Talk:Trail mix

message: To me, it seems there's an obvious connection between gorps and müsli. This doesn't seem to come up on WP either way, and of course would require some source to cite. Müsli pretty clearly predates any recent origin offered here and would hopefully put that ridiculous surfer claim to rest. 84.248.106.251 (talk) 12:13, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Müsli 

message: I found that the first reference article plagiarizes this Wikipedia article significantly, yet it is being cited as a source for this article.  So in effect, this article cites itself as a source.  I added the "Citations Missing" tempate to this article. -Rhrad (talk) 15:18, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Why not? Everyone knows that Wiki is the absolute source of information on the planet - just think how much time it saves Nobel laureates doing critical research...to have it now self-referencing makes it even more useful by saving all that time checking sources - what's the reference for this crap? oh it's the crap itself, so it must be right.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.129.224.141 (talk) 08:56, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Problem with a source

message: I'm removing that section for stupidity. If you want to revert me, I guess I'll forgive you :).
Kaaos 16:19, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gorp in Popular Culture? 

message: I'm proposing to merge the Scroggin article into this one. They're basically about the same subject.
We could add a paragraph in this article about the ethymology of the name.
What do you think ? --Luxem (talk) 08:39, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.143.149.188 (talk) 16:36, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: I'm an Aussie and I have never heard the term scroggin, is this some Southern State thing or just a Kiwi thing?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.237.81.18 (talk) 23:55, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Some Aussies know it : see a doc from the website of the Hornsby Heights Scout Group in Hornsby NSW. Does this still make it a "Southern State thing" ? --Luxem (talk) 22:10, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

text: A new edit added some references for the use of scroggin in Australia. To have any credibility the claim requires references from reliable Australian sources confirming that we call it scroggin here. I haven't found any. --AussieLegend (talk) 19:00, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I am removing the dubious tag once again. The book that I've just added is cited in the National Library of Australia's printed 1994 bibliography, written by an Australian, is about an Australian walking club, and published in Australia. The Bushwalking Victoria society also uses the term scroggin on their website. Alternatively there is a mention in National Geographic Society about scroggin being Australian but I do not have access to that archive to confirm the entire source. --ImGz (t/c) 19:38, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

text: I've added a ref that details the NZ and Australian etymology of the word... Hack (talk) 08:00, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Removal of  was, once again, premature. The main issue that I have is the implication that in Australia we use "scroggin" instead of "trail mix". None of the references so far provided support that claim. Yes, it is a word. The Ozwords reference dates its use to 1940 in New Zealand but to only the early 1980s in Australia. There certainly seems to be some use of the term in Victoria based on the sources. I opened a discussion about this at WP:AUSTRALIA and responses to date support this. There is some anecdotal evidence that it's been used in South Australia as well. However, there's very little, if any, evidence to suggest that it's widely used anywhere in the remaining 67-75% of the country. The National Geographic reference (a US one at that) is about architecture, not food. There are some references to scroggin on scouting websites but that again is no indication that it's widely used, only that it might be widely used within the scouting movement. --AussieLegend (talk) 09:07, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

text: I'm also a 61 year old Aussie and only heard about Scroggin for the first time last week in Wellington NZ on holiday. I have brought back some Cadbury Scroggin blocks for kiwis at my office. --MichaelGG (talk) 06:27, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

text: I am a 49 year old New Zealander, and have never heard the term scroggin used. I suspect that it may be a relict still found in parts of the South Island, where old English still exists. Having said that, the idea of a "trail mix" is new, so it would be odd if an old term was used for it.Royalcourtier (talk) 19:24, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  What the hell is Scroggin? 

message: The ingredients list states that it's minimum 3, but that's clearly inaccurate.  The standard GORP, for example, is only raisins and peanuts, and serves the purpos4e quite well.  The key (to my understanding) is that it needs to have at least one of the nuts-and-seeds ingredients and at least one sweet (generally a dried fruit).  Mind you, I have no references for this thing.  (anon)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.79.188.106 (talk) 18:33, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inaccuracy 

message: I can't remember why I was looking, but I went in search of information about the GORP of my childhood, Granola Oatmeal Raisins and Prunes.  That's what it always was for me, all throughout my formative years.  Yet there's no mention of prunes anywhere; not here on Wikipedia, nor anywhere else that's readily searchable.  How strange.
I remember the prunes dear readers.  I ate everybody's prunes, because nobody else liked them, and then we went spelunking.  Everybody in the group hated me for some reason.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pedant42 (talk • contribs) 02:02, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prunes? 

message: Could this be added to the ingredient list, separate from M&M? Miros1 (talk) 03:37, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reese's Pieces