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Originally Posted by JesseQuinn
alas no
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Ah, but they do. Almost anywhere that you have moist soil you can grow Marshmallows, a very important herb that is the originator of the Marshmallow as we know it. Check you history on that one.
The Long, Sweet History of Marshmallows | Mental Floss
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Start with the fact that the marshmallow is actually a plant. Found mostly in Europe and western Asia, Althaea officinalis grows as high as six feet tall and sprouts light pink flowers. A member of the mallow family, it grows mainly in wet or marshy areas—and thus, "marsh" meets "mallow."
Beginning around 9th century BCE, the Greeks used marshmallows to heal wounds and soothe sore throats. A balm made from the plant’s sap was often applied to toothaches and bee stings. The plant’s medicinal uses grew more varied in the centuries that followed: Arab physicians made a poultice from ground-up marshmallow leaves and used it as an anti-inflammatory. The Romans found that marshmallows worked well as a laxative, while numerous other civilizations found it had the opposite effect on one’s libido. By the Middle Ages, marshmallows served as a treatment for everything from upset stomachs to chest colds and insomnia.
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The Ancient Egyptians were the first ones to make a sweet treat from the plant, when they combined marshmallow sap with nuts and honey. The dish bore no resemblance to today’s marshmallows, and was reserved for the nobility. The gods were supposedly big fans, as well.
For centuries afterwards, the plant served as a food source only in times of famine. In contrast to the marshmallow candy, the marshmallow plant is tough and very bitter. In 19th century France, confectioners married the plant’s medicinal side with the indulgent qualities revealed by the Egyptians. Pâté de guimauve was a spongy-soft dessert made from whipping dried marshmallow roots with sugar, water, and egg whites. Sold as a healthful treat in lozenge and bar form, the guimauve, as it was known, quickly became a hit. There was just one problem: Drying and preparing the marshmallow stretched production to a day or two. To cut down the time, confectioners substituted gelatin for the plant extract.
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Originally Posted by JesseQuinn
vegans are more about not using other beings to sustain ourselves.
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Ah my sweet little Marshmallow, then you are one of those that subscribe to the theory that Plants are not sentient? That they do not qualify as beings?
I would, and often do, argue that that is a bigoted view of the world. Because we do not understand their sentience, then they cannot be sentient. Yet, we can observe that plants indeed communicate with each other, that they react to pain and that they react to their environment but since it is in a way that we do not identify as intelligence then they are ok to kill and eat.
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Originally Posted by JesseQuinn
but about hell, marshmallow roast yea or nay?
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As long as Nixon, Reagan and Trump are not invited, I'm in. I heard they try to crash every party that Satan throws.
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Edited in: Remember, baby carrots never have a good day
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