One of our kgb Special Agents was asked Which country invented marshmallows?, and wanted to expound further on the question:
Marshmallows date back to ancient Egypt, originally honey-based and sweet flavored, thickened with sap from the root of the Marsh-Mallow plant (althea officinalis).
More details:
Marsh-Mallow grows in salt marshes and on banks near large bodies of water. It is common in the eastern United States. Until the mid 1800’s, marshmallow candy was made using the sap of the Marsh-Mallow plant. Gelatin replaces the sap in the modern recipes.
Today’s marshmallows are a mixture of corn syrup or sugar, gelatin, gum arabic and flavoring.
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