"Damsel in dis Dress" wrote

Okay, I've gotta ask. What's a Peek Frean?

WHAT??! Peek Frean's are a very serious cookie!

(laugh) That was their catchy song ... they make nice
cookies. Small boxes, pricy. Good.

nancy

"notbob" wrote in message
...
On 2006-03-28, Doug Kanter wrote:

You're kidding, right? All their cookies are awful.

Nonsense. I've been buying their shortbread cookies for decades.
Love 'em!

I just make a
contribution and tell them I can't eat cookies. This amazes them.

That's what I do for their candies. Does freak 'em out, don't it.

I wish the Boy Scouts shilled something good to eat. When I was a
scout, we sold fireworks to raise money, but the safety police have
screwed that up. I just send them a check directly, thereby avoiding
all that PC bullshit from United Way.

nb


My son and I had such hideous experiences with the Boy Scouts that the name
of the organizations makes us nauseous. No money for them.

Richard Kaszeta wrote:
OmManiPadmeOmelet writes:
Thin mints.

Samoas, where available (where Little Brownie Bakers supply the
cookies). Oddly, I don't really like the fairly similar Caramel
deLites (made by ABC Bakers). The former is more of a "caramel with a
cookie center", while the latter is more of a "caramel coated cookie."

Since I live in a border area between two different Girl Scout
councils, this means that half the troops aren't selling my preferred
cookie.


Really? GS Cookies aren
t all made by the same corporation? I had no idea. I've lived east and
weat iun the US, and as far as I remember, I've always gotten the same
cookies. Ya learn somthing new all the time, dont'cha?!?

Thanks!

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:31:23 -0500, Dave Smith
wrote:

For some reason I stopped baking cookies for a few years and decided to
just buy them once in a while. My favourites were Peek Freans, but they
were bought out by Kraft and the quality went downhill. They got
Kraftized. So I stopped buying them.

Okay, I've gotta ask. What's a Peek Frean?

Peak Freen is a cookie company, or it was a cookie company. I think it is an
English company. They used to have a bakery or distribution centre in
toronto but as far as I can figure it has been taken over by Kraft and had
all it's quality removed. They make a variety of cookies and biscuits and
they used to be really good. They are still better than most, but not as
good as they were even a year ago.
..

"Dave Smith" wrote in message
...

Are there still choices? I used to like the Vanilla sandwich cookies when
they came in a box with half vanilla and half chocolate. I was never too
keen on the chocolate covered mint patties.

Based on these posts, I deduce that we Canadians are not as lucky as our
American cousins where Girl Guide cookies are concerned. Our only choices
are the vanilla & chocolate sandwich cookies (50/50 in each box) sold in the
spring and the 'chocolatey mint cookies' that are sold in the fall. Both
are made by Dare®.

Gabby

On 28 Mar 2006 13:08:21 -0800, "Jude" wrote:

Richard Kaszeta wrote:

Samoas, where available (where Little Brownie Bakers supply the
cookies). Oddly, I don't really like the fairly similar Caramel
deLites (made by ABC Bakers). The former is more of a "caramel with a
cookie center", while the latter is more of a "caramel coated cookie."

Since I live in a border area between two different Girl Scout
councils, this means that half the troops aren't selling my preferred
cookie.

Really? GS Cookies aren
t all made by the same corporation? I had no idea. I've lived east and
weat iun the US, and as far as I remember, I've always gotten the same
cookies. Ya learn somthing new all the time, dont'cha?!?

When I lived in the twin cities, the bakeries were different between
Minneapolis and St. Paul. You had to know people who lived on both
sides of the Mississippi and who had daughters, to get the best
variety of cookies.

Peace,
Carol

Doug Kanter wrote:


My son and I had such hideous experiences with the Boy Scouts that the name
of the organizations makes us nauseous. No money for them.

My son never made it as far as scouts, just cubs. The leaders of the local cub
pack were a married couple, a couple of knobs. They were always on his case
about things, not that he was an angel, but they just didn't like him at all.
The last straw was when they had a bicycle safety rodeo and Mrs. Cubleader said
in a loud voice in front of him and everyone else "Don't let this kid anywhere
near a road on a bicycle". I don't think he was that bad. I used to ride all
over the place with him. We would cycle for miles and I never had to worry
about him. I never cared much for either one of those two dinks and I
seriously think that they were judging him on the basis of their negative
attitude towards him. He was a very witty kid and did not get along with their
not surprisingly knobby kid. Ironically, it was their son who got himself
killed in a car accident.

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:05:06 -0500, "Nancy Young"
wrote:

"Damsel in dis Dress" wrote

Okay, I've gotta ask. What's a Peek Frean?

WHAT??! Peek Frean's are a very serious cookie!

