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It's open season on Girl Scout Cookies.

JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER

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A splendid hearth-baked treat laden
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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e at The Jewish News classic Trefoils (shortbread), Do- "Like sawdust with chocolate."
dedicate our lives to Si-Dos (peanut butter sandwich
— Seymour Monello
providing valuable ser- cookies) and Thin Mints are still
vices to our readership. delicious. If you crave them, pick "Yuck!"
One of those services is, of course, up a box or a dozen. If stored cor-
— Mari Taylor
this very column, the widely read rectly, the cookies can last well
and highly readable Kosher into the year.
Snaps — oatmeal and raisin
Bites.
iced lowfat ginger snaps
No length we go to is ever too
"Tastes like air. Save yourself the
far, no mountain we climb is ever
trouble. Breathe."
too high and no amount of cook-
When I was young, I loved Girl
ies we eat is ever too much.
—Paula Smith
Which is why we dedicate the Scout cookies almost more than
column this week to the pressing I loved my brothers and sisters. "Perfect ginger snap: good
issue of the new Girl Scout Cook- OK, more than I loved my sib- crunch, nice gingery flavor with-
out being overly zesty. And low-
ies. We want to arm our readers lings.
But I had this one problem. fat!"
with pertinent information about
—Lynne Kotistantin
selecting the proper kinds of cook- You see, I was a Roman Catholic.
ies, all certified by the Union of Not that this was bad, but each Chalet Creme
Assortment —
Orthodox Jewish Congregations year the Girl Scout Cookies lowfat lemony
sandwich
of America's kashruth division would invariably be ordered be- cookies
(OU).
fore Lent only to be delivered
As those little girls in green shortly after Ash Wednesday, the "Very creamy with a light lemon
find their way to your door to kickoff of 40 days of self-imposed flavor. Would be great with milk"
tempt you with waist-expanding deprivation.
—Kari Horenstein
treats, you will now have the
I was certain that the Girl
knowledge of what the heck to or- Scouts were run by some anti- "Tasty."
der; the amount, of course, is up Catholic organization that know-
—Paula Smith
to you.
ingly delivered the cookies like
This year, the line of cookies some kind of twisted taunt to Samoas — cookies covered in
has grown to include a chocolate those of us who had given up caramel, toasted coconut and
chip hazelnut cookie called "Le sweets for the 40 days before chocolate
Chip" as well as two relatively Easter. Every day, I would peek
new lowfat offerings, the "Chalet into the freezer and salivate at "Mmmm. Give me some mo-a.
Creme Assortment" and the oat- the sight of the dozens of boxes of Forks up."
— Julie Edgar
meal and raisin "Snaps."
cookies not to be touched until
We opened the tasting of the Lent ended.
entire Girl Scout line to staffers,
Needless to say, I am happy to "The best cookies ever [under-
and within minutes they were be a Jew now. Not only do I get lined three times]."
—Dan Lippitt
lined up like farm animals at a to share in a wonderful culture
trough. When it was all over, not and rich history as a member of Tagalongs — peanut butter
a cookie could be found, but piles the tribe, but I also get to eat the patties covered in
chocolate
of crumbs and smudges of choco- Girl Scout Cookies as they arrive.
late were the telling reminders And not only are the taste treats "These are delicious — and I've
that something major had taken kosher, but they no longer suffer got indigestion and I'm about to
place.
from freezer burn.
give birth and I feel nauseated
The following is a brief listing
and yet still I eat and eat and eat
of the comments about the prod-
them."
ucts sampled. We could not in-
—Elizabeth Applebaum
clude all of them nor could we add
the information about fat and
"Great chocolate, crunch, creamy
calorie counts. What do you want
taste."
from us anyway?
Le Chip — chocolate chip
— Seymour Monello ❑
Take it from me: The timeless hazelnut flavored cookies

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W

hen I arrived in Paris,
the wonderful aroma of
French bakeries filled
the air of the busy

streets.
Although French cooking is
known around the world for its
wonderful rich sauces, a lighter
cooking style called nouvelle cui-
sine is appearing on many restau-
rant menus in France. Created
for the diet conscious, this cuisine

uses light rather than creamy
sauces, which bring out the tex-
ture and color of the ingredients
with far fewer calories.

CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES
60 Truffles
1 cup 70 percent cocoa chocolate

1 quart cream
114 cup soft butter
1/2 cup dark cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups chocolate topping

Prepare the cream. Chop up the
chocolate. Bring the cream to a
boil. Take away from heat, then
slowly fold in the chocolate and
butter, stirring with a wooden
spatula, until the cream is
smooth.
Prepare the truffles: Cover a
square mold with waxed paper.
Pour one tablespoon of chocolate
cream.

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