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Monday, August 25. 2014

The Marshmallow...

Marshmallow candy originated in ancient Egypt. It was a honey candy that was flavored and thickened with Marsh-Mallow plant sap.

Photo below is the Marsh Mallow plant which is a native of marshy areas in the Old World, now wild in North America. You can read about it here.

In Yankeeland, the revolting Marshmallow Fluff is an old classic in the form of the Fluffernutter sandwich. Generations of New England kids were raised successfully of a diet of this goo.

Apparently it is easy to make your own Marshmallows at home.

I prefer my Marshmallows plain, on a stick over an open fire, preferably permitted to burst into flame to produce a black crust before blowing them out. Few can resist some campfire S'mores, but I can. Too sweet for me.

Posted by The Barrister in Food and Drink, Our Essays at 15:02 | Comments (13) | Trackbacks (0)

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Homemade Marshmallow+Dark Chocolate Dip+Graham Cracker Crumbs = Smores to Go!

#1 garrett on 2010-01-05 14:03 (Reply)

And this is why I love Maggie's - I never knew there was such a thing as a Marsh-Mellow plant.

And now I do. :>)

However, I hate marshmellows and I REALLY despise Marshmellow Fluff.

Can't have everything.

#2 Tom Francis on 2010-01-05 18:25 (Reply)

However, I hate marshmellows and I REALLY despise Marshmellow Fluff.

I haven't had Fluff in about 40 years. I liked it in cocoa. But as a kid I really liked Fluffernutter sandwiches. Maybe I'll see if I can purchase some Fluff and try a Fluffernutter after so many years. And as an old fogie I still use a lot of peanut butter - great in mole. And Fluffernutter was one of my first uses of peanut butter.

#2.1 Gringo on 2014-08-25 21:43 (Reply)

I HATE MARSHMALLOWS !

#3 apple pie on 2010-01-05 22:36 (Reply)

It's a strange coincidence that you should mention Marshmallow Fluff on your blog just at this time. I grew up in the town where the sweet stuff is made and I really loved it as a kid. I haven't had it for more than 40 (!) years. But for some reason I recently got a sudden craving for it, which came right out of the blue. It isn't sold out west where I live and so I had a relative in MA mail me a jar for Christmas. It's tasty in cocoa. What's not to like? I think the one jar I have will be gone by the end of the month. I've decided that is going to be enough to satisfy me.

#4 Agent Cooper on 2010-01-06 03:55 (Reply)

Interesting. I grew up in the same city and worked for awhile just a few blocks from the old Marshmallow fluff factory. On a warm summer day you could smell the sweet goo being made.

#4.1 GoneWithTheWind on 2014-08-25 18:30 (Reply)

So which high school did you go to and when did you graduate? I graduated from English High in 61.

#4.2 GoneWithTheWind on 2014-08-26 10:35 (Reply)

Shows what you don't know, in that link for the 'Fluffernutter' the PB/banana is referred to as the common type and the fluff as a rarer type!....
I never would have thought that the Fluff sandwich was not a common staple. I personally don't care for it (now PB and butter in a sandwich, I'll eat that!), but I think it accounted for 80% of the school lunches in my bit of Ct. The rest was bologna.

#5 acairfearann (Link) on 2014-08-25 15:16 (Reply)

Marshmallows are the perfect bait for raccoon traps.

Carnivores like cats have no interest.

#6 Whitehall on 2014-08-25 15:45 (Reply)

Looks like a hibiscuit to me; but, then again, I am not a botanist.

I did like Mallo cups and saved the funny money. I don't know if I ever cashed them in. I had quite the stash at one time, c. 1960. Let me go up into the attic.

#7 tenneseered on 2014-08-25 18:21 (Reply)

Yay! Someone else who doesn't care for s'mores! Like all 3 ingredients separate, not together. My friends and family always look at me like I have 3 heads or, worse yet - a Communist!

#8 richm on 2014-08-25 20:03 (Reply)

Marshmallow Fluff
Skippy peanut butter
Wonder Bread

What's not to like?

But it did play hell with the orthodontia.

Fluff sticks to a 12-year old's braces like white on rice.

#9 John Reddy on 2014-08-25 21:45 (Reply)

A taste like no other... Brings back a lot of lovely memories!

Thanks!

Cap'n Jan

#10 Cap'n Jan on 2014-08-26 13:20 (Reply)

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The Marshmallow