with strawberry milk. tasty

Nope. Thin Mints are the only one true religion. The rest of you will burn in hell.

(My daughter just got her orders in with her troop, and I'm waiting for them to arrive...)

I ordered 15 boxes last weekend.

sorry tony, mine have one distinct advantage over yours. (or disadvantage... )
my mother made them.

I clicked on your thread hoping for a recipe or a place to buy these. I was pretty irked when you included neither.

i may be able to scrounge up the recipe. soon as i finish EATING THEM !!! mwahahaha
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brb

Many thanks. I hope they're tasty.

-Biscuits

You jerk, I almost made it through the entire girl scout cookie season without noticing that it was pasing me by. Once I saw this post I immediately ran to my connection and ordered 4 boxes. I'm completely off the wagon now, and it's all your fault.

We really need a couple of new forums the computer help forum and the cooking forum

The rest of you will burn in hell.

Yes, but the price of indulgences has gotten rather high of late. 3$ a box now, I swear they didn't used to cost that.

Nope. Thin Mints are the only one true religion. The rest of you will burn in hell.

Best augmented by a few boxes of Caramel Delights.

I remember buying them for $1.50 a box, $1.75 a box, $2.00 a box, and $2.50 a box. I bought 15 (fifteen) boxes this year though because we missed them so much when nobody came by to sell them last year.

Has anybody bought Jack Daniels Whiskey lately? The price has tripled in the past 3 years. Anybody know of a good similar bourbon? I have some Jim Beam, Johnny Walker, and Military Special, but I've always prefered Jack Daniels for a Whiskey Sour.

-Biscuits

not sure your standards of formatting for recipes, so bear with me.

prep : ~25 minutes.

bake time ~10 min per batch

oven temp : 375 f

recipe yield : ~60 cookies





3/4 cup butter/margarine

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 cup sugar (granulated)

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/4 cups flour

2 cups rolled oats

1 cup (heres where the butterscotch came in) chopped nuts

   or chocolate chips or variant



1. beat butter and peanut butter at medium speed until combined. add sugar, brown

sugar, baking powder, and baking soda. beat until combined. beat in eggs and vanilla.

beat as much flour in as can be, stirring in the rest. stir in oats and your form of nuts/chips.



2. drop rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. 375 f about

10 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned. let cool. 

I'm completely off the wagon now, and it's all your fault.

ROFL

Tell me about it, this is the first year my kid's been in Girl Scouts. As someone who has loved Thin Mints for decades, you have no idea how tempting it was to order up several year's supply of Thin Mints...

JD isn't bourbon, for one thing. It's Tennessee whiskey, which is very similar, but if you're buying bourbons, that's probably why you can't find one that's close enough. George Dickel is the only other one that comes to mind.

D'oh, I knew that.
Tennessee Whiskey, also known as Sour Mash
and Johnnie Walker is Blended Scotch Whiskey
Jim Beam and Wild Turkey are Kentucky Bourbons

Thanks for the tip. I may pick some up some time.

-Biscuits

I'm teaching myself mySQL right now, so I'm making a little cookbook program. I'm going to use your recipe as the first entry. After I get a working database, I'm going to make myself a little program for data entry and another for searching/displaying results.

-Biscuits

Both Tennessee Whiskeys and Bourbons may or may not use sour mashes. The only difference between Tennessee and Bourbon, AFAIK, is that Tennessee Whiskeys are (maple) charcoal filtered, and Bourbons are not. (I think that the actual legal difference may solely be that one is distilled in Tennessee and the other is not, but the charcoal is the difference people have come to expect.)

coo coo

I like how we're talking about Girl Scouts and whiskey

Thin mints are quite excellent. Definitely the GS cookies to buy. The rest of the year I live off Soft Batch chocolate chip cookies. Soft Batch kicks the ass of all other store-bought cookies. If any of you are Chips Ahoy fans, all I can say is their cookies and AOL discs make great coasters.

Bourbon whiskeys can only be brewed in Bourbon county, Kentucky. I know that much at least. I didn't know about the charcoal filtering difference and I was a little fuzzy on some of the rest. Pointing out the specifics does help me figure out exactly what to get as a replacement.

