• F/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I have a hard time understanding marshmallow sweet potato things. Aspic, for comparison, had the characteristic of being an extreme novelty and show of contemporaneous opulence. If the price of gold leaf were to fall to nearly nothing, I’m certain we’d suffer a decade of constant stupid yellow garbage. Was marshmallow sweet potato thanksgiving slop seen the same way? There is gelatin in there, which led me to wonder

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      3 months ago

      I didn’t realise that was even a thing until the comments here mentioned it. I assumed it wax made from sweet potatoes 😂

      I would try it.

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        3 months ago

        It’s basically like sweeter gooey puddles interspersed within a sweet creamy mass of sweet potato. It’s not bad but I don’t understand it. The sweet potato is already at the upper bounds of the level of sweet I can tolerate. You’d probably enjoy it at least once.

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            3 months ago

            Basic recipe is 3 chunked sweet potatoes, fair amount of brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and a bit of flour tossed into a baking dish and mixed heavily to create texture. Then marshmallows folded into the mix, and baked until done. Really in the eye of the beholder

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    3 months ago

    Healthy? Dude, no one’s eating marshmallow sweet potatoes cuz it’s healthy. We eat that shit cuz it’s delicious.

    It’s Thanksgiving - fuck my health.