FUN WITH SUGAR

[rejectomorph]

Put a marshmallow in your microwave oven. It will get large. Some of them will swell up to the size of a tennis ball. They become very chewy. Make sure it is on a plate rather than paper of any sort, since the part in contact with the surface will caramelize and stick. As for the time, well, you just have to watch them. When they stop growing, they are ready. It usually takes less than a minute. After they are removed from the oven, they will begin to shrink again, and the soft center will begin to harden. It is quite different than a marshmallow toasted over an open flame. Ah, the joys of technology!

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[elmoosh.livejournal.com]

Make sure you don't put marshmallows into a coffee mug in the microwave -- if they are left to cool, the marshmallows will harden and Become One With The Mug. Then your mother will yell at you and you will blame it on your sister and subsequently get into even MORE trouble because your mother knows that your sister would never think of putting marshmallows in the microwave and you'll get punished and cry and the whole experience will scar you for life until one day you're wandering down the street with a shopping cart muttering to no one in particular about marshmallow coffee cups. You'll be taken and put in a "home" with a padded cell and waste away to nothing.

Just a helpful hint.

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[rejectomorph]

Now, there is an idea for someone's last day at work.

[scrypto.livejournal.com]

In New York State, bags of little marshmellows are not taxable because they're cooking supplies. Bags of big marshmellows are taxable because they're candy. At least this was true a few years ago. I am aware of the fact that this is only marginally relevant to your post :)

[rejectomorph]

Ah, the perils of gastronomic taxonomy!

In California, we tax donuts, but not bagels or the jars of sweet things which can be spread on the bagels. Stealth donuts.