I've heard people say that marshmallow is a vegetable because they are made from a mallow plant. Well, duh, plant-derived doesn't mean vegetable; after all, sugar is plant-derived. It's a joke for someone who wants to justify eating marshmallows. Besides, commercially available marshmallows are no longer made from the mallow plant, and not only are they not vegetables, they aren't even vegetarian.
So what is a marshmallow? Believe it or not, a couple of thousand years ago, they were a remedy for all kinds of ailments. Today they hold your Rice Krispy Treats together. There's a lot of history in between, as Tom Blank of Weird History Food explains. We also learn what's in them, how they are made, and what they can do to your body.
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