My main point is, I have 7 different kinds of whiskey (Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, Wild Turkey 101, Johnnie Walker Red, Crown, Seagrams VO, Chivas Regal. I had 9, but I drank the Bookers and Military Special recently), but nothing really comparable to Jack Daniels when I run out. I guess I want another sour mash whiskey, possibly from Tennessee that is of good quality and fair price. I've had some mighty poor liquor in the past, some of which was quite expensive.

Jack Daniels went from about $22 a handle (1.75 liters) to about $65 a handle in just about 3 years.

-Biscuits

Cookies and Whiskey, its a good combination.

I like the tagalong girl scout cookies. My sister has about a dozen or so recipes that she makes every now and again. About every other time home, I get to bring back a couple batches of cookies. Those things are danged good.

-Biscuits

And see, I'm partial to the samoas, though the thin mints ARE good. [off topic] Ever tried After Eight mints? [/off topic]

Actually, that's where the Bourbon name comes from, but there's no legal requirement about distilling bourbons there. You cannot call a whisky a Kentucky whisky without it being distilled in Kentucky, though.

You probably can't tell the difference between a sour mash and a sweet mash whisky these days, and I doubt you can find a sweet mash whisky anyway.

According to the local ABC pricing chart, Jack Daniels is still around $22 here. Are you sure that your taxes haven't just gone up?

I'd still suggest George Dickel as an alternative, but the price difference here is minimal. There's also Gentleman Jack, which is an ``upscale'' Jack Daniels, so it's not likely to appeal to your ``cheaper'' criterion.

And see, I'm partial to the samoas, though the thin mints ARE good.

See, that's like saying, "well, I'm partial to sacrificing live goats to Baal, but that Jesus thing is good, too".

Samoas have coconut in them. You heathen.

I know that every liquor store in the Athens, GA area has gradually raised their prices on Jack Daniels over 3 years. I know the same thing has happened in Auburn, AL. There don't seem to be any major differences in any other alcohol, just Jack Daniels.

Bourbon was first made in 1789 or thereabouts. Its primary difference was that it was aged in charred oak barrels. It can be a blend of straight whiskeys, a sweet-mash, sour-mash. It can be brewed in Kentucky, Tennessee, or presumably, anywhere. Kentucky is generally better associated with Bourbon because that is where it is originally created. Bourbon County also has exception water that is ideal for making whiskey.

Tennessee whiskey is also called Tennessee Bourbon. It is straight sour mash whiskey made from a mash containing at least 51% grain (normally corn) and filtered through charcoal. Straight whiskey means that there can be no additives: the final product is mixture of the whiskey and water.

The terms sour mash and sweet mash refer to the yeasting process and do not, in any way, refer to the sweetness of the resulting flavour. Sour mash "means that a certain proportion of the mash must contain stillage or spent liquods (sans alcohol) that remain from the previous distillation. This is mixed with fresh mash."

I've found a few other bourbons (partial list):
Baker's Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Blanton's Single-Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Booker's Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Hancock's Reserve Single-Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Jack Daniel's Single-Barrel Straight Tennessee Whiskey
Knob Creek Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Rock Hill Farms Single-Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit Single-Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon.

I've had Jack Daniels, Bookers, and Wild Turkey. I'd say the Bookers was best out of those, but I think it was about $80 for a liter. Any recommendations for a good bourbon that is under $30 for a handle (1.75 liters)?

-Biscuits

By the way Tony, I hate thin mints.

By the way Tony, I hate thin mints.

Hey, live and let live, I always say. We'll see who's right when the end of the world comes.

Thin Mints are the bomb. But try the Mint Fudge Covered Oreos. They are just like thin mints, except better. They have now officially taken the title of the best pre-made cookies in the universe. I always bought many boxes of Thin Mints every year, but with apologies to little girl scouts everywhere, they are no longer necessary.

Uh oh, someone bringing a false prophet before me.

Hm. Gonna have to check these out....

