@ircon96@sammydog01 Well, I have other heretical opinions too, like I think Oreos are boring, and while I won’t turn them down, Reese’s peanut butter cups are just okay and I’d rather have other candybars. I also feel that way about mac&cheese.
@ircon96@Kyeh@sammydog01 Agreed - I don’t eat marshmallow anything, I’ll take a home made Toll House cookie over an Oreo any day, and I prefer a chunk of good dark chocolate with a smear of (chunky) peanut butter and a dash of salt to Reese’s cups.
Most mac&cheese is just meh, but I do enjoy some home made recipes.
@detailer Because when you are in a remote area with no easy way to wash, the best thing to eat is something gooey and prone to drip on clothes, made of things most likely to attract bears.
@Kyeh@sammydog01 TOTALLY agree with the Tollhouse cookies over Oreos, although i do like a week-made mac & cheese. But then again, i like just about anything made with the right kind(s) of cheese, the sharper the better! Reese’s PBCs used to be better, they seem a lot sweeter than in the old days, which isn’t a good thing (i prefer more PB flavor) but maybe it’s just me & my ancient taste buds?
@edguyver14 hmm, interesting. Now I want to make one with a KitKat.
Also, I haven’t had a s’more in twenty years or so, but I don’t remember having any problems with them being particularly unstable or otherwise difficult to eat. Was that my engineer side or is this another of those hyperbolic polls? I feel like some of the other kids might have been messier about it than me, but that wasn’t uncommon.
I"m not a fan of them. But I’m not a fan of marshmallows, milk chocolate, or graham crackers either. Three meh things that fail to make each other less interesting
@werehatrack Can I assume you make your domicile in Russia? That statement you just made is about as un-American as anything I’ve heard in recent memory!!
@tohar1 There is nothing less American than slavish devotion to a concept with no inherent merit whatsoever. Or perhaps there’s nothing more American than that, these days. Either way, being originally from Ohio, growing up in Florida, or living in Texas, I still don’t like them.
@tohar1@werehatrack I’d rather just pig out on the chocolate myself. But if it’s the traditional Hershey’s bars instead of actual chocolate, you might as well make smores with them.
Pro-S’mores Tip: Use Lindt truffles as your chocolate layer. They melt at an incredibly low temperature, so even if you’re not a master marshmallow toaster (much practice needed to achieve this certification) they turn your S’more into Oooey-Gooey Goodness and they taste WAY better than plain old Hershey bars too!!
@tohar1 Even the US-version Cadbury is better than Hershey’s milk chocolate. And do not even get me started on how Hershey completely trashed their Special Dark, which was pretty darned good back in the '70s. If I were going to make a cracker, chocolate and marshmallow sandwich of some sort, I would use Cinnamon Crisp, Ghirardelli-or-better plain or dark, and a really good brand of marshmallow. Using a Lindt dark chocolate truffle would be quite acceptable, assuming I were going to make the attempt. Sadly, as far as I know, there no longer is a really good brand of marshmallow here. So I don’t.
@werehatrack Agree completely. That’s why I’ve been on a mission to build the perfect S’more. Ongoing process & I struck gold with the combination above.
@TeamTweety@tohar1@werehatrack These sound like worthy research projects. I’m also not a fan of Hershey’s, but Belgian dark chocolate does not translate well to s’mores. Glad to see some avenues of exploration opening!
@blaineg@sammydog01@werehatrack Yes teenagers should be the subjects used in open ended experiments when one is looking to see what bizarreinteresting outcomes come from doing otherwise ordinary actions combined in “not usually done with this” items.
S’mores nachos - wrap a cookie sheet in foil, layer the graham cracker - actually no, I hate them, I use a chocolate wafer cookie that is much more stable (the name is Famous, they are in a long yellow box wrapped in cellophane, and are always on the top shelf that’s all I can’t tell you ). Anyway, put the cookies on the pan, then put a layer of chocolate or Reese’s or Kit Kats or whatever freaking candy bars you like, or how about a layer of Cinnamon Toast Crunch -you get the idea - put a layer of marshmallows on top.
Throw that pan under the broiler on the oven for a minute or 2 - everything melts together, only one layer of cookie, because 2 is just not the right ratio of cookie/candy/marshmallow. S’mores for everyone all at once! Yeah, your fingers are gonna get messy - that’s the beauty of s’mores and nachos.
But for a campfire - these marshmallows are perfection, who needs the damn graham cracker, show me one person, just one, who REALLY likes them? Nobody. They are awful. BUT… the perfectly toasted marshmallow… Golden brown, perfectly puffed all around, the slightest bit of char, chef’s kiss it is perfection. It takes EMBERS, not flame (charcoal is actually best)! That will just get you a burnt on the outside/solid lump on the inside piece of crap. So to sit patiently, turning the stick, being, ever so careful not to let it fall off… AND NOW there is chocolate melted in the middle?! The best parts of the s’more - I’ll take a bag for myself, you guys can spilt the rest.
