Obsessive Compulsive Biscuit Consumption
Even after six months of living in New Zealand, I am still finding exciting aspects of NZ life that I had forgotten about. Another one came up this week - Girl Guide biscuits! I don’t think they have this concept in Australia, at least I never saw them. Girl Guides sell big boxes of these specially made biscuits to fundraise, and mother’s next-door-neighbour was selling them. So she picked us up a box.
The joy of GG biscuits is not solely in their taste (though they are quite delicious and made by Griffins), but also in the challenge of consuming them. As a child I would spend hours nibbling around the logo in an effort to perfectly cut it out from the surrounding biscuit. I have attempted to recreate these efforts in the following photos. Sadly my technique has atrophied a little and there are some rough edges!
I have been flat out on a work project, still am actually. Can’t wait for a more laidback time - soon, soon.
March 23rd, 2005 at 12:43 pm
Do they go all soggy from all that oral attention? Ew! ;-)
I think they did have these many years ago… or am I thinking of the tales you told me of these ones… anyway, I have not heard of this here recently in Oz [only in US TV & movies, of course] but I think the distrust of accepting food [or indeed candy] from strangers would have prevented prolification, and all those evil doers who want to waste their drugs by doping annonymous children. Actually, I don’t think I could actually eat one thanks to the neuroses instilled in me by my upbringing. However, I am sure it’s only a matter of time before the Australian streets are filled with gleeful “Brownies” skipping thru the suburbs hawking their goods and skimming the profits. Similar to the adoption of Halloween here - oh gee, that’s a real local tradition now isn’t it?!
March 23rd, 2005 at 2:28 pm
i havent done that in years….so many childhood memories.
March 23rd, 2005 at 3:32 pm
I used to be a Brownie and we sold Girl Guide biscuits. They were rather bland from memory, and my Brownie career was rather short.
March 23rd, 2005 at 11:47 pm
Ahh that’s classic. My own girl guide logo nibbling has been replaced by inhaling fistfulls of the addictive chocolate-dipped girl guide mini’s. Damn them!
March 24th, 2005 at 2:07 am
yum yum YUM! i sold girl guide bikkies for years cos of having 3 older (guide) sisters and then me being a dutiful brownie and all. but hated guides, got all rebellious and stuff i spose (yeah bigtime…). on a similar door-to-door-sales-in-uniform note, our bruv had scout mints (caramel AND mint, hmmm) to sell but ate the whole lot, puked and then dad had to pay for the lot. kids rule!
March 24th, 2005 at 10:18 am
Mmm, scout mints, girl guide minis, I can see my entry into the world of fundraising consumables has only just begun…
July 6th, 2005 at 11:19 pm
Girl Guide biscuits are fattening. I think they should ban selling door to door - to dangerous and quite a number of us work odd hours. I am a shift worker and hate to be awakened. In my area they don’t advertise that they are selling biscuits. Used to on the day. I think I have missed them in the last few years. I did ask the local Guide Leader and she told me she doesn’t order a lot only the bear minimum - hard to sell. Better off catering for events or walkathons.