For Girl Scouts , and now most campers , s'mores are THE summer campfire treat. And no , you can't eat just one. From the 1965 official GS calendar - "'S'mores'... that favorite campfire dessert." The recipe "Some More" is from a 1927 GS book , and "S'mores" started appearing by the 1940s.
Interestingly , the 1927 recipe calls for moderation (impossible!) - "Though it tastes like "some more" one is really enough." The 1946 warning is more realistic - "You can't resist it if you have a sweet tooth." The sticks in the photo-shoot have prongs like a fork at the top , but they were simply made by whittling with a knife to make a pointed end on a green twig. All the marshmallows that day were cooked over a gas stove - horrors!! - but still tasted good. However after eating so many that day for the photos I almost said never more.
Haven't tried them , but there are gadgets available to make them in the microwave.
Now-a-days you can buy a box of the fixin's and even a box of sticks. Last year I tried some with some folks who got the boxes. I thought that the current grahams were too thick and overpowered the marshmallows. (ah , memories are always better!) But the toasting was still fun - everyone seems to have their own technique over the fire to get 'golden' rather than black/burned marshmallows.
1927
Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts 1946 Rural Recreation
S'Mores. Marshmallows — Milk chocolate bars — Graham or soda crackers. Toast a marshmallow until it looks like a golden puff ball (patience is a necessary ingredient) , and put it on a cracker. Cover it with a half of a chocolate bar , add a top cracker and squeeze gently.
You can’t resist it if you have a sweet tooth.
©2017 Patricia Bixler Reber
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