• makyo@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Ha yeah ‘American food’ - like who needs marshmallows and Pop Tarts anyway?

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      2 days ago

      The marshmallows are there for the same reason as canned pumpkin and cranberry sauce: 🦃 Thanksgiving. There’s no excuse for Poptarts.

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          2 days ago

          They go on top of the sweet potatoes/yams.

          1.Roast or boil your yams/sweet potatoes until soft. If you buy canned, they’ll already be very sweet, so taste before you add anything.

          2.Discard the skins, and chop/mash the insides with butter, salt, pepper, brown sugar, cinnamon, and orange juice or milk (not both!) until you like the texture and taste.

          3.Spread the mixture in a flattish oven-safe serving dish and arrange marshmallows on top. It can now go into the fridge until the turkey is out of the oven.

          4.Before serving, put into a hot oven until they’re hot and the marshmallows are puffed and toasted.

          You CAN obviously make them without the marshmallows, but then it’s just a vegetable, not a festive treat of childhood memories.