Speaker 1: Welcome to Brainstuff from how stuff marks dot com, where
Speaker 1: smart happens. Marshmallows are a confection a candy. They've been
Speaker 1: around in the form we know them today since the
Speaker 1: mid eighteen hundreds. They're called marshmallows because the early recipe
Speaker 1: called for sap from the root of a marshmallow plant.
Speaker 1: According to Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, a marshmallow is either
Speaker 1: one a pink flowered European perennial herb of the mallow
Speaker 1: family that is naturalized in the Eastern United States and
Speaker 1: has a musilanginus roots, sometimes used in confectionery and in medicine,
Speaker 1: or to a confection made from the root of the marshmallow,
Speaker 1: or from corn syrup, sugar, albumen, and gelatin beaten into
Speaker 1: a light, spongy consistency. That word mucilaginous means jelly like.
Speaker 1: Later the roots step was replaced by gelatine, and that's
Speaker 1: how modern marshmallows are made today. For more on this
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