That white film across my hot chocolate? The marshmallows. Seriously, what’s the point? Oh, and that spoon? It’s an environmentally friendly starch spoon that’s really gross to eat off of. Stoopid Environment. Blerg.
With Marshmallows! Why bother?
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Last winter my marshmallows would sometimes melt. The hot chocolate mix package emphasized to use “hot but not boiling water” to make it. When I let my water rest longer after boiling my marshmallows survived a bit longer. This winter I am thinking of getting a mix without marshmallows, and adding my own more substantial marshmallows. Given your lack of choice regarding the spoon I suppose you can’t control the hot chocolate preparation process. Best of luck for future marshmallow longevity.
Okay, so does the starch spoon dissolve in the liquid? Doesn’t that make it taste funny? I dislike hot chocolate (anythink milky like that *gag*) and I dislike marshmallows (even roasted on a fire, but flaming marshmallows make cool patterns in the dark) so I guess this will never be a dilema I am faced with. I’ll give you a brownie point for being environmentally conscious though.
I shouldn’t complain because I had this at work. And I have no choice about the spoons, since we’re going Green. But eating off them (and the forks) is like eating off cardboard. You have to eat so your tongue doesn’t touch the utensil. Or just bring your own from home, which is what I normally do
I never understood the benefit of marshmallows in hot chocolate. Of course, I never understood the benefit of hot chocolate. I’m a coffee guy.
And that starch spoon sounds really gross.
Why can we just live on Coruscant and not worry about this whole pesky environmentalism…?
I have eaten off said spoons and they are quite disgusting. Luckily Parisiennes don’t care about the environment so I use as many plastic utensils as I want. Okay, not true – there are recycling bins on every corner but this whole train ticket system is the most wasteful thing I’ve seen in years! And styrofoam cups! YIKES!
You definitely need to BYOM!
Who drinks hot chocolate at work? Hot chocolate is for snowy, cold days when work/school is canceled and you sit inside in your jammies, start a fire in the hearth, wrap in a comforter, and sip hot chocolate from a mug you hold with both your hands.
Work? That’s a crappy cup of coffee in a styrofoam cup. I hate coffee, but I have to have it at work to wake up. And i only have it there.
I think I want to to think more about the hot chocolate scene….
HUGS…
Polt: I only drink coffee at work as well, and 3 months ago I never drank it. I’m afraid I’m getting a bit addicted. Sigh. Damn, another moral high horse I have to climb down off of. I use one of our work travel mugs with the groovy logo though. (okay, the logo sucks and is sooo not groovy) If I’m forced to buy coffee in the cafeteria they give us .25 off with a mug. Whooppee. Speaking of coffee, why hasn’t my admin made any yet?
Your hot chocolate scene was lovely, but make it hot apple cider to make it even better.
I don’t drink anything hot, not coffee, no tea, no hot chocolate. I don’t drink any of them iced either (I can’t understand how coffee can smell so good, but taste so bad.). I also gave up caffeine about 6 months ago. I’m also not a fan of marshmallows; air, sugar and no taste-why bother? Plus they don’t go well with diet soda.
Craig: Why not complain? Insist that going Green against your wishes is a violation of your civil rights. Demand a supply of plastic utensils for your use. Claim your doctor has ordered you to cut down on corn starch consumption. You can try to see if the company will also carry non-meltable marshmellows, but that might be more difficult.
john: Seek professional help immediately.
Dave S.: Like Cancer Boy there’s no hope for me.
Craig: I give you a dramatic representation of your morning marshmallows: http://members.cox.net/seshomaru/staypuff.bmp
Aw. Poor Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. He didn’t mean anyone harm. But he tastes great in my hot chocolate. At least he would if he didn’t disolve so damn quick.
off subject……CYE
( I didn’t know what that stood for until the other day)
Thanks Jill! Those are awesome!
For everyone else, Jill just sent me this link to Star Wars Valentines:
http://listoftheday.blogspot.com/2008/10/star-wars-valentines-of-day.html
Jill: Great. Now you have the entire Puntabulous readership checking their email for something off-subject…
Ewww I hate marshmallows. I think I just don’t like white stuff, cause I hate marshmallows (and fluff), sour cream, whipped cream and milk. But I do like mayo.
I’m with you Nicky, but I knew if I said that Dave was going to take that post straight to the gutter.
No mayo for me though. Ice-cream is okay and except for coffee no brown liquids either, cola, hot chocolate, etc.
Could it be that you are coming around to a world view in which things related to winter are held in disfavor? My work is done here.
SK
White stuff…must….make….joke….ARG!
Suburban Kamikaze: Never!
Holy crap, Jill, those are freakin’ hilarious.
“Your the small thermal exhaust port…right below my main port.”
“Yoda one for me.”
“You shut down all the garbage compactors…in my heart!”
Funny funny funny.
(though that last one — just to show how much of a geek I am — should be “garbage *mashers*” not “compactors” — Luke to Threepio: “Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level! Do you copy?!”)
White stuff? Like snow? And poodle puppies? And spring meadows full of fresh daisies? I mean, what else could you possibly be eluding to?
