Guest guest Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 Through a very strange series of coincidences, I can now report on using Pangea's marshmallows in s'mores. (Someone on this list mentioned they were on sale. I was heading up to visit my mom, and Pangea's on the way, so I stopped in and stocked up. My mom happened to mention my uncle was having a party, so I dropped by there on my way back home, and one of my cousins tried to feed my daughter a marshmallow. <insert slow-motion footage of me leaping in front of her, screaming " noooooooooooooooo " and batting the offending object away just inches from her mouth.> (Ok, not really, but it sounds more dramatic than just explaining what marshmallows are made out of, which is what really happened.) She said, oh, too bad, we're about to make s'mores, and I said, well, just so happens that I have several bags of vegan marshmallows in the car, let's try 'em out.) Parenthetical digression over, review follows: They don't puff up, get gooey, or really change color (there were a few brownish spots on them after prolonged roasting). They seemed to take about twice as long to roast as the conventional ones - I don't know if that's because I wasn't holding them close enough to the heat, we didn't recognize them as doing anything, or if they really do just take longer for some reason. They're also quite a bit smaller than conventional marshmallows, so if you're giving them to kids to take to camp, I guess there could be some " funny-looking food " issues. (Do kids tease each other over the size of their marshmallows? I do not know.) However, they do get hot and melt the chocolate satisfactorily, and they smush down with just a bit more effort than conventional ones. The finished product was very tasty, which was the important thing to me, but if you're looking for the whole s'mores " experience " , you might be disappointed. Also: first s'more I've had since I went to girl scout camp back in the 80's, so that was kind of neat. Your nostalgia mileage may vary. -kt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 Funny post!! Glad you included the " drama " !! , Catharin Meadors <bokodasu@g...> wrote: > Through a very strange series of coincidences, I can now report on > using Pangea's marshmallows in s'mores. (Someone on this list > mentioned they were on sale. I was heading up to visit my mom, and > Pangea's on the way, so I stopped in and stocked up. My mom happened > to mention my uncle was having a party, so I dropped by there on my > way back home, and one of my cousins tried to feed my daughter a > marshmallow. <insert slow-motion footage of me leaping in front of > her, screaming " noooooooooooooooo " and batting the offending object > away just inches from her mouth.> (Ok, not really, but it sounds more > dramatic than just explaining what marshmallows are made out of, which > is what really happened.) She said, oh, too bad, we're about to make > s'mores, and I said, well, just so happens that I have several bags of > vegan marshmallows in the car, let's try 'em out.) > > Parenthetical digression over, review follows: > > They don't puff up, get gooey, or really change color (there were a > few brownish spots on them after prolonged roasting). They seemed to > take about twice as long to roast as the conventional ones - I don't > know if that's because I wasn't holding them close enough to the heat, > we didn't recognize them as doing anything, or if they really do just > take longer for some reason. They're also quite a bit smaller than > conventional marshmallows, so if you're giving them to kids to take to > camp, I guess there could be some " funny-looking food " issues. (Do > kids tease each other over the size of their marshmallows? I do not > know.) However, they do get hot and melt the chocolate satisfactorily, > and they smush down with just a bit more effort than conventional > ones. The finished product was very tasty, which was the important > thing to me, but if you're looking for the whole s'mores " experience " , > you might be disappointed. > > Also: first s'more I've had since I went to girl scout camp back in > the 80's, so that was kind of neat. Your nostalgia mileage may vary. > > -kt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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