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Re:Girl Scouts Embraces STEM and Adds New Badges by muninn_ on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @09:06AM (#14855851)
But if you introduce it as cooking, that's a whole different ball game. Besides, baking is a little bit impractical while camping compared to, idk, cooking eggs over an open fire?

I'm not really against the STEM push in Girl Scouts I guess, I'm indifferent to it. Maybe it'll get a few more women interested in the field which is cool.

Re:Girl Scouts Embraces STEM and Adds New Badges by humanrebar on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @11:58AM (#14857347)
> baking is a little bit impractical while camping

You can bake lots of stuff with a campfire and a dutch oven.

Re:Girl Scouts Embraces STEM and Adds New Badges by muninn_ on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @03:53PM (#14859625)
Sure let me pack icing, maybe some cupcake molds, and a pie dish too?

It's impractical.

Re:Girl Scouts Embraces STEM and Adds New Badges by greglindahl on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @04:23PM (#14859923)
Let's see:

* There's a brand of dutch oven endorsed by the Boy Scouts of America

* Scouting magazine has printed many articles with recipes for dutch ovens https://scoutingmagazine.org/category/outdoors/cooking/dutch...

* Boy's Life magazine runs articles about cooking in a dutch oven

Re:Girl Scouts Embraces STEM and Adds New Badges by muninn_ on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @07:26PM (#14861312)
Sure ok. Clearly when we think of "having boys bake" we're talking about Dutch ovens and not baking cookies. Yup.
Re:Girl Scouts Embraces STEM and Adds New Badges by greglindahl on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @08:50PM (#14861747)
I was only addressing baking while camping. As a man, I also bake while I'm not camping, like many other men.
Re:Girl Scouts Embraces STEM and Adds New Badges by muninn_ on Thursday July 27, 2017 @09:07PM (#14871125)
Right but you are doing so in an disingenuous way. I like baking too. Referring to "girls baking" implies cupcakes, cookies, frosting, and cakes. All of which are impractical while camping.
Re:Girl Scouts Embraces STEM and Adds New Badges by greglindahl on Thursday July 27, 2017 @11:47PM (#14871806)
I'm not being disengenuous at all, and I don't imply that when I say "girls baking".
Re:Girl Scouts Embraces STEM and Adds New Badges by muninn_ on Friday July 28, 2017 @10:16AM (#14874390)
Ya you do. Otherwise nobody would have been talking about it. The cultural norm when somebody mentions baking in this context and "boys doing it" revolves around things like cupcakes and cookies and what not. It's obvious. It's not a point of contention to anybody here except you, for reasons unknown to me.
Re:Girl Scouts Embraces STEM and Adds New Badges by greglindahl on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @03:06PM (#14859161)
Not to mention roasting potatoes, corn, or even eggs in the coals of a fire, which is a close relative to using a dutch oven.