Comments on: North Woods Postcard: S’More, Please

By: Kate @ Savour Fare

Kate @ Savour Fare — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:34:15 +0000

My family isn’t much into camping — my father refuses to sleep anywhere that doesn’t have an adjoining bathroom — but we always did s’mores over the Weber grill. My favorite s’mores memory is from when I was first dating my husband — we spent a week at his family’s “cabin” (a 5 bedroom house, really, but it didn’t have insulation) on a lake in northern Michigan with his (terrifying) family, and spent every night around the firepit in the back yard making s’mores and listening to his dad and his uncle tell absurd stories. It was my first experience of the midwest and my first experience of his extended family, and the whole week has this timeless sense to it.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:44:43 +0000

You need to look for the “oven” amongst the logs of the fire. You can stick your marshmallow in and get it to a nice golden brown. No flames to burn the marshmallow for me!

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:43:45 +0000

That picture is so lovely!!! I want to go there on our next vacation!

~ Susan

By: Renovation Therapy

Renovation Therapy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:57:21 +0000

Gorgeous photos! I picked up a bag of marshmellow goodness last night…perhaps we’ll make smores tonight.

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:21:23 +0000

Could that S’More be anymore lovely?! I think I would like to be adopted by your family. I cook and clean. Does that help my cause?

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:05:43 +0000

So many marshmallow thoughts. Thanks for sharing them (and feel free to add.)

Susan Schwartz: love your bobby pin method – and love seeing you here!

By: susan schwartz

susan schwartz — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:59:49 +0000

mmm. how luck you are!! something magical happens to marshmallows when they meet flame – outdoors or in. when i was a kid at camp, we used to sit on the floor at night in the back of the cabin, stick marshmallows on unbended bobby pins, light a match to the mallows and wait until the outside was scorched and the inside soft, runny and yielding. You had to wait a minute for the bobby pin to cool and then stick the whole mess – crunchy and dark, gooey and pale, into your mouth all together. yum: heaven!

susan schwartz
montreal

By: Karen@Mignardise

Karen@Mignardise — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:50:32 +0000

Having gone to overnight camp in Maine for many summers, I have fond memories of s’mores. They’re now my kids’ favorite treat – over the campfire in the summer and in the fireplace when we’re snowed in.

Muddy Waters cracks me up because he sounds just like my husband who CANNOT deal with any stickiness whatsoever. I wonder if it’s some kind of psych disorder…
Quick! Get a wet paper towel!

By: muddywaters

muddywaters — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:12:17 +0000

I will be blacklisted from Simmer for these comments, but it should be noted that I don’t really care for Smores. Eating something sticky and gooey with my hands gives me the heebie-jeebies. Forget global warming, a three-year-old in my house with a Bomb Pop is my worst nightmare. Sticky.

OK. I might be exaggerating a bit. My wife and daughter do love Smores, and when I tell them I don’t care for Smores, they look at me like I need to be replaced. However, I’ve been known to indulge their love of Smores, and I have a Smores bread pudding on my list of recipes to try.

I’m a camper and a cook, but my camp cooking skills need some work. I usually subsist on granola bars, beef jerky, and lunch meat.

I do love a good campfire though. Thanks for sharing your vacation with us. I know how difficult is to post from the road, so thank you.

I’ll just eat a slice of pie while everyone enjoys a Smore,
muddy

By: Jenni in KS

Jenni in KS — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:23:52 +0000

I’m not big on graham crackers. If I’m going to eat them, they *must* be cinnamon grahams. The pretzel idea sounds yummy, though. I think Ritz crackers might be good, too. I also don’t care for bananas, so though I helped my Girl Scouts make them, I never ate them beyond one trial bite of dd’s. (Warm, mushy banana is even worse.) My favorite marshmallow treat is marguerites made with Ritz instead of Saltines. Spread peanut butter (only time I use Jif or Skippy instead of natural PB) on crackers, top with marshmallows, broil until marshmallows are golden.