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....What were you thinking?...
Okay the title was a blatant ruse to have you rush over to my rather sedate 360 blog page. In your search to find scandalous pics, you instead have been treated to of all things...peeps. Those oh so sugary marshmallow confections that crowd the market shelves at Easter time.
Marshmallow candy dates back from Egyptian times, where it was a honey based candy flavored and thickened with the sap of the root of the marsh-mallow plant. Until the mid-1800's marshmallow candy was made using the sap of the marsh-mallow plant. Today gelatin replaces the sap in modern recipes.
Marshmallows contain corn syrup or sugar, gelatin, gum arabic and flavoring. Hmmm, just think sugar. Peeps are sugar rolled in more sugar, a definite sugar rush if there ever was one. Surfing across the web I was surprised at how many peep afficinados there were. Peeps fall into the same category as twinkies, ya either love them or you hate them.
Perhaps one of the biggest debates on peeps are how to eat them. Some like the soft squishiness of the marshmallow, others prefer to let the marshmallow candy set out to "cure". The chewiness of the peeps is a matter of preference, some preferring their peeps almost crunchy.
Peeps aren't just for Easter any more, there are Christmas and Halloween peeps. There are chocolate peeps and sugar-free peeps according to the Just Born manufacturers of peeps. Thousands of Easter baskets this year will be containing the sugary delights in the shapes of chicks and bunnies, and in a variety of colors.
...and you just thought you were going to see porn.....
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