WEBVTT - How Marshmallows Work

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Brainstuff from how stuff marks dot com, where

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<v Speaker 1>smart happens. Marshmallows are a confection a candy. They've been

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<v Speaker 1>around in the form we know them today since the

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<v Speaker 1>mid eighteen hundreds. They're called marshmallows because the early recipe

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<v Speaker 1>called for sap from the root of a marshmallow plant.

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<v Speaker 1>According to Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, a marshmallow is either

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<v Speaker 1>one a pink flowered European perennial herb of the mallow

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<v Speaker 1>family that is naturalized in the Eastern United States and

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<v Speaker 1>has a musilanginus roots, sometimes used in confectionery and in medicine,

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<v Speaker 1>or to a confection made from the root of the marshmallow,

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<v Speaker 1>or from corn syrup, sugar, albumen, and gelatin beaten into

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<v Speaker 1>a light, spongy consistency. That word mucilaginous means jelly like.

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<v Speaker 1>Later the roots step was replaced by gelatine, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>how modern marshmallows are made today. For more on this

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