Opportunity for meh?

@IWUJackson in Tagalog, Girl Scout thin mint is Babaeng Scout manipis na mint

@IWUJackson They will be stale anyway shortly after meh sends them.

@elfunkman Samoas.

/image girl scouts samoas

@elfunkman @narfcake Kroger has a Kroger branded cookie that tastes just like Samoas and one that taste just like thin mints they sell year round… so when the Girl scouts aren’t selling we still get our fix

@elfunkman @narfcake these are the GOAT

@elfunkman @narfcake @tinamarie1974

We have two girls in scouts. This is what our garage looks like for part of the year because of Girl Scout cookies. Because of COVID, we didn’t have it this year so I can only imagine how many boxes are sat going stale.

@elfunkman @narfcake @sillyheathen omg, that is an insane # of cookies

@elfunkman @narfcake @tinamarie1974 that was actually a lighter year.

@elfunkman @narfcake @tinamarie1974

These were just the pallets of thin mints just for our service unit on depot day last year.

@elfunkman @narfcake @sillyheathen holy crap!!

@elfunkman I hope you aren’t eating Tagalogs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagalog_people

@Limewater It’s like the people who say they eat Kiwis. I hope they mean kiwifruit because Kiwis (human and bird) are illegal to eat. Were GS Tagalongs once called Tagalogs? That might explain the confusion.

@Limewater @rockblossom If you are ever confused by a person’s intention when they say they are going to “eat a kiwi”, you are 100 percent, without a doubt, hanging out with the wrong crowd.

Then again, who am I to judge? Maybe the “Tasty Good Cannibals” could be the next hit cookie. I’m not sure what will be in it, but I’m pretty sure it will somehow taste like chicken.

@elfunkman @Limewater I do love my soylent green but the Filipinos are safe. They’re typically kind of gamey for my taste.

@elfunkman @Limewater @rockblossom
We LOVE eating kiwis here!

They’re SO tasty!

@narfcake @sillyheathen @tinamarie1974 I don’t claim to know what comes after this life, but if there is a heaven, I like to think it looks something like that photo. Who knew pallets of Thin Mints could evoke such joy and happiness (Cookie Monster aside)?

@sillyheathen

You mentioned the cookies might be going stale over time.

Are you/your daughters allowed to sell them?

@Koolhandjoe I’ll have to try the Kroger ones. Clover Valley samoas knockoffs from Dollar General are very close to the real thing, only a little less crisp on the cookie inside. And the Dollar Tree thin mints are made by the same bakery as ABC Bakers. They taste the same even if the cookie inside is light colored instead of chocolate brown.

@elfunkman Long ago, someone I worked with was planning a trip to NZ, and asked whether they could order fried or barbequed kiwi. I said that they would be disappointed, as only the wings are edible.

@f00l sadly cookie selling season is over. Our SU wasn’t allowed to do in person delivery so we had to rely on online sales strictly. My daughters both usually sell 500-1500 boxes each per season. They both only got around 100/ea this year.

@sillyheathen

I bet your family could sell lots of them here. If only GSA would allow your daughters to do so.

: (

@djslack @Koolhandjoe @narfcake @sillyheathen @tinamarie1974
Aldi is also a good source for knock off GS cookies (pseudo tagalongs and samoas etc.) year round. They run about $1 to $1.25 a box… They are pretty good.

@chienfou @djslack @Koolhandjoe @narfcake @sillyheathen I JUST tried the chocolate peanut butter ones last week. They are delicious!!

@tinamarie1974

@chienfou hey I listen! Well at least to those whose judgement I trust. So I listen to you

@tinamarie1974
I know… “I tried to tell y’all” … and I succeeded!

@st_ellis Ha! Admittedly I had to google “Zen koan”, but that is some professional grade, fun with a typo work right there. I give you all the stars.

@remo28 also, I’m told the local troop only gets 50 cents of the box. That seems like a terrible fundraiser. I usually get mine at Aldi - they’ve got good substitute for the two I prefer. That or keebler grasshopper cookies. Name brand, but still half the cost or less if on sale.
Also, if you ask the leader of a troop, they may take a direct donation. One year I asked and she said there was a special fund for one of their girls who was especially poor. I gave $100 for her and bought my generic cookies. Someone did that for me multiple times when I was a kid in a single-parent home of three kids earning less than $10k in the '90s, so I was happy to pass it on.

@remo28 I try to look at this way (the same as with the Scout popcorn sales)… I’m donating an amount of money to the troop. For that donation I am getting a box of cookies or a bag of popcorn as a thank you. It’s so much harder when you’re looking at it as an equitable exchange of money for goods.

@mike808 that would be epic!

@Kyeh OMG I don’t even want to think what they were made of for that to be possible.

@Kidsandliz @Kyeh
Freeze-dried twinkies?

@Kidsandliz @Kyeh @mike808 Maybe some of the same ingredients that McDonald’s uses for their hamburgers.

/image 1999 McDonald’s burger

https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/a30469707/worlds-oldest-burger/

@Kidsandliz @mike808 @narfcake
Maybe it’s this secret ingredient

@Cerridwyn Fun fact In NJ and some other states depending on what part of the state you order from you can get from either of the 2 bakeries, ABC or Little Brownie. So you could sample them all! NJ actually has one county that has both depending on troop!

@readnj
had that hear in the past too, where one council got from bakery A and another from B and I had co-workers with kids in both councils.

@dyounghbic GS is weird about direct donation. We’re allowed to accept them at cookie booths but not allowed to solicit them. So if you really want to support them, just donate the money to a troop directly.