Girl Scout Cookies

Oh, heavens. The Girl Scout cookies are here.

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This photo, shot last week at a warehouse on Nandino Way, tells you just how many peanut-butter-chocolate-striped-butter-cookie calories are floating around this area.

One word: yum.

Now, our local Girl Scout Council sells cookies from Virginia-based ABC Bakers, which  gives us Caramel deLites, Peanut Butter Patties and Thanks-A-Lot. Louisville-based Little Brownie Bakers -- the cookies I sold as a wee scout -- are the Samoas and Tagalongs.

Little Brownie also is the maker of my new favorite cookie: the All About! I like to think this cookie and I  have some kind of cosmic connection.

Plus, as Cheryl Truman says, banana pudding is half the reason to live in the South. They have a recipe here for All About banana pudding.

The regular ordering period is over. I was conveniently out of the country while it was going on, which kept me from being too much of a glutton. But the cookie booth phase of sales started last week, and if you know a Girl Scout, she can probably track down a box or eight for you. Check out GirlScoutCookies.org to search for local sales.

Cheer: Once!
Rich Copley is so right when he said in his Oscar blog that I was likely doing a happy dance for Once. The little movie that could won an Academy Award last night. I was almost brought to tears by the thank-yous from Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. (What? They were earnest.) You can watch the speeches here.

Comments

[Will]

You weren't the only person doing a little jig while watching Glen and Mar win.

And not to be political about it, but I couldn't help but think that Mar's wonderful comments exactly described the reason I think so many of us are supporting Senator Obama this year.

[Heather]

I'll never forgive the Girl Scouts for discontinuing Lemon Pastry Creams. Those other lemon cookies they have now just don't cut it. *sob*

But that banana pudding does look pretty tasty.

[Shelley]

I know that you are All About the All Abouts. Let me know if you want me to send you a box!