SC - Marshmallows

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Mike Young wrote:
> 
> I would think the marshmallow cream stuff you get in the jar would be
> closer to period-ish than the puffed marshmallows in the bag.  The
> jet-puffing thing was added after 1700.  My 7 year old actually told me
> about the mallow root thing.  She got it from an episode of "Magic School
> Bus":-)
> gwyneth

I think I saw that. Actual marshmallow "sap" is a sweet, mucilaginous
gum, somewhat translucent, but not the creamy white stuff you're
thinking of. If eaten in period it was presumably taken for medicinal purposes.

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

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