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Official Kids Mag www.kidscoop.com Vicki Whiting June/July 2020
• 8 sticks for toasting the
marshmallows
• 16 graham crackers
• 8 bars plain chocolate
(any of the good plain
brands broken in two)
• 16 marshmallows
Have
you
ever
wondered
where
the
name
marshmallow
comes
from?
To
find
the
answer,
you
go
to
the
wetlands
or
the
marsh!
For
centuries,
people
boiled
the
roots
of
the
mallow
plant
to
make
a
sweet,
white,
sticky
goo.
This
mallow
plant
grew
in
the
marsh,
so
they
called
it
a
marsh
mallow.
The
original
marshmallow
confections
were
created
by
mixing
this
goo
with
sugar
or
honey.
Today,
marshmallows
are
no
longer
made
from
the
mallow
plant.
But
the
name
has
stuck!
S=
The
number
of
times
the
word
goo
appears
in
this
article
multiplied
by
3.
K
=
The
number
of
words
in
the
explanation
of
how
s'more
got
its
name.
17
1
8
11
6
1
8
8
1
4
W
=
The
number
of
chocolate
bars
in
the
Girl
Scout
Handbook
recipe
for
s'mores
plus
3.
O
=
The
number
of
servings
of
s'mores
the
recipe
at
left
makes.
E
=
The
number
of
ingredients
mentioned
in
the
Girl
Scout's
recipe
for
s'mores.
Toast two marshmallows over the coals to a
crispy gooey state. Then put them inside a
graham cracker and chocolate bar sandwich.
The heat of the marshmallow between the halves
of chocolate bar will melt the chocolate bar a bit.
Though it tastes like "some more," one is really
enough. Makes 8 servings.
(From Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts,
Girl Scouts of the USA, 1927)
N
=
Add
the
first
two
digits
of
the
year
that
the
first
s'mores
recipe
was
published.
Subtract
the
number
you
get
by
adding
the
last
two
digits
of
that
same
year.
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