Ok, yesterday I did a blog on my reaction to a political matter that occurred on Friday. To be honest, I did not write it to get approval or disapproval from you my friends, I wrote it to get my emotions off my chest. That's it. I did, and feel much better for having done so.
Now, more importantly, let's move on to something that vast majority of us can agree on. Girl Scout cookies.
I saw a cute blurb on the St. Louis Cardinals Instagram site earlier. They were interviewing a number of ballplayers, mostly minor leaguers, and they asked them one question. What is your favorite type of Girl Scout cookie? They asked about a dozen ball players and received a variety of responses. It was interesting.
I remember "back in the day," you know, I don't like that phrase but anyway, a long time ago, I can remember about this time a year, when we would arrive at church, being bombarded as soon as we walked in, by dozens of young girls with their cookie scorecard, asking us, well my mom or dad, if we wanted to buy some girl scout cookies. I think they were about 50 cents a box back then, maybe more, I really don't remember.
What I do remember is we always bought "Savannahs," the peanut-butter oatmeal cookie. We might buy three or four boxes and my mother would ration the number of cookies my brother and I would get, and for that matter, the number my dad got. Still, I have very fond memories of girl scout cookies.
I recently spent eight days in St. Louis when my mother was in the hospital after falling and breaking her hip. By the way, thank you for all the notes and well wishes, she is doing much better. But last Sunday, M needed a few things from Walgreens, so we stopped at one in Chesterfield. Lo and behold by the entrance, there were a handful of girl scouts and moms selling girl scout cookies!
I was quite pleased when M came out of Walgreens and stopped to engage the girl scouts. I couldn't see from my vantage point but was happy to see she made some sort of purchase. When she got in the car, before I could utter a word, she said, one box for you, one box for me. She handed me a box of Samoas, while she had a box of Thin Mints for herself.
I was pleased.
I mentioned the little Cardinals video earlier, and the two flavors the Cardinal rookies mentioned most often were Thin Mints and Samoas, though several said, you know, the ones with the coconut.
According to the Girl Scout website, there are 12 varieties of cookies. Some of them I have never seen or heard of before. I'm going to chat about a few of them.
Samoas - My absolute favorite. A crisp cookie with caramel and coconut and a hint of chocolate. I'll be honest, I will be shoe leather if it has coconut on it. There are very few foods in this world I love more than coconut. Bacon, pork steaks, shrimp, blackened grouper. That's about it. Coconut is just.....it's just grand.
Do-Si-Do's - These are the ones we used to call Savannahs. A delicious oatmeal cookie with a peanut butter filling. It was, and still is, delightful. I was only slightly disappointed M did not buy a box of these.
Thin Mints - Ok, another confession. I am not that big of a chocolate lover. I mean it's ok, but i don't crave it. I especially don't care for dark chocolate, way too bitter for me, give me milk chocolate please. Anyway, this is a chocolate cookie dipped in a chocolaty, minty coating. It is actually quite good. But you know what I love best about these thin mints? Eating them frozen. That's right, pop them in the freezer, then have them while they are still ice cold. Yummy.
Trefoils - These are nothing more that shortbread cookies. A longtime classic. These are good dipped in Nutella
Lemonades and Lemon-Ups - Lemon is another flavor I like. I like in my iced tea, my hot tea, even my water. The other day I ate a wonderful, delectable lemon, blueberry muffin. Oh my goodness. So yes, it carries over to cookies, I like cookies with a hint, or more than a hint of lemon in them. Now, if ZI can only find some lemon-coconut, peanut butter cookies. Hmmm.
Thanks for reading, hope you find some girl scout cookies somewhere today. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!
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