Jill: Those were really funny.
Cotton bedsheets? Q-tips? Snow White and the Seven Dwarves? My grandmother’s hair? Mashed potatos? Salty sea foam? The President’s residence? Dandruff? Copier paper? What white stuff, indeed?
HUGS…
MMMM MASHED POTATOES. Those are my favorite, so they disqualify my distaste for the white stuff.
And I do like snow and winter, btw, but I don’t eat them.
I have a great story about my birth (Dec 14th) but I’ll save that for a blog or something.
Q-Tips are evil and take pleasure in poking brains.
Craig: Totally. Poke it in the wrong way and I swear it turns into spear piercing your gray matter.
oops! sorry Dave S.
I just wasn’t sure if I should post the link in the comments
It’s all chemicals anyway, what does it matter what form they come in?
I never got the marshmallow thing. It’s like eating cheese with your watermelon. Why ruin a good thing? I suppose it takes all kinds, but sometimes I find it hard to carry the burden of being the only one making sense in the world. It’s not easy. I didn’t choose this role–fate chose it for me.
Nicky: Mashed Potatoes = gross.
Craig & Dave S.: Exactly how far in are you pushing the q-tip?
Jill: AWESOME link! Thanks!
People in the Sun: I thought it was just me!
John: I wouldn’t know. I refuse to use them.
Mashed Potatoes = Wonderful
john: You are not me. I looove mashed potatoes. Although I do agree with you about the coffee. It does not live up to its aroma.
polt: Too true – hot chocolate is for snowy, cold days, blah blah blah. And jammies…yay jammies!
I like to put 2 hot chocolate packs in my cup of water. 1 isn’t chocolaty enough.
Jill: Those are great. Yoda best!
Here’s some more Star Wars fun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw
Okay, mashed potatos are okay, but I could live without them.
Snow? Don’t get me started. 6 freaking feet of the stuff on my front lawn last year and the 8 foot snowbanks beside my driveway pretty much cured me of any romantic notions I have about snow.
Only people who live where it doesn’t snow much think snow is lovely.
I can definitely live without mashed potatoes. Starchy, flavorless mushiness. Ick.
But I hate snow more.
If your mashed potatoes are flavorless, you’re doing something wrong.
Also, I hate when people called mashed potatoes “smashed potatoes”.
Michelle: That video was very funny.
What about gravy? Gravy makes everything taste better.
I thought mashed potatoes were only for sculpting small scale models of Devils Tower?
Tam: I don’t know that gracy would make hot chocolate, the original point of this post, any better….
And Tam again, I live in south central PA, which, while we don’t get 6 feet of snow, we DO get snow in the winter. And I LOVE snow!
People, Q-tips are not meant to be RAMMED into the ear as if you’re trying to play the eardrum like a snare drum. Sheesh, what are they teaching these young kids nowadays???
HUGS….
Hey, gravy *does* make everything better!
(except when it’s too hot and burns your skin…)
Polt: In my perfect world it would only snow on Christmas eve, soft fluffy sparkly snow that would nicely cover everything, would last until Jan. 2 then melt and the temp would rise to about 75. I was truly born in the wrong hemisphere.
I’ve completey lost the hot chocolate train of thought it appears. Booze, I think booze might make hot chocolate more palatable.
FDot: When I went to the Devil’s Tower that’s all I could think of. Where are all the potatoes?
Dave: Grrrr. Now I’ve got an image in my head I really don’t want. Thanks for that.
Tam: you are on the right track, a shot of peppermint schnapps in hot chocolate is the way to go.
Dave and Tam – why don’t you two do it already?
Tam – I live in Colorado, so I feel your pain. If I knew how, I’d post a snow picture. But a light snow can be lovely.
Michelle M: Right on! These two have been flirting up a storm on the Puntabulous
message boardscomment section far too long. It’s about time they GOT! IT! ON!ok, you kids provoked my motherly instincts: Do not ever use Q-tips, at least not to clean your ear-canals. Q-tips just push the wax further in and then you have to go to the doctor, who tries to flush the stuck wax out with a water-hydrogenperoxide mix, which bubbles in your ear, and wax will not come out and then the doctor will flush some more and more and more, while you are holding a receptacle under your year to catch all that water-hydrogenperoxide-ear-wax mix, which spills over onto your clothes, ruins them and you have to go home to change. Do not use Q-tips!
If I never see snow again in my life and the accompanying weather, it will be to soon. Hate it, hate it, hate it. Been there, seen that, crashed my mom’s car, good riddance.
Craig – what about potato salad?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_tKu4Zr54c
Mmm gravy covered mashed potatoes. With butter and salt.
I never heard anyone say “smashed potatoes” before Craig, but I feel like it would annoy me too.
And I think if Dave and Tam hook up, Craig should be there and then blog about it. Makes sense…..
Love potato salad. Love macaroni salad. Love cole slaw most of all. And my sister-in-law makes a fantastic broccoli salad. You’ll think it sounds gross, but it’s awesome.
Nicky: Great idea! I can live blog it!