I use the tip of a vegetable peeler. Stick the tip in like a spade, perhaps twist a little if it's a stubborn berry, then pinch with your thumb and lift. Simple and waste-free.

Foodefafa, absolutely. My mom was our troop leader (hence, the thirteen years) and we role-played different situations that might happen when selling cookies. We had to know the cookie types by hea...

Squirrely, Each Girl Scout Council (kind of like a large school district) chooses exactly how to split up the proceeds, after paying the bakers. Troops receive 12-17% of the purchase price of...

Why on earth do you dry the potatoes, just to put them in water and boil them? That seems silly.

I put the juice of one orange in with the water in the rice cooker. It was delicious with baked chicken.

I'm a creamy milk chocolate girl. But I eat less and remember to enjoy it more when I have dark chocolate! My mom will fight anyone who gets between her and her dark chocolate.

I would use the French oven to make a big pot of chili. Although my mom always called it a Dutch oven. What's with the new-and-improved name, monsieur Creuset?