Tag Archives: food & drink

Chicken.

By Em | Published: January 11, 2011
The “chicken” merit badge is next up in Non-Request Week! (Also known as “Be Careful What You Wish For Week.”) Is it a merit badge for raising chickens? It certainly couldn’t be a merit badge for being a chicken, since everybody knows that’s enough to make a person throw their shiny-rainbow-future-hat. Actually… If we combine this badge [...]
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Pineapple.

By Em | Published: January 10, 2011
A new year means it’s time for a special bit of weirdness, Badger Scouts! I’ve been trawling last year’s site stats, and come up with a list of terms people searched the blog for that resulted in 0 hits. Presumably someone was looking for a merit badge that related to those search terms, only to [...]
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Starving artist.

By Em | Published: November 29, 2010
Wait, wait, wait. You can eat AND write? I was under the impression that was more of an OR thing. The “starving artist” merit badge is part of the merit badges for writers series. The badge may be posted on your site or blog. Tell us why you’ve earned (or will never earn) it in the comments.
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Eat ‘n’ write.

By Em | Published: November 25, 2010
Oh, NaNoWriMo—why must you be in November?! And before anyone asks, the answer is yes. You can also earn the “eat ‘n’ write” merit badge by writing on your lunch break, writing when you’re in restaurants, etc. You can even paste the badge on top of all the food stains in your notebook and claim it’s [...]
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Culinary compromise.

By Em | Published: November 23, 2010
There are no sweet potatoes. There are no sweet potatoes and there are oysters in the stuffing and bacon has been added where bacon should never be added and they are serving cheesecake for dessert but there is no pumpkin pie and WHO DOESN’T HAVE PUMPKIN PIE, YOUR MOM ALWAYS MADE THAT AND YOU MISS YOUR [...]
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Taking candy from strangers.

By Em | Published: October 19, 2010
Promise me you won’t ever, EVER earn the “taking candy from strangers” merit badge. Except once a year on Halloween. Then it’s totally okay. This Halloween-themed badge posted in support of BookOrTreat’s Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF fundraising. The badge may be posted on your site or blog. Tell us why you’ve earned (or will never earn) it in [...]
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Sweet tooth.

By Em | Published: October 12, 2010
And now, a Merit Badger first. I present a message from the “sweet tooth” merit badge itself on how to earn it: “CANDY! Nom nom licorice gummi bears candy candy cakes! Pies! Nom! Gum candy soda! Chocolates! Nom nom nom!” This Halloween-themed badge posted in support of BookOrTreat’s Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF fundraising. The badge may be posted [...]
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