Too Confusing
I'm a sucker for Girl Scout Cookies. Beyond my liking the cookies themselves, I also admire young girls (and their parents, usually moms) who can spend a freezing Sunday at a little table outside a supermarket to raise money. So I pretty much never pass one of these tables by without buying at least one box. This year, however, I'm having trouble finding the kinds of cookies I want. Thin Mints are still Thin Mints, but the enigmatically named Trefoils are just called Shortbread, and Samoas are Caramel deLites.
I've done a bit of research (and believe me, you can find out plenty about GS cookies if you try), starting with what Trefoil means (it means a leaf divided into 3 parts, like a clover- the Girl Scout logo is a trefoil). I then found out that there are 2 bakeries making cookies this year, only one of which gets to use the Trefoil name. I also learned a lot about foil trees in the process. Same thing with Samoas. I have to admit I'm a bit relieved about the latter. I'd have been pretty bummed if Samoas disappeared due to some kind of political correctness.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
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