Comments on: Slow-Cooker Girl Scout Baked Apples

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:59:19 +0000

Sharon,

Do you remember when girls took Home Ec and boys took Shop? We didn’t think about questioning the male/female roles.

I had some good experiences in Home Ec, too. Well, the cooking part anyway. I never cared too much for sewing. My A-line skirt never quite looked like an “A”.

Thanks for reading and commenting, Sharon! 🙂

By: Sharon@theplaidcookieco

Sharon@theplaidcookieco — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:49:26 +0000

I was in Brownies, but never made it to Girl Scouts. We didn’t do any cooking either. I don’t really recall much of what we did do…except sell cookies. That much I remember. I chuckled out loud at the Toad-in-the-Hole…we called them eggs in a basket, and I learned to make them in Home Ec…another dying experience…you don’t hear much about Home Ec any more either. The apples we made in home ec also. Love them…ours didn’t have the raisens in them…I like that idea. Will have to go buy me some Granny Smiths and get busy. Thanks Jackie. Always a pleasure to see what your’e up to.

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:44:46 +0000

In reply to Amy Garvin Wren. We used to camp at Gulf State Park (Gulf Shores, AL) all the time pre-children.

By: Amy Garvin Wren

Amy Garvin Wren — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:40:11 +0000

In reply to Jackie Garvin. These look yummy! A perfect fall dessert! I never knew you and Dad were campers.....

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:15:05 +0000

In reply to Leigh.

Leigh,

You are so right. I remember several dishes I learned to make in Girl Scouts. Good, good memories! 🙂

By: Leigh

Leigh — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 03:14:46 +0000

Oh gosh. Talking about Girl Scouts brings back a lot of memories. There is definitely a Girl Scout cuisine, and it’s way more than boxed cookies!

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:37:09 +0000

In reply to grace.

Grace,

You poor thing! Maybe you made Girl Scout apples and just forgot about them! 🙂

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:36:22 +0000

In reply to Julia.

Julia,

God bless you for being a scout leader! Scouting is such a worthwhile endeavor and the experience is shaped by the troop leaders. Thank you for your thoughtful comment, Julia! 🙂

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:31:43 +0000

In reply to Darlene.

Darlene,

These slow-cooker apples are better than you can imagine. And you get the benefit of a heavenly aroma wafting through your kitchen for several hours. I hope you give them a try. 🙂

By: Darlene

Darlene — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:33:38 +0000

This is sad to say but I have never gone camping. My sis ter was a Campfire Girl but I wasn’t anything lOL I would say I am the better cook than she.
Your recipes seem so delicious I need to try using the slow cooker one.

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:13:13 +0000

Jackie, you do make me laugh. I look so forward to everything
you write. I liked to camp too, and I did very well over an
open fire with lots of big rocks to place a wire grill across.
Much better than trying to deal with charcoal. We’d came
for sometimes a week at the time long before there was a first
house on Sanibel Island, so that might tell you how long ago
it was. We’d roast fresh fish with the scales left on, and
buttonwood sticks pushed through each side of the butterflied
fish that had been cleaned to perfection. Our Baked Apples
were made in a covered Dutch Oven hanging over the fire and
that worked very well.

I’ve not had the same fascination with baked apples at home
as we did while camping. I think our children loved fresh
apple pies too much to have me bake them without a crust, and
even better were the Fried Apple Pies we’d make.

Our Girl Scout days were not spent in too much camping out.
We all seemed to like crafts a lot more, and me feeling
hesitant about taking a bunch of girls camping wasn’t all that
much fun to think about. A day camp was about all I could
handle, that was all done in a suburb of St. Petersburg called
Pasadena. Beach access made it all the more fun, but kept at
least 2 adults busy just supervising the girls at the water.

We made more S’mores that any other troop that ever received
a cooking badge, I’m sure.

Thank you for another delightful subject to bring up lots of
happy memories for me.

Julia

By: grace

grace — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:32:09 +0000

i never had anything like this when i was a girl scout–i feel shafted! granted, i only participated for a year, but still… 🙂

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:32:54 +0000

In reply to Ginger.

Ginger,

I love cooked apples a whole bunch. Generally speaking, I eat a lot of fresh fruit. You’ll always find fresh fruit in my kitchen. Apples are the most popular fruit and they’re the only fruit that I just don’t like to eat uncooked. I think it’s a texture thing. I can tear ’em up when they’re cooked. I’ve got some Gala apples that I’m putting in the slow-cooker tomorrow. I made an Apple Dapple cake over the weekend and I need to get that post done. 🙂

By: Ginger

Ginger — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:16:59 +0000

Oh the memories of tent camping ,now fill my head…. Oh how I disliked tent camping ! I did love the yummy treats that came along with camping though. I am in the process of trying to find someone local selling their extra apples , or a local U pick. I was lucky enough to find me someone with extra pears… I can not wait to get some fresh apples and bake them right up for us to eat …Yum!!! I love fall
Ginger 🙂

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:57:02 +0000

In reply to tipper. Thanks, Tipper! We had some last night and I one in my oatmeal this morning. Mmm-mmm good! :)

By: tipper

tipper — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:16:40 +0000

YUM-I can almost smell them from here : )

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:28:58 +0000

In reply to Mamabug.

Mamabug,

I don’t remember making stew in coffee cans. I do remember cooking in foil packs. So many good memories! Thanks for reading and commenting! 🙂

By: Mamabug

Mamabug — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:04:01 +0000

I remember these and other creations from my years of being a girl scout! I always loved making the hobo stew in coffee cans too! Hope you have a great day!

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:22:37 +0000

In reply to Becky.

Becky,

Thank you for sharing your wonderful Girl Scout memories! It was truly a fantastic experience for me. Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts are organizations that have never gotten the credit they deserve for being a positive influence in young people’s lives. 🙂

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:19:06 +0000

I was in Girl Scouts until I was finally kicked out.. I went kicking and screaming or I would still be in it today… 🙂 I never wanted to leave.. So this was a sweet reminder of the fun and adventures we shared with our leader as well.. and especially the summer camps. I had my first yummy smore and my training bra hung for the flag pole. I still have pictures of my friends dress with our full uniforms proudly showing off our badges.. and we earned everyone of them.. without cheating.. and dont’ get me started on selling cookies … I always held the record for the most cookies sold in our district..cause it was the only way I was able to go to camp each year..