Non-North Americans...sweets question

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:09 pm

Do you have marshmallows?
Do your kids make 'smores?

Sincerely,
Curious Cat

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:22 pm

Plenty of Marshmallows.
What are 'smores?

Slan,
D.

TelegramSam · Post by **TelegramSam** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:27 pm

s'mores = graham cracker + chocolate bar + toasted marshmallow + another graham cracker

Best made over a campfire, of course.

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:33 pm

Smores

MarkB

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:36 pm

,

Sorry,
I've never come across 'smores before.

Slan,
D.

TelegramSam · Post by **TelegramSam** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:58 pm

It's definitely "s'mores" and not "'smores" though.

vomitbunny · Post by **vomitbunny** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:01 pm

We were poor. We had S'nones.

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:03 pm

Only the American missionaries.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:06 pm

glauber wrote:Only the American missionaries.

Eh....?

Slan,
D.

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:08 pm

dubhlinn wrote:
glauber wrote: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.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:10 pm

Ah... I see.

Slan,
D.

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:31 pm

FYI, s'more is a contraction of "some more", as in, "Give me s'more," which is the usual response after eating one.

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:41 pm

glauber wrote: They did the s'more thing. The natives didn't. We have plenty of other tooth-rotters though.

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!

avanutria · Post by **avanutria** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:47 pm

Tyghress wrote:...our graham crackers are sweetened here (don't know what they may be called elsewhere, if there is a different name for them)

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.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 5:55 am

jsluder wrote:FYI, s'more is a contraction of "some more", as in, "Give me s'more," which is the usual response after eating one.

My response is, "Somebody take this nauseating mess..."
Thus s'nauseating