I have never had a Smore

[DarkSkySeeker]

I have camped over the years since grade school with my family, and now own a trailer as a 59 year old and continue to enjoy camping.

I have never had a Smore. In fact, I had to ask my friends how a Smore is made. People seemed shocked.

How many of you have never made or eaten a Smore?

[DarkSkySeeker]

Steve B. wrote:
Oh. My. God. What is wrong with you people? S'mores are the reason for camping! One thing I never forget to pack are the three ingredients needed to satisfy my craving at every campfire. There is nothing like them, and so satisfying. Don't turn 60 without trying one!

Which seems least likely?

1) to never have had a S'More?
2) to never have been at a campfire?

[Clarryhill]

Cloud Dancer wrote:
I have never, and will never. Reasons; it doesn't look good, I never have a campfire, and there's lot's of other things I love to eat,.....like home-made apple pie and home-made strawberry shortcake,.....which we usually make while out "camping" in our big motorhome.

Over 70 here, and I'll go along with Cloud Dancer. Never had one and would much prefer a piece of Apple or even better Blackberry Pie!!

[Kittykath]

It's not the same thing, but slightly easier to prep in my opinion and just as sweet. Fill waffle cones with mini marshmallows, chocolate (or butterscotch) chips, wrap in foil and heat a few minutes until melted. Gee, might as well go crazy and add nuts and coconut too. Sure, you don't get the marshmallow torch satisfaction, but my grandsons think its pretty cool. And they're microwavable on a rainy night. The waffle cones...not my grandsons. 🙂

[monkey44]

Steve B. wrote:
Oh. My. God. What is wrong with you people? S'mores are the reason for camping! One thing I never forget to pack are the three ingredients needed to satisfy my craving at every campfire. There is nothing like them, and so satisfying. Don't turn 60 without trying one!

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this one !!!! I'd like to print this and paste it on the moon in giant letters so everyone can see it ...

[Steve_B_]

Oh. My. God. What is wrong with you people? S'mores are the reason for camping! One thing I never forget to pack are the three ingredients needed to satisfy my craving at every campfire. There is nothing like them, and so satisfying. Don't turn 60 without trying one!

[Tom_Diane]

Iam 60 and have only had maybe 4 and those came as clean up for the grandkids. They are good but I dont like messy eating and smores are worse that BBQ ribs and leaves me with bloated feeling! Easy smore's is 2 keebler fudge stripe cookies and a marshmallow, lots easier than trying to pull a marshmallow off of a stick between a hershey bar and 2 graham crackers! Good but over rated!

[NYCgrrl]

DarkSkySeeker wrote:

NYCgrrl wrote:
I was traumatised as a GS when my reflexive greed allowed me to catch a flaming marshmallow that was falling off the stick with my hand.

My experience with a flamer is that the person waved the stick and the softened/burning marshmallow flew off and stuck to another person's leg.

Now that is camping.

Now were you the flamee or the flamer discounting the previously named molten sugar?:B

I'm not sure how I continued camping after that trip. A wasp stung my eyelid a few days later and when I finally went home it was with an eye patch covering my swollen left eye, gauze wrapped around my right hand, and my hair looking like something the cat dragged in.

Surprised my mother knew me at the bus stop but not surprised she told me to "rest" in the back of the car solo.
Yanno, out of sight, out of her mind, LOL.

She really didn't want me to camp anymore (it's dangerous!) but the perverse being I am cried until I was sent back again;).

[cbshoestring]

TexasShadow wrote:
haven't tried one yet. we did a lot of marshmallows blacked outside and gooey inside..yum yum.

My mother could take 20 minutes to make the perfectly goldened marshmallow...she could never understand how I liked that burnt outer with a gooey inside.

SMOORES....not a big fan. Wife normally packs the ingredients for each trip, even though the kids are no longer travelling with us. Me.. I burn a marshmallow or two, eat a couple plain ol' graham crackers. Not a big sweets guy, trying to avoid diabetes. I like my salty snacks, have the B.P. to prove it.

[Mr_Mark1]

DarkSkySeeker wrote:
I have camped over the years since grade school with my family, and now own a trailer as a 59 year old and continue to enjoy camping.

I have never had a Smore. In fact, I had to ask my friends how a Smore is made. People seemed shocked.

How many of you have never made or eaten a Smore?

Wow, I too am 59 yrs. old and have never had a Smore. First, I'm not wild about marshmello's and I also got into camping later in life.

I also have never made a campfire. I don't like the smoke and it never fails, it will find me.

Otherwise, I like the camaraderie of camping and meeting new people/families.

Safe travels,
MM.

[Naio]

I'm not a fan, but my sister likes them so much she makes them at home over an electric stove burner!

I do love toasted marshmallows, though.

I bought a bag of marshmallows to eat raw once a while back, at my S & B. Gave one to a foreign friend who had never tasted a marshmallow. He said, 'Tastes same as plastic.' Me: 'Exactly!'

[wowens79]

The traditional is ok, but I've found a better way. Aldi has these wafer things that taste like a waffle cone, the put a Reese's cup on it and set it where it softens, then ad a perfectly toasted marshmallow. Having the Reese's softened is really key.

[doxiemom11]

You can cheat now and make them with chocolate covered graham crackers and smush your roasted marshmallow between 2 of them. I have eaten them many times but they seem way too sweet now, so if I have any, it will be just one.

[dewey02]

I was a girl scout leader (hey, when all you have is daughters, you do what you do, right?) and S'mores were always a big item. I personally have never really understood the attraction. Too sweet and gooey for me.

On the other hand, the stories related by NYCgrrl and DarkSkySeeker are hilarious and I was laughing so hard when I read those. Fortunately (or unfortunately) our GS troop never quite had those disasters (for the injured) or hilarity (for the onlookers...unless they had flamers stuck to their pantlegs!)

[TexasShadow]

haven't tried one yet. we did a lot of marshmallows blacked outside and gooey inside..yum yum.

[DarkSkySeeker]

NYCgrrl wrote:
I was traumatised as a GS when my reflexive greed allowed me to catch a flaming marshmallow that was falling off the stick with my hand.

My experience with a flamer is that the person waved the stick and the softened/burning marshmallow flew off and stuck to another person's leg.

Now that is camping.