Marshmallows?

We are coming up to summer when roasting marshmallows is a favorite thing to do!

Today marshmallows are largely reserved for campfires and hot chocolate, but in ancient Egypt they were a treat for the gods.

The ancients took sap from the mallow plant (which grows in marshes) and mixed it with nuts and honey.  Scholars aren’t sure what the treat looked like, but they know it was thought suitable only for pharaohs and the divine.

It wasn’t until 19th-century France that confectioners began whipping the sap into the fluffy little pillows we know and love today.

T’is the season, for sure, for those wonderfully gooey-in-the-middle, crusty-on-the-outside wonders!

Here’s to outdoor cooking!