You're killin' me Anne!
Yesterday I was in the kitchen making rice krispie treats and Anne came in to observe...because she's never had rice krispie treats before. I made a bit of a big deal with them because I actually found rice krispies. They have marshmallows pretty readily but not rice krispies here. Anyways, she tried some and said "wow, that's sweet" kind of as in, too sweet, but I guess I was able to demonstrate some American cuisine. Anne learned even more about American cuisine I told her about 'smores! I was making fun of the marshmallow package in front of her because it had these directions in English on the back:
1. Stick the Marshmallow on a skewer.
2. Keep the stick approx. 20 cm above the heat. Do not hold the mallows in the flames, they will burn.
3. Keep on turning the stick, the mallows will become a real caramel.
4. Let the Marshmallows cool off.
5. Enjoy your meal!
They have picture diagrams as well and not appropriate for kids 0-8 years old, but my favorite part is the "Enjoy your meal!" since when is a 'smore a meal? Anyways, so I told Anne it was kind of funny because isn't it obvious how you roast a marshmallow. And she admitted that she'd never had. So then I was like "So you probably don't know what a 'smore is?" and she laughed and said no. And so I totally wanted to pull a Ham from The Sandlot and be like "You're killin' me Smalls! This is 'smore stuff... first you put the mallow on the stick, then you roast the mallow...when the mallow's flaming..." but I didn't. Although I did explain very thoroughly what a 'smore is and how you make it. I have a few marshmallows left, so I think I'll buy a chocolate bar and some sweet biscuits (they don't have graham crackers here) and perhaps we'll experiment on the stove. Has anyone tried 'smores on a gas stove? Does that work? Oh well I think we'll try it...and then as Ham would do, we'll stuff our faces.
1. Stick the Marshmallow on a skewer.
2. Keep the stick approx. 20 cm above the heat. Do not hold the mallows in the flames, they will burn.
3. Keep on turning the stick, the mallows will become a real caramel.
4. Let the Marshmallows cool off.
5. Enjoy your meal!
They have picture diagrams as well and not appropriate for kids 0-8 years old, but my favorite part is the "Enjoy your meal!" since when is a 'smore a meal? Anyways, so I told Anne it was kind of funny because isn't it obvious how you roast a marshmallow. And she admitted that she'd never had. So then I was like "So you probably don't know what a 'smore is?" and she laughed and said no. And so I totally wanted to pull a Ham from The Sandlot and be like "You're killin' me Smalls! This is 'smore stuff... first you put the mallow on the stick, then you roast the mallow...when the mallow's flaming..." but I didn't. Although I did explain very thoroughly what a 'smore is and how you make it. I have a few marshmallows left, so I think I'll buy a chocolate bar and some sweet biscuits (they don't have graham crackers here) and perhaps we'll experiment on the stove. Has anyone tried 'smores on a gas stove? Does that work? Oh well I think we'll try it...and then as Ham would do, we'll stuff our faces.