Do you have marshmallows?
Do your kids make 'smores?
Sincerely,
Curious Cat
Plenty of Marshmallows.
What are 'smores?
Slan,
D.
s’mores = graham cracker + chocolate bar + toasted marshmallow + another graham cracker
Best made over a campfire, of course.
Smores
MarkB
,
Sorry,
I’ve never come across 'smores before.
Slan,
D.
It’s definitely “s’mores” and not “'smores” though.
We were poor. We had S’nones.
Only the American missionaries.
Eh…?
Slan,
D.
They did the s’more thing. The natives didn’t. We have plenty of other tooth-rotters though.
Ah… I see.
Slan,
D.
FYI, s’more is a contraction of “some more”, as in, “Give me s’more,” which is the usual response after eating one.
S’mores are truly a mindboggling treat…hot marshmallow melts the chocolate…our graham crackers are sweetened here (don’t know what they may be called elsewhere, if there is a different name for them) and the flavor can’t be reproduced by manufactured candy either (I think its Hershey that’s tried to package it, but it doesn’t taste at all right).
What sweets do you remember from your childhood. Are they regional or do you think they’re considered treats elsewhere?
My memory of the most localized treat ever was a sucker/lollipop made by an old guy a few blocks away from my home. They were so phenomenal that kids who lived in the other direction would pay you to buy for them and distribute them at school. They were NEVER called ‘lollipops’ or ‘suckers’…we called them by the guy’s name because they were so special, and never thought it odd to be so taken with something called a Bloodgood. Thirty years later I came up with a recipe that my siblings consider to be authentic, so now I’m making Bloodgoods!
For the brits, and others with brit-food - Digestive biscuits are kind of close, but not quite. Think the taste and colour of digestives combined with the shape and strength of Jacob’s cream crackers. the two textures kind of combine - crumbly, but likely to flake off and/or crack in certain directions. Oh yes, and they can be flavoured with honey, cinnimon, but generally very sweet.
Hmm…not quite right, but the best I can do…I understand Martin was given S’mores when he was here, maybe he can describe them as a newcomer to the scene.
My response is, “Somebody take this nauseating mess…”
Thus s’nauseating
There’s a restaurant in Saratoga Springs that has S’mores for dessert. They give you the ingredients and a little Sterno burner to make them yourself at the table. Kinda fun, but these are actually a bit too sweet for my taste. Now a nice bitter dark Chocolate Mousse…
There’s a restaurant in Saratoga Springs that has S’mores for dessert. They give you the ingredients and a little Sterno burner to make them yourself at the table. Kinda fun, but these are actually a bit too sweet for my taste. Now a nice bitter dark Chocolate Mousse…
This may be true. When I was growing up, we frequently had weiner roasts, and roasted marshmallows (especially at church Hallowe’en parties), but never did we make s’mores. I knew basically what they were, as there was something of a craze that happened when I was a kid, with companies producing s’mores flavor cereals, and granola bars and such. But I never saw actual s’mores or really even understood the process.
Reason I think Glauber may be telling the truth is that when I was a teenager, having moved to the Philippines, it was indeed American missionaries whom I first saw attempting to make s’mores (using local marshmallows, chocolate bars, and Graham crackers), though I still didn’t really understand the concept.
I finally had one for the first time (only time, actually) a few years ago, in my twenties. It was good.
graham…kelloggs…?
naa, i’ll drop it..
Heh heh, you’re actually on the right track; Graham and Kellogg were both religious “health” food reformers, who, ironically have come more to be identified with so-called junk food.