19 July 2009
So after yesterday's post I decided it was time to pull out the S'mores gear and put the good old camping treat to the test. So I built a little fire in our backyard tonight, gathered my family, our roasting sticks, marshmallows and some chocolate. We built a great little fire, let it burn down to coals and roasted marshmallows. I decided that these are definately the best camping treat out there. While cooking them I decided there are some tricks to making the perfect smore:
- The perfect s'more starts with the perfect fire. If you try to cook s'mores on a fire that is too large the marshmallow won't be cooked right.
- Cook two marshmallows per s'more. The heat from each s'more will help to melt the chocolate more and it's always fun to clean up a gooey mess.
- When the marshmallows are brown all the way around, quickly transfer them to the graham cracker and shove the chocolate in the marshmallow
- Perhaps one of the most overlooked steps in eating a s'more is to let it cool down a little before eating it. This will minimize the mess and allow the chocolate inside to melt completely.
- Don't pay attention to the nay saying co-workers who want instant gratification with marshmallow cooked in the microwave. Yeah they are good, but it's just not the same as cooking s'mores over the campfire.
There you have it. I decided for myself the s'mores are the best camping treating around.