Marshmallow creme
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Marshmallow creme is an American food item. It is a very sweet, spreadable, marshmallow-like confection. Marshmallow creme and peanut butter are used to create a Fluffernutter sandwich.
One popular brand of marshmallow creme, sold principally in the Northeastern United States, is Marshmallow Fluff. Its ingredients consist only of corn syrup, sugar syrup, vanilla flavor, and egg whites.[1] Ricemellow is a common vegan equivalent.
Around 1917 in Somerville, Massachusetts Archibald Query sold his version door-to-door. In 2006, Union Square, Somerville, Massachusetts, the home of Archibald Query, celebrated his original creation of Fluff with a festival titled What the Fluff?[2] that included a science fair, gallery show and cooking contest, all oriented around Marshmallow Fluff.
According to a 2006 Boston Globe article, Massachusetts State Senator Jarrett Barrios proposed a restriction on the number of weekly servings of Marshmallow Fluff (Fluffernutter) sandwiches in the form of an amendment to a bill that will limit junk food in schools. He later dropped the proposal due to ridicule about it.[3]
In 2006 State Representative Kathi-Anne Reinstein planned to file a bill that would make the Fluffernutter the official sandwich of Massachusetts.[4]
[edit] References
- The Marshmallow Fluff Cookbook: More than 110 Real Recipes for Serious Fluffernuts with Justin Schwartz, Philadelphia: Running Press, 2004. ISBN 0-7624-1833-8.
- ^ Frequently Asked Questions about Fluff. Retrieved on February 13, 2008.
- ^ What the Fluff? festival, Somerville, Massachusetts. Retrieved on October 13, 2006.
- ^ BostonHerald.com - Local / Regional News: Massachusetts lawmaker drops opposition to Fluff. Retrieved on July 8, 2006.
- ^ Fluff fans fight back at Statehouse - Boston.com. Retrieved on July 8, 2006.
