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By: Tis the season to Tagalong « I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape.

Tis the season to Tagalong « I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape. — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:52:02 +0000

[...] Cookies today. And I’ve been giggling all day because all I can keep thinking about is this post from around this time last year combined with the fact that I still have two opened boxes of these [...]

By: Elusis

Elusis — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:04:44 +0000

But are they black, Fillyjonk? That is the crucial test. If they’re not… [shrug] well, I’m sorry, but we’re going to have to hound you to death now. Because we’re mean like that.

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:45:55 +0000

Elusis, I know, right? That was cracking me up.

But seriously, some of my best friends are fat horses.

By: Elusis

Elusis — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:35:33 +0000

i am just stunned and amused that once again, controversy in the fatosphere has come down to OMG FAT HORSES.

By: badgermama

badgermama — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:22:28 +0000

Oh, god, I love this. Thanks so much for ranting and telling it like it is.

“But you also might just be a giant douche. In which case, please eat 10 whole boxes of STFU and call me in the morning.”

Beautiful!!!! I could cry for joy! YAY.

By: AnnieMcPhee

AnnieMcPhee — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:02:00 +0000

I thought I was one of the few people on earth who weren’t afraid of butter and lard – they do a far better job than the phony stuff. :)

By: Madge

Madge — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:43:24 +0000

But ours do too still, thanks to labeling loopholes. Canada’s may just have a greater amount. I would imagine they just switched to partially transfat / partially saturated after the whole transfat debacle.
If they did switch to saturated, the fat grams per cookie probably increased, which may be why they introduced the ‘low fat’ versions. Total speculation on my part. I hope they did switch it back to sat fat, being that it never really was the demon the media made it out to be. Like coconut/coconut oil? delicious. and good for us. but highly saturated also.
In any event, girl scout cookies are only sold once per year, so have at them if you wish, and quit the yapping if you don’t. I saw a great bumper sticker years ago – it read “don’t like abortions? don’t have one”. I believe that logic can be applied to most things, including GS cookies.

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:31:01 +0000

Also I think because before the trans fat scare was the saturated fat scare. Lard and butter are high in saturated fats, so part of the drive to switch to plant based fats was that they are lower in saturated fats. Then of course, trans fat turned out to be bad for us too, so they had to switch it again. (Not sure if they went back to saturated fats, or to another kind of fat). Although apparently in Canada our cookies still have trans fats.

By: Madge

Madge — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:21:03 +0000

Lynne, you’re totally right. As does butter. But i suspect they don’t want to alienate their vegetarian / vegan fans. That’d be my guess. Oh, and of course it’s cheaper to use test tube fat.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:52:10 +0000

Oh, and might I suggest that if they stopped using trans fats and went back to lard, instead of low-fat whatever-whatever (sorry to any vegetarians), pastries and cookies would taste even better, not worse! Lard makes totally awesome food, despite its horrible name. mmm delicious lard