"Food is an important part of a balanced diet." --Fran LebowitzSo I wait months for the Girl Scout cookies to arrive. Purchased from my niece, the last Girl Scout presently in the family. I forgo the Girl Scout stands that have been popping up all over town for the past month with those little sashed hucksters trying their best to unload the surplus stock that their troops get stuck with every year. Those remaining boxes that didn't get sold. The broken carton stock. Using my willpower to patiently get the order that I placed with little Girl Scout Alex. Gotta support those troops.
We finally have the cookie drop arranged and the exchange of money and cookies takes place in the parking lot after a family get together. We even helped out by purchasing some of the surplus cookies on top of our already large caloric order. All the more cookies to enjoy and share with those less fortunate or less susceptible to 10-year-old extortionists/salesgirls/fundraisers and their leaders.
Now I need to say right away that anyone that knows much about me can attest to my love of the Girl Scout cookie known as the Thin Mint. I am the kind of person that orders lots of them. They find their way into the freezer at our house and are enjoyed most of the year. And when they are gone short of the time that they can be re-ordered it is upsetting indeed. The last remaining box is usually rationed out like it was all the food left and I was adrift at sea or stranded in the arctic.
So that night after arriving home, the wife breaks open the Thin Mints and we share a few. She's chewing and I'm chewing and we are in different rooms and we are thinking the same thing. What the Hell have they done to the cookies? They have lost all recognition to the lovely, joyful and gratifying taste sensation that they used to be. They are like badly chocolate-mint flavored cardboard with a sidewalk chalk aftertaste. And I am not exaggerating. They have went the same way as Oreo's and Chips Ahoy cookies.
The food manufactures are seriously ruining the taste of life for me. A Thin Mint does not need to be healthy it needs to taste good. That's why I buy them. I don't buy Girl Scout broccoli and spinach cookies. I not only like food but at times (most) I want it to taste good. I don't need to eat a whole sleeve of Thin Mints but too bad if I do. I am the one that lives with the stomach ache and the tight waistband.
So this is my plea...Give me back the great cookies that were. Scout's honor, I will buy an extra box or two for your troop.
And don't let me get started about what the Boy Scouts have done to their popcorn.
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Dad and I have said in the last few years that things we use to eat when we were younger do not taste the same. We thought it was because of aging your taste buds change. Some of the old "stand bys" that we loved as kids or young adults are smaller,less taste and just not what they use to be. Must be that has happened to Thin Mints too. Im sure the packaging is smaller too with less product and the price even higher. Enjoyed reading this post,nice humor!
I think food we buy that is packaged has been forced to use inferior ingredients as far as flavor goes. I used to love pie crust made with lard and a bit of bacon grease. It had authentic flavor. Sure, not the best for you, but you did not sit down and eat the whole pie crust
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