The name sounds bizarre!

(laugh) That was their catchy song ... they make nice
cookies. Small boxes, pricy. Good.

Is it a brand name, putting out several varieties of cookies, or are
Peek Freans a particular variety?

Peace,
Carol

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:20:14 -0400, "Gabby"
wrote:

"Dave Smith" wrote in message
...

Are there still choices? I used to like the Vanilla sandwich cookies when
they came in a box with half vanilla and half chocolate. I was never too
keen on the chocolate covered mint patties.

Based on these posts, I deduce that we Canadians are not as lucky as our
American cousins where Girl Guide cookies are concerned. Our only choices
are the vanilla & chocolate sandwich cookies (50/50 in each box) sold in the
spring and the 'chocolatey mint cookies' that are sold in the fall. Both
are made by Dare®.

The fact that you can't get the shortbread cookies is downright
tragic.

Peace,
Carol

Damsel in dis Dress writes:
When I lived in the twin cities, the bakeries were different between
Minneapolis and St. Paul. You had to know people who lived on both
sides of the Mississippi and who had daughters, to get the best
variety of cookies.

Yup, I saw the same thing when I lived in Minneapolis.

For the current cookie rundown:

The ABC lineup:
http://www.girlscoutcookiesabc.com/atc/default.asp

The Little Brownie Bakers lineup:
http://www.littlebrowniebakers.com/cookies/cookies.html

None of the cookies are exactly the same between bakers, although it
takes a careful eye to tell the difference between most of the varieties.

--
Richard W Kaszeta

http://www.kaszeta.org/rich

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:17:07 -0500, Dave Smith
wrote:

Peak Freen is a cookie company, or it was a cookie company. I think it is an
English company. They used to have a bakery or distribution centre in
toronto but as far as I can figure it has been taken over by Kraft and had
all it's quality removed. They make a variety of cookies and biscuits and
they used to be really good. They are still better than most, but not as
good as they were even a year ago.

It really sucks when conglomerates take over a smaller company, then
proceed to destry their products.

Peace,
Carol

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:35:53 -0600, notbob wrote:

On 2006-03-28, Doug Kanter wrote:

You're kidding, right? All their cookies are awful.

Nonsense. I've been buying their shortbread cookies for decades.
Love 'em!

I just make a
contribution and tell them I can't eat cookies. This amazes them.

That's what I do for their candies. Does freak 'em out, don't it.

I wish the Boy Scouts shilled something good to eat. When I was a
scout, we sold fireworks to raise money, but the safety police have
screwed that up. I just send them a check directly, thereby avoiding
all that PC bullshit from United Way.

nb

Until the city started recycling, the cub scouts had newspaper
collections. Made a fair amount of money with it. They also had an
annual pack dinner with the father-son cake decorating contest.
Auctioned off the cakes.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974

"notbob" wrote in message
...

I wish the Boy Scouts shilled something good to eat.

Our Scouts sell Trail's End popcorn in its many incarnations: kettle corn,
popping corn, "Unbelievable Butter" microwave popcorn, "Butter Light"
microwave popcorn, Chocolaty Caramel Crunch; Gourmet Caramel Corn with
Almonds and Pecans.

The proceeds pay for all camps & outings and helps keep registration fees
down. Each scout who sells popcorn gets the profit that he brings in
credited toward the cost of whatever Jamboree they are raising funds to
attend. So the kid who goes out and sells $1000 worth for 2 years running
probably gets to go to Jamboree without his/her parents having to spend any
money. The kid who sells nothing or whose parents buy one $15 box has to
dish out a small fortune in Jamboree fees. Our colony/pack/troop sell over
$15,000 worth each year in our town of 7500.

Trail's End also has established a scholarship program. Each kid who sells
above a certain amount has money deposited in his name into a scholarship
account that he/she will be able to access when he/she goes to university or
college.

Gabby

Richard Kaszeta wrote:


For the current cookie rundown:

The ABC lineup:
http://www.girlscoutcookiesabc.com/atc/default.asp

Oh! They still have lemon pastry cremes. Those were very good, but they
haven't been available here in Little Brownie territory in years.



Brian
--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

"Dave Smith" wrote

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

Okay, I've gotta ask. What's a Peek Frean?

Peak Freen is a cookie company, or it was a cookie company. I think it is
an
English company. They used to have a bakery or distribution centre in
toronto but as far as I can figure it has been taken over by Kraft and
had
all it's quality removed. They make a variety of cookies and biscuits and
they used to be really good. They are still better than most, but not as
good as they were even a year ago.
.
Yes, it is (was?? - who knows who owns it now?) a British firm. I grew up
with them and adored them as a kid. My job on Sundays was to take my
parents their morning tea in bed, along with those biscuits, on a tray.

Dora