Hmmm by the looks of the title how can I trust that you learned it today and not 5 days ago?
The gall of some people smh.
It’s saying modern marshmallows are made with corn syrup, starch, sugar and gelatin but originally it was made with mallow plant.
Now I want to try the mallow version - has anyone here tried them?
There’s a native marshmallow plant(althea officinalis) that I grow in my gardens. Trying to get the roots out to make marshmallows is like trying to pull an octopus out of the ground.
It’s so worth it. The flowers are quite pretty too.
Screenshotted for later. What zone are you in?
I’m in zone 6! Marshmallows like a lot of water, and will take partial shade. If you have an area that likes to puddle or gets really water logged that’s a perfect place tp put them since they’ll soak up all the water.
Also, they get VERY large. Like 6-7ft tall and 3-4ft wide on their second year. They do die back to the ground completely in winter though. And they can spread when they’re happy so make sure you leave lots of space for them.
They are very easy to grow from seed with some stratifying in the fridge(simulate winter), or get pre-stratified seeds. Good luck and enjoy!
I didn’t forget to reply! I saved this to reply later. My wife is going to love this info. We have a pretty good spot to fill in and it gets puddley in the wet area. Im 7A zone.
I hate Illinois marshmallows!!
Very interesting, but how did it get its name?
I think it had something to do with this guy.
Hmm, I don’t get the reference. I guess I’ll just have to add it to the list of mysteries like where KFC originated, the main dish at waffle house and what post hole diggers are used for.
All joking aside, I would like to point out that the main dish at Waffle House is hash browns. I just don’t want folks to be confused about such an important thing!
But why male models?
Are you serious? I just told you.
Ancient egyptians didn’t speak english
They also didn’t speak German. What point are you trying to make?
They likely weren’t called that in ancient Egypt lol
They lived in Modern Egypt at the time
Still do
You’ve clearly never been to Egypt this century lol
Not relevant
there is a capitalized AND to imply this is a 2 for 1 til deal
Yeah, it was the sap of marsh mallow that the Egyptians used.
Saying that doesn’t mean that they think Egyptians used the English word “marshmallow”.
Edit but it likely was something like their words for those things, which then got translated again and again and again.
The original connotation didn’t reach us. My native language calls the modern sweet “foam candy” (vaahtokarkki)
My country calls it “mice bacon” (Mäusespeck). 😅
That doesn’t make sense in any way.
Apparently it’s based on the fact that the colour reminded people of the bacon used in mouse traps. Although it’s a bit unclear, it could also play into things that the first company to sell marshmallows en masse in Germany used mice-shaped ones.
So they didnt always use Pig skin and bones? Damn
TIL Illinois Marshmallows are from ancient Egypt.
My hopes were up when opening this thread as I hoped it would have been completely plantbased. Too bad.
