Behold! The mighty Marshmallow, Althaea officinalis. King of all the campfire Treats!
Not what you were expecting, right?
Exactly my point. This is the actual plant that gives marshmallows their taste.
No, not the sugary taste... the marshmallowy taste.
In this post, I take issue with Campfire Food. It's not too soon to dream of camping weather, is it?
Here are the top 5 ingredients in what make up smores:
The Marshmallows:
The Chocolate:
43.5 grams of sugar.
Although, for some reason, a daily recommended amount of sugar has avoided FDA rules, it is commonly accepted that you should only consume about 20-30 grams per day. So, yes, your one smore is double your DAILY recommended intake of sugar.
+13g for the chocolate bar
+16g for the cracker
29 grams of fat
40% of your daily fat intake and 75% of your saturated fat intake.
Exactly my point. This is the actual plant that gives marshmallows their taste.
No, not the sugary taste... the marshmallowy taste.
In this post, I take issue with Campfire Food. It's not too soon to dream of camping weather, is it?
Here are the top 5 ingredients in what make up smores:
The Marshmallows:
- Corn Syrup----- a sugar
- Sugar------------- a sugar
- Dextrose--------- a sugar
- Modified Cornstarch
- Water
The Chocolate:
- Sugar
- Milk
- Chocolate
- Cocoa butter
- Lactose (a sugar) and Milk fat
- Unbleached enriched Flour
- Wheat Flour
- Sugar
- Soybean and partially hydrogenated Cottonseed oil
- Honey
- Sugar by one serving of each ingredient:
43.5 grams of sugar.
Although, for some reason, a daily recommended amount of sugar has avoided FDA rules, it is commonly accepted that you should only consume about 20-30 grams per day. So, yes, your one smore is double your DAILY recommended intake of sugar.
- Fat by one serving of each ingredient:
+13g for the chocolate bar
+16g for the cracker
29 grams of fat
40% of your daily fat intake and 75% of your saturated fat intake.
Where's the alternative?
Not quite as exciting as watching a sugar ball explode into flames and then be blown out, yielding a smoldering carcinogenic black blob, you can do all sorts of other things.
My wife and I are fond of parking sweet potatoes near a fire to cook.
But, as I have read from this German newspaper, there may be a fun alternative for the children and the child in all of us.
My wife and I are fond of parking sweet potatoes near a fire to cook.
But, as I have read from this German newspaper, there may be a fun alternative for the children and the child in all of us.
YES! STOCKBROTBACKEN! Translated- Stick-bread-baking
I am going to look up how to do this and post the results in the spring.
Apparently, you make a special, sticky bread dough, wrap it around a stick, and bake it at the high temperatures over the fire.
Then, you crunch away at your freshly baked bread.
Look, kids! It even rises!
I am going to look up how to do this and post the results in the spring.
Apparently, you make a special, sticky bread dough, wrap it around a stick, and bake it at the high temperatures over the fire.
Then, you crunch away at your freshly baked bread.
Look, kids! It even rises!