Talk:Marshmallow
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[edit] Beefsteak edit
Please, do not vandalize Wikipedia. The entire first heading tells the uses of marshmallows for all. The veg info tells people what most don't realize (that gelatin is an animal product)--the anon edit is foolish and adds nothing useful. An omnivore could heat marshmallows with anything, or with nothing else at all. -- Cecropia | explains it all ® 07:04, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- There's no user named Beefsteak, as far as I can tell. --67.172.99.160 00:41, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Stop Deleting the Little Guy!
Hey! Why is it that people always remove the little guy. We don't remove Peeps or any big corporate entity, yet I see my sight removed. We are an award winning Marshmallow Maker and we make artisan marshmallows. Hand-made the old fashion way. No molds or machines are used in our process.....Please Support the little guy and don't remove our link. Corporate sites are OK, but the world can't fit into one Walmart Like category. Allow people to decide for themselves. No need to be a Wikipedia NAZI!
- Please demonstrate Split Bean Coffee's fulfillment of the Wikipedia notability guidelines for companies and corporations before adding your external link again. Thank you. --Icarus 22:33, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
- I have removed all the advertising external links. Wikipedia is not an advertising medium, and NO link should go to an ordering page, either primarily or secondarily. To the SplitBean guy, you could try to start an article about your company IF there is something notable about other than you make yet another recipe for a marshmallow (such as that your marshmallows sing to you, or roast themselves, or something really notable). BUT remember that if you start a company article, critical information about your company can allow be included by others. -- Cecropia 02:24, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
- P.S. Calling people Nazis is never useful, in Wikipedia or politics. -- Cecropia 03:14, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
Splitbean, do you think that if you keep adding your company's link that we'll get tired and give in? Cecropia and I have both explained what criteria must be met before a company can be considered notable by Wikipedia standards. If you keep adding your company's link without demonstrating its notability, then this is considered spam (see this link for the relevant Wikipedia guidelines). If you keep spamming, then you will be blocked from editing sooner or later. Please, don't make it come to that. --Icarus 21:56, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] image
The Pink Marshmallow Image is possible the worst photo of a marshmallow I can imagine. You can barely tell its shape, and as the caption says, it's an uncommon colour. Can anyone help out? -- TheMightyQuill 14:25, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Eggs come from chickens...
So would that not that not mean that the 'original' recipe for marshmallows would also be non-vegetarian? No meat! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.50.67.228 (talk • contribs) 20:08, 4 June 2006.
- Eggs are an animal product but they are not "meat." Vegetarian societies almost always use eggs and milk, and most chicken eggs consumed are not fertile, if you want to take the further step of concern on eating something that could theoretically turn into an animal. As the article explains, "vegetarian" marshmallows can contain egg whites, but "vegan" marshmallows do not. -- Cecropia 03:10, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
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- Aw man, Cecropia beat me to it! But I wrote my whole little response before seeing the dreaded "edit conflict" notice, so I'm going to go ahead and post it anyway :-P
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- Eggs are not vegan, so traditional marshmallows (and marshmallow fluff) are not vegan. Eggs are vegetarian, however, so gelatin-free marshmallows are indeed vegetarian. Eggs are not considered meat by vegetarians because they do not require the chickens to be killed. The eggs used in Western cooking are not fertilized, so calling them meat would be like calling a woman's monthly period an abortion. (Sorry if that grosses anyone out for any reason, but it's the most accurate analogy.) Some vegetarians choose not to eat eggs for various reasons, and some cultures do consider fertilized eggs to be a delicacy, but in general eggs are suitable for vegetarians. --Icarus 03:16, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
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- As a lacto-ovo vegetarian, I can confirm that the vast majority of vegetarians eat (unfertilised) eggs and milk products, and those who do not are generally vegan, have allergies, or do it for a religious reason (I know Jains who are lacto vegetarians, and do not eat egg products). Joseph Sanderson 00:08, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Deaths section
Is that really relevant?
If it is, it probably doesn't need 5 references. I suspect that the content could be better placed elsewhere, since I don't feel it merits a section of its own. Perhaps it would be better placed in a Chubby Bunnies article? Joseph Sanderson 22:19, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
- I agree that the information shouldn't necessarily be in this article. I propose that we merge anything not already in Chubby Bunny and add a "See also" wikilink to the bottom of this one. Because of today's drama, though, I think the merge should be put off for a couple of days to let things cool down before making any major changes. Just to be on the safe side. --Icarus (Hi!) 22:47, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Before removing sourced statement you should discuss it. Deadliness of marshmallow has a section of its own (with 5 sources). This aspect of marshmallow has multiple sources. In fact it's the only sourced section. So this means that it is of great importance and should have its place in the header.
- With your logic, every article that is about an object that can cause someone to asphyxiate should include information about people choking on them. That's right, an article on Car keys should include such. :: Colin Keigher (Talk) 14:26, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
- I also was thinking likewise, but I was naive. First, I removed this fear mongering non-sense, but fellows above, commited to marshmallow awareness, reverted my edits. I've try to reason them with examples that we don't have Death by Pizza section in Pizza, nor Death by Hot Dogs in Hot Dogs, but with no result. They have convinced me that to deny deadliness of marshmallow is an act of vandalism, so if that is Wiki consensus, it is fine with me. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.118.108.138 (talk) 16:20, 23 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Proper toasting technique
"A popular, traditional treat is created by toasting marshmallows usually over a campfire or other source of open flame."
I know that the image of someone toasting a marshmellow on a stick over a roaring fire is a popular one, but it's pretty inaccurate (at least, it for those of us that do not enjoy eating pure carbon.) It takes forever to toast a marshmellow over flame if you take care to ensure that it doesn't catch on fire. It makes much more sense to roast the main course (which, unlike marshmellows, is usually not flammable) over the open flame, let the fire die down while you eat, and toast your marshmellows over the flameless (but still very hot) *coals*. Sure, I've known impatient people (mostly kids) who're happy to stick their marshmellows in the flame--usually resulting in nothing more than a gooey center coated by sooty, bitter blackness--but most campers I've met prefer the golden brown, carmalized, quick-and-easy toasting that coals offer. Perhaps the open-flame method is more popular due to widespread ignorance and/or impatience, but the coal method should at least be mentioned. --Lode Runner 22:56, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
