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The name "Bangor Brownie" appears to have been derived from the town of Bangor, Maine, which an apocryphal story states was the hometown of a housewife who created the original brownie recipe. [4] Maine food educator and columnist Mildred Brown Schrumpf was the main proponent of the theory that brownies were invented in Bangor.
Brownies are characteristically mischievous and are often said to punish or pull pranks on lazy servants. If angered, they are sometimes said to turn malicious, like boggarts. Brownies originated as domestic tutelary spirits, very similar to the Lares of ancient Roman tradition. Descriptions of brownies vary regionally, but they are usually ...
A common misconception is that brownies are named after their brown color; in fact, they were named after the "Brownies", elfin characters that were popular in books and folk stories, chosen due to their brown color. It was not until the mid-1970s or early 1980s that the terms blondie and butterscotch brownies seemed to appear. [4] [5] [6]
Brownie points, an imaginary social currency; Brownies (Scouting), a level in several Guiding/Scouting organizations Brownie, a level in Woodcraft Indians scouting for girls and boys ages 6–11; Diplacus douglasii or brownies, a species of plant; Miletus or brownies, a genus of butterflies
The Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is an American confectioner, wholly owned by Swiss confectioner Lindt & Sprüngli.The company was founded by and is named after Italian chocolatier Domenico Ghirardelli, [1] who, after working in South America, moved to California.
Brownies are such a delightful dessert that come in a variety of wonderful flavors. Brownies can be chocolate, of course, or filled with nuts, butterscotch, pumpkin or even swirled with cream.
For brownies like their famed red velvet variety, Greenfield "wanted it to be a taste combination where you got frosting in every bite, but the frosting didn't overpower [the brownie]."
A group of Brownies who meet together is called a unit. [6] Brownies work in small groups called sixes: each six is named after either fairies or woodland creatures. A six is led by a Sixer and has a Second who acts as deputy. The Brownie programme is called the Brownie Adventure. It is split into 3 parts: [7] you, community, world.