@TeamTweety I’m a naked marshmallow person myself. I just ordered a tiny tabletop fire pit and am super excited- both because I love flames and also for the toasted marshmallows.
@TeamTweety My daughter(23) and i LOVE graham crackers. We both eat em every night with peanut butter or a thin layer of cream cheese & jelly. They are also great for a jacked up stomach-far better than saltines! I didnt even know my kid ate em at night until she dumped that loser and moved back home! LOL
@blaineg@Kyeh Note that even the English admit that the lower example isn’t coated with actual chocolate; they call it “milk chocolate flavor coating”. The Belgians would probably tell them that it has enough milk content to be called cheese, but not enough cocoa solids to be called chocolate.
No.
Sorry, I’ve never had one. A deprived life I guess.
Not really
I’ve never gotten what everyone thinks is so great about S’mores. I guess my solution is I don’t make them.
@Kyeh You’ve crystallized my thoughts eloquently!
@ircon96
@ircon96 @Kyeh Have you had one made on a campfire? Just asking because
/giphy you’re wrong
@ircon96 @Kyeh @sammydog01 They’re just ok in my book, but I’ve never encountered this mythical instability. What are you doing wrong?
@ircon96 @sammydog01 Well, I have other heretical opinions too, like I think Oreos are boring, and while I won’t turn them down, Reese’s peanut butter cups are just okay and I’d rather have other candybars. I also feel that way about mac&cheese.
@ircon96 @sammydog01
@blaineg I’m not doing anything with them at all!
@Kyeh Agreed. You haul all this crap out to your “campfire”, only to discover that you forgot the wet paper towels. Oh yeah…good times. F that.
@ircon96 @Kyeh @sammydog01 Agreed - I don’t eat marshmallow anything, I’ll take a home made Toll House cookie over an Oreo any day, and I prefer a chunk of good dark chocolate with a smear of (chunky) peanut butter and a dash of salt to Reese’s cups.
Most mac&cheese is just meh, but I do enjoy some home made recipes.
@detailer Because when you are in a remote area with no easy way to wash, the best thing to eat is something gooey and prone to drip on clothes, made of things most likely to attract bears.
@Kyeh @sammydog01 TOTALLY agree with the Tollhouse cookies over Oreos, although i do like a week-made mac & cheese. But then again, i like just about anything made with the right kind(s) of cheese, the sharper the better! Reese’s PBCs used to be better, they seem a lot sweeter than in the old days, which isn’t a good thing (i prefer more PB flavor) but maybe it’s just me & my ancient taste buds?
@detailer @rockblossom
I’ve never tried a S’more, as a Cub Scout, Boy Scout or while camping.
I did toast marshmallows on occasion…
I dunno, as long as they are stable enough to make it to my mouth.
I use a certain brand of graham cracker that is crispy instead of hard, and a Reese’s pumpkin/bat/whatever holiday version.
@edguyver14 hmm, interesting. Now I want to make one with a KitKat.
Also, I haven’t had a s’more in twenty years or so, but I don’t remember having any problems with them being particularly unstable or otherwise difficult to eat. Was that my engineer side or is this another of those hyperbolic polls? I feel like some of the other kids might have been messier about it than me, but that wasn’t uncommon.
@edguyver14 @jsfs
/giphy hyperbolic pole
What kind of chocolate and marshmallow makes it unstable? I must not be doing it right.
I"m not a fan of them. But I’m not a fan of marshmallows, milk chocolate, or graham crackers either. Three meh things that fail to make each other less interesting
@werehatrack Can I assume you make your domicile in Russia? That statement you just made is about as un-American as anything I’ve heard in recent memory!!
@tohar1 There is nothing less American than slavish devotion to a concept with no inherent merit whatsoever. Or perhaps there’s nothing more American than that, these days. Either way, being originally from Ohio, growing up in Florida, or living in Texas, I still don’t like them.
@tohar1 @werehatrack I’d rather just pig out on the chocolate myself. But if it’s the traditional Hershey’s bars instead of actual chocolate, you might as well make smores with them.
@blaineg @tohar1 Because they make terrible roofing shingles.
Pro-S’mores Tip: Use Lindt truffles as your chocolate layer. They melt at an incredibly low temperature, so even if you’re not a master marshmallow toaster (much practice needed to achieve this certification) they turn your S’more into Oooey-Gooey Goodness and they taste WAY better than plain old Hershey bars too!!
@tohar1 Even the US-version Cadbury is better than Hershey’s milk chocolate. And do not even get me started on how Hershey completely trashed their Special Dark, which was pretty darned good back in the '70s. If I were going to make a cracker, chocolate and marshmallow sandwich of some sort, I would use Cinnamon Crisp, Ghirardelli-or-better plain or dark, and a really good brand of marshmallow. Using a Lindt dark chocolate truffle would be quite acceptable, assuming I were going to make the attempt. Sadly, as far as I know, there no longer is a really good brand of marshmallow here. So I don’t.
