The Real Deal, we’re talking ’bout here. We went & purchased a bunch from SFHerb.com and now we’ve got to figure out how to use them. Uncle Phaedrus has a recipe, of course (and a cool site, full of interesting recipes we’ll have to follow up on some later time), but PractialAction.org has a better description of the “how” and also explains the “how not to” … as in “how not to do this using eggs.” Should be interesting.
I think, though, that where I’m wanting to go with them is to use them in conjunction with egg replacement in baking things which I want to be on the chewy side of things, yet still fluffy. Maybe incorporate them into bar-cookies?
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Great picture!
I’m growing these, and the little leaves look almost kind of familiar… I got the seeds out of an old drawer, so frankly, I may be growing something else. Anyway, I remember seeing this woman on a Food Network challenge making her own for a sweet potato pie, and I was disappointed that hers had only egg whites and sugar and gelatin in them. I’ll be interested in seeing what ACTUAL marshmallows taste like!!
Good luck! I’m so dumb–I had no idea marshmallow was an actual plant. I thought it was purely a synthetic type artifical substance used to muck up our insides when eating smores. 🙂
Well, that’s what marshmallows are NOW, so it’s not too far off. I would guess that most people don’t bother with the actual PLANT, but the fact that we found it at the herb store seems promising. And, add sugar, the plain root tastes a lot like store jet-puffed things. The herb people say it cures coughs. So – medicinal candy. Just add chocolate — can’t get better than that!