Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIL marshmallows are a 4000 year old food beginning in ancient Egypt AND originally they were made from the sap of a mallow plant…that grows in marshes…candyusa.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1460arrow-down113
arrow-up1447arrow-down1external-linkIL marshmallows are a 4000 year old food beginning in ancient Egypt AND originally they were made from the sap of a mallow plant…that grows in marshes…candyusa.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoMy country calls it “mice bacon” (Mäusespeck). 😅
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThat doesn’t make sense in any way.
minus-squareCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoApparently it’s based on the fact that the colour reminded people of the bacon used in mouse traps. Although it’s a bit unclear, it could also play into things that the first company to sell marshmallows en masse in Germany used mice-shaped ones.
My country calls it “mice bacon” (Mäusespeck). 😅
That doesn’t make sense in any way.
Apparently it’s based on the fact that the colour reminded people of the bacon used in mouse traps. Although it’s a bit unclear, it could also play into things that the first company to sell marshmallows en masse in Germany used mice-shaped ones.