1461 Scout Snacks

I was at a breakfast the other day for the Boy Scouts. “Be Prepared,” they used to say, and the breakfast proved them out. It was a well-run affair, and best of all it got done not just on time, but a little early. I’m all about thrifty and brave and such like, but give me punctual any day of the week.
During the breakfast, the subject of food came up, and the keynote food that other scout organization purveys—cookies. It was generally agreed this was an instance where the Boy Scouts were perhaps not prepared enough.
The Girl Scout Cookie sales and distribution network is a great fundraising machine unlike anything the Boy Scouts have been able to carve out. It’s too bad. Because boys eat cookies too. And there’s been many a campfire culinary experimentation that has yielded quite edible results. Hot dog on a stick perhaps. And its refinement, the hot dog marshmallow s’more.
So I think it’s high time the Boy Scouts launched a cookie initiative. Or at least some sort of door-to-door snack purveyance. And naturally they’d be more boy-oriented.
Forget your sissy macaroons.
What is a macaroon anyway? Wasn’t Gilligan macarooned on a desert island? Or was that a dessert island?
Here are some possible suggestions for Boy Scout Treats. How about Bacon-Wrapped Donuts? Or you could do something like a French Toast stick but with a Twinkie-like filling of maple syrup and bacon bits. Yum. Or donut holes made with beer batter? Or bear claws? Talk about man-food.
When people asked what the foods are made of, the boys can say sticks and snails and puppy dog tails.
And puppy dog tails could actually be the name for a cinnamon roll. I’m totally prepared for that.
America, ya gotta love it.