SC - feast catapults

Siegfried Heydrich baronsig at peganet.com
Wed Apr 19 23:58:45 PDT 2000


    Marshmallows were eaten as far back as Pharonic Egypt, but I doubt
seriously if they were puffed. What I've had described to me sounded more
like a taffy or nougat.

    Sieggy

> And, just to be a spoil-sport, neither peanuts, popcorn, or Hershey's
> Kisses are period. Marshmallows -- if made from real mallows -- would be
> possible, but I have never heard of them being period.
>


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