What are you doing in Auburn? God I miss that place. Tell ya what, go by Mama G's and have a Momma's Love for me. MMMMMMMM.... They still running 2 for 1 specials every thursday? OOOh, or Ryans, wednesday night..... You know what I mean.

I have some friends down there. Last I was down there was for the Auburn-Georgia game last semester. Its a nice place. I take it you went to school there?

-Biscuits

Oh yeah... '92-96.

Oh, and I was at that game too.

Great game, wasn't it? I especially liked the ending. Unfortunately, that was right after my birthday. My parents gave me a blue jacket, which was warmer than anything I brought with me. Since it was so cold, I ended up wearing that jacket zipped all the way up. All the Auburn fans kept trying to give me high fives while the Georgia fans kept heckling me.

Here's the difference between a game at Auburn and one at Georgia:

At Georgia, everybody stumbles into the stadium falling-down drunk.

At Auburn, everybody stumbles into the stadium falling-down drunk and keeps drinking.

That is not to say, of course, that a lot of Georgia fans don't drink during the game, but its 1/10 instead of 9/10.

-Biscuits

I'm sure you enjoyed it... Grumble grumble..... ;8^) You wanna REALLY see a drunken game? Go to LSU some time. Wow.

Hehe, that's funny, my roommate this year went to Auburn for undergrad.

Woooo! War Eagle!

lemme know how you like them cookies.

Thanks for the recipe. I'm not really sure what you mean by the butterscotch nuts. I wasn't aware they were a nut... It'll be a while before I'll be able to make them, but I definately plan to.

In the meantime, the recipe is perfect for the database I'm trying to create. I have a barebones database worked out. Now, I'm trying to create a web tool to view the data. After that, it shouldn't be too hard to create a web tool to enter the data. Perhaps I'll also try to come up with a parsing tool to figure out any random recipe.

Once I get things working decently, I'll start collecting the recipes from everybody I know that is a good cook. The TV in my parents' house is already set up to modulate the signal from one of my server computers to channel 59 on all the TVs in the house, and I've set up an IR transmission system for the entire house. Once I get the server accepting IR signals (which I've already bought the parts for), I'll be able to display and control everything on the TV right there in the kitchen. The challenge is going to be in making the thing easy to control with a simple remote. If I can do it right, it may even be possible to make notes right there, such as "too much seasoning" or 8/10, so we remember next time which are good recipes. I eventually plan to set it up where it'll be possible to search by almost any criteria (ingredients, number served, thanksgiving recipes, Italian food, etc.)

-Biscuits

Tim Tams are the only Gods worth obeying. Why do they only put 13 in a pack?
Sucking coffee thru them is the only way to eat them too.

Tim Tams are the only Gods worth obeying.

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Peter

I'm not really sure what you mean by the butterscotch nuts.

This might be where you're going wrong. Do not put butter in your scotch. Do not, in fact, put anything in it, except perhaps a little spring water. Of course, it helps if you start with decent scotch (or Irish) sipping whiskies, not quaffing whisky: Laphroaig, Bhunahabhain, Caol Ila. Not that you're going to find those for $30 a "handle", but then a "handle" is quite a lot. There's a good range at about $45 a bottle at http://www.whiskyshop.com (though you'd expect to pay more like £25 in England).

Peter

The only reason I used handle is because I can remember the prices on them better than on a fifth or other-sized bottle. Of course, more whiskey= better. I don't have any Irish whiskey (excluding Bailey's Irish Cream), although I've heard its good.

Personally, I enjoy drinking Maker's Mark or Jack Daniels on the rocks, but I haven't been a big fan of scotches.

-Biscuits

While the Thin Mints are good, I prefer them in the Dreyer's Thin Mint Ice Cream... and you are still helping out the girl scouts.

nay, no butterscotch nuts. the nuts are very replaceable with butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips etc..

I haven't been a big fan of scotches.

Blasphemy!

You probably haven't had any good scotch.

Personally, it's too rich for my blood, and I don't really drink that much, so it's hard to decide to spend $50 or more for a fifth, especially when I'd like to have more than one, so I only ever buy when I'm out.