Dirt Candy is included in the new Girl Scout Daisies “journey” book called BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY and I don’t even think a James Beard Award would make me this happy.

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I was never a Girl Scout, which is strange because all my sisters were Girl Scouts. I think I might have been too lazy. But here’s the description:

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“As they travel the country living the values of the Girl Scout Law, girls and their flower friends enjoy what’s local and learn why that’s important. They experience what is great about what grows near them, and they learn how their own special skills make the world a better place.”

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It includes passages like this one:

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“When Amanda makes a salad, she tops it with candied grapefruit pops. She takes juicy pieces of grapefruit and dips them in a sweet coating. Then she puts them on a stick. She also puts teeny-tiny grilled-cheese sandwiches in her salad.”

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I do.

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They do suggest that the Daisies make the candied grapefruit pops themselves which is going to cause a spike in the number of emergency room visits for Daisy Scouts with third degree burns. Trust me, telling kids to boil sugar wasn’t my idea. But, hey! Burns are just another part of Scouting, right? Maybe everyone’s working on their Second and Third Degree Burn Badges?

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