That’s dangerous knowledge. It’s kept secret for a reason. Now that you’ve let the cat out of the bag, campfires have lost some of their magical power.
Also, my family had a recipe for sweet potato casserole that included toasted marshmallows on top. But it was a special thing you could only cook Christmas and Thanksgiving.
Also, my family had a recipe sweet potato casserole that included toasted marshmallows on top. But it was a special thing you could only cook Christmas and Thanksgiving.
I was sort of thrown for a loop when I learned—at age twenty—that it is possible to buy cans of cranberry sauce even when it is not almost Thanksgiving.
I have had an unknown, but large, number of such reactions, where the smartest thing I could think to say was “you can MAKE !??!” Reading Lifehacker gave me that reaction dozens of times before I grew desensitized to the makeability of things. But seriously, you can MAKE dog treats?!!
I like to sign Christmas songs in the summer, while the amount of christmasy stuff during December is too much for me. January is a good time to stock up on price reduced sweets.
What I mean to say: there is no need to limit the food you like to any particular time of the year.
My college living group used to go Christmas caroling in September, during rush week.
Mostly this was for the sheer WTF value, but we always picked up a few freshmen who decided that we were more interesting than whatever party they were at, which made it a fine rush event as well.
A large part of their magical power is not so much the set of known traditional campfire foods, but more the level of creativity they tend to induce after you run out of them, and start trying figure out how to roast pretty much every other food-like substance you brought with you or can find in the forest around you :P
That’s dangerous knowledge. It’s kept secret for a reason. Now that you’ve let the cat out of the bag, campfires have lost some of their magical power.
Also, my family had a recipe for sweet potato casserole that included toasted marshmallows on top. But it was a special thing you could only cook Christmas and Thanksgiving.
I was sort of thrown for a loop when I learned—at age twenty—that it is possible to buy cans of cranberry sauce even when it is not almost Thanksgiving.
I have had an unknown, but large, number of such reactions, where the smartest thing I could think to say was “you can MAKE !??!” Reading Lifehacker gave me that reaction dozens of times before I grew desensitized to the makeability of things. But seriously, you can MAKE dog treats?!!
I like to sign Christmas songs in the summer, while the amount of christmasy stuff during December is too much for me. January is a good time to stock up on price reduced sweets. What I mean to say: there is no need to limit the food you like to any particular time of the year.
My college living group used to go Christmas caroling in September, during rush week.
Mostly this was for the sheer WTF value, but we always picked up a few freshmen who decided that we were more interesting than whatever party they were at, which made it a fine rush event as well.
Except Cadbury creme eggs.
I like to buy flannel sheets in June.
Well, until they start making them in Christmas and Halloween and Independence Day varieties.
I kind of miss Peeps being special to Easter and candy corn being special to Halloween.
I think Cadbury is unlikely to come out with Independence Day candy. They’re a British company.
I lived in Scotland once and they sold Cadbury creme eggs year-round there, and I liked it that way.
A large part of their magical power is not so much the set of known traditional campfire foods, but more the level of creativity they tend to induce after you run out of them, and start trying figure out how to roast pretty much every other food-like substance you brought with you or can find in the forest around you :P
My family makes that too! With apricots inside that have been soaked in Vermouth :)