

It's that time of year again: Girl Scout cookie season. This year all Girl Scout cookies are trans-fat free so you can eat them with slightly less guilt than before.

There are two bakeries that produce Girl Scout Cookies, Little Brownie Bakers and ABC Bakers . Both produce some of the classic cookies, including Thin Mints, Samoas, Trefoils and Tagalongs (a.k.a. Peanut Butter Patties), but each of the bakeries make several cookies that the other does not. Little Brownie Bakers has three original creations this year. Sugar Free Little Brownies are little chewy chocolate squares "packed with chocolate chips" that are diabetic friendly and All-Abouts are all about "Enjoying life as a true Girl Scout" and appear to have a chocolate-flavored coating on one side.

ABC Bakers has Reduced Fat Cartwheels, which are "oatmeal rounds with a cinnamon burst in every bite" and lemon-iced shortbread Lemonades in their lineup this spring, as well as cookies with the odd name Thanks-a-Lot appear to be the same as the All-Abouts from LBB, although they have the words for "thanks" in five different languages written on them.

I'm planning on passing on both the All-Abouts and Thanks-a-Lots, but I'll consider getting a box of Lemonades with my Samoas, Tagalongs and Trefoils this year.

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Best Bites of YumSugar

Girl Scout Victims of Counterfeit Bills

Girl Scout Cookie Sales - Should Parents Shill for Their Kids?

Avoid Transfats, Make Girl Scout Cookies at Home

Peanut Butter Moon Pies

Tasty Nibbles From YumSugar

Girl Scout cookie sales record

Ready for Girl Scout cookie season?

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