I learned it first in Girl Scouts
By TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85137)
Shingle Springs, California
October 20, 2009 4:15pm CST
I learned about s'mores. I learned the song "Where have all the flowers gone". I learned a lot of songs there first, actually. I learned about fractured tacos.
Fractured what? Well, you've probably heard of nachos, right? You know, taco chips with cheese and other things slopped on top? Well that's basically what fractured tacos is. You make taco meat. You warm up the refried beans. You put the chips on a plate. You smother them with meat, beans, cheese, lettuce, tomato, olives, etc. Voila! Fractured tacos. Long before I ever heard of nachos, we did fractured tacos in Girl Scouts.
What did you guys learn in scouting (or wherever) long before it became popular (possibly under another name)?
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@JodiLynn (1417)
• United States
20 Oct 09
Were you a brownie first? I was.... I made Jewish Apple Cake for my baking badge. Later, I learned class distinction, not being wealthy in a wealthy area, I had my sisters hand me down green dress, and the sash was stripped of her badges and mine sown on....evil lil batches let me know in no uncertain terms I was beneath them. Then I earned that it was a religious organization, and I wanted NOTHING to do with any of them. I don't regret quitting scouts, not one bit. And those cookies sell themselves, or they used to, back when they were reasonably priced. My girls flirted with scouts, but thank god they never went all in.
s'mores were really the best part of the whole deal.
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
20 Oct 09
Hi there #1.
I was not a brownie. We were moving that year, I think.
I don't know about you, but I remember the cookies being 50 cents. I am old. I'll never forget the woman, when I was selling them, who told me she wouldn't buy them because they were stale. Geez, what a thing to tell a kid. How about, "no thank you." Sheesh...
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
22 Oct 09
what i did learn in scouting?
pft..not much of anything,really.we had a pretty lousy troop.
i guess the woven ribbon potholders were pretty cool tho.
that summer camp we had was just plain scary.out in the middle of nowhere and run down looking.
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
22 Oct 09
Woven ribbon potholders lol
The summer camp I went to was pretty nice actually.
@manong05 (5027)
• Philippines
21 Oct 09
Well, that was rather a long time ago for me but scouting taught me how to start and build a fire using stones and cook rice using just a handkerchief. I also learned how to tie knots which I found helpful until now. We used to camp out a lot in those days and I learned how to put up tents. Scouting really was fun.
enjoy life!
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
21 Oct 09
I remember learning how to do knots and leave trail signs, don't recall learning how to build a fire though.
@tamarafireheart (15384)
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21 Oct 09
Hi dawnald,
Never heard of it, maybe I am living in isolation or something, the only thing I've leard for a quick fix is chip butty, fride som potatos chips and make a snadwich and if you fancy some tomato sauce add some on your chipw, is quite filling and its my favorite. Yummy!!
Tamara
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@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
21 Oct 09
I was a Girl Scout and my youngest daughter was one last year. She hasn't decided on signing back up this year. I learned how to make compost for a garden. Had a worm and some veggie pieces, a little dirt adn there you had it! A constant source of nutrition for your garden.
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
22 Oct 09
Compost huh? Not sure they had composting when I was a scout...
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
21 Oct 09
Proud to have been a girl scout, too. Most important thing I learned was how to make a french knot. Came in very useful in so many instances in life.
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@jillhill (37353)
• United States
21 Oct 09
I knew I missed out on alot by not being in girl scouts! My girls were however...and they had so much fun. I don't really know if they learned anything by a different name....I do know that alot of what they learned they kept with them..and they still talk about the memories.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
20 Oct 09
hi dawnald well I learned in Girl Scouts that if you take some canmned chili and heat it and mix it with your cheese and macaroni you now had what we called chili Mac. And for kid our ages at the time it really seemed downrigh delicious 
of course we had hiked a couple of miles and played along horse creek so when it came time to eat we were properly ravenous. no body had picky appetites that day. he he.
of course we had hiked a couple of miles and played along horse creek so when it came time to eat we were properly ravenous. no body had picky appetites that day. he he.1 person likes this
@pixeltwistr (613)
• United States
21 Oct 09
I was also a brownie first...
Wow havent thought about girl scouts in 1000 years...
I learned a ton of stuff but smores was my favorite...i still make them with my daughter...she was never interested in girl scouts but i dobt if it is even the same now anyway...
I learned about camping and working towards a goal like earning badges and about comradery!
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
21 Oct 09
My sister-in-law has my niece in scouting. Not sure if it is the same or not. My kids love to make smores though.