@werehatrack Agree completely. That’s why I’ve been on a mission to build the perfect S’more. Ongoing process & I struck gold with the combination above.
@tohar1 @werehatrack marshmallows are actually super simple to make and the taste is far superior
@TeamTweety @tohar1 @werehatrack These sound like worthy research projects. I’m also not a fan of Hershey’s, but Belgian dark chocolate does not translate well to s’mores. Glad to see some avenues of exploration opening!
Did you know that roasting Starbursts has a 50-50 chance of making a tasty treat or a dangerous weapon?
@blaineg I did not. Should I give it a shot?
@sammydog01 Absolutely! Just be aware that once (or just before) they catch fire, you now have a flavorful little packet of sticky napalm.
The primal urge to wave it around to put out the fire will likely fling it instead. Then things get interesting very quickly.
@blaineg @sammydog01 This is clearly an “OhGodOhGodWeAreAllGonnaDie” kind of “interesting”
@sammydog01 @werehatrack The best kind of interesting. Especially if teenagers are involved.
Which, strangely enough, is where I found out about roasting Starbursts.
@blaineg @sammydog01 @werehatrack Yes teenagers should be the subjects used in open ended experiments when one is looking to see what
bizarreinteresting outcomes come from doing otherwise ordinary actions combined in “not usually done with this” items.Can’t say. Never had’em.
ShopRite has Mallomars 2 for $4 til Saturday if you want to get creative.
S’mores nachos - wrap a cookie sheet in foil, layer the graham cracker - actually no, I hate them, I use a chocolate wafer cookie that is much more stable (the name is Famous, they are in a long yellow box wrapped in cellophane, and are always on the top shelf that’s all I can’t tell you
). Anyway, put the cookies on the pan, then put a layer of chocolate or Reese’s or Kit Kats or whatever freaking candy bars you like, or how about a layer of Cinnamon Toast Crunch -you get the idea - put a layer of marshmallows on top.
Throw that pan under the broiler on the oven for a minute or 2 - everything melts together, only one layer of cookie, because 2 is just not the right ratio of cookie/candy/marshmallow. S’mores for everyone all at once! Yeah, your fingers are gonna get messy - that’s the beauty of s’mores and nachos.
But for a campfire - these marshmallows are perfection, who needs the damn graham cracker, show me one person, just one, who REALLY likes them? Nobody. They are awful. BUT… the perfectly toasted marshmallow… Golden brown, perfectly puffed all around, the slightest bit of char, chef’s kiss it is perfection. It takes EMBERS, not flame (charcoal is actually best)! That will just get you a burnt on the outside/solid lump on the inside piece of crap. So to sit patiently, turning the stick, being, ever so careful not to let it fall off… AND NOW there is chocolate melted in the middle?! The best parts of the s’more - I’ll take a bag for myself, you guys can spilt the rest.
@TeamTweety I’m a naked marshmallow person myself. I just ordered a tiny tabletop fire pit and am super excited- both because I love flames and also for the toasted marshmallows.
@TeamTweety For me, it’s “Just put down the chocolate and slowly back away.”
@TeamTweety My daughter(23) and i LOVE graham crackers. We both eat em every night with peanut butter or a thin layer of cream cheese & jelly. They are also great for a jacked up stomach-far better than saltines! I didnt even know my kid ate em at night until she dumped that loser and moved back home! LOL
@sammydog01 @TeamTweety
@TeamTweety Graham cracker sandwiches with a frosting filling were a teenage addiction for me.
@cristysue @TeamTweety
They are somewhat different, but the English version are called Digestive Biscuits. Or just Digestives in shorthand.
Sadly for the Brits, who generally claim to have invented everything, digestives lag grahams by about 60 years: 1892 vs 1829.
Then again, chocolate coated digestives are a thing.
Someone observed that Americans name something for what it is, and English name it for what it does.
Graham crackers - digestive biscuits
Parking lot - car park
etc.
@blaineg Yup.
elevator - lift
bookstore - bookshop
stove - cooker
@blaineg Now these I like!
@blaineg @Kyeh Note that even the English admit that the lower example isn’t coated with actual chocolate; they call it “milk chocolate flavor coating”. The Belgians would probably tell them that it has enough milk content to be called cheese, but not enough cocoa solids to be called chocolate.
@Kyeh @werehatrack Good catch. Though it does vary, just keep your eyes open.
There are also chocolate & caramel versions.
About the only thing less appealing than a S’More would be a Pumpkin Spice S’More.
@rockblossom Evidently these people disagree:
@Kyeh De gustibus non disputandum est.