Marshmallows . . . .

Elephant Monkey

You'd be surprised at how many people don't know where there food or products come from.

Now that the little curly tailed pink friend is so topical. How many things can you name that come from pig?

The obvious ones that come to mind are:
Sausages
Rashers
chops
Ham
Scratchings
Gammon
Bacon
Black and White pudding
Rolled pork
Hotdogs
Spam (insert monty python song)
Scotch eggs!
Jelly
Trifle
gummy bears.
ice cream
jams
yogurt
cream cheese
margarine

And . . . Marshmallows

Pig gelatin is used in loads of grub, as well, in fat-reduced foods to simulate the mouthfeel of fat and to create volume without adding calories.

here's the science bit:
Gelatin (also gelatine, from French gélatine) is a translucent, colourless, brittle, nearly tasteless solid substance, extracted from the collagen inside animals' skin and bones. It has been commonly used as a gelling agent in food, pharmaceutical, photography, and cosmetic manufacturing. Substances containing gelatin or functioning in a similar way are called gelatinous. Gelatin is an irreversibly hydrolyzed form of collagen. Gelatin is classified as a foodstuff and has E441 E number.It is in almost every gummy we eat today as well as other things, such as marshmallows, and skittles.



Thats all i can summons up!

Shazam!

Slig

Yes but how much of the marshmallow comes from Irish pigs?

Puddleduck

Not all gelatin is pork, some of it is beef.


Poor babe..he didnt know what hit him

biko

You know how if the bees vanish it'll be end of mankind? It all starts with the pigs really...

MagicMarker

Elephant Monkey wrote: »

You'd be surprised at how many people don't know where there food or products come from.

Now that the little curly tailed pink friend is so topical. How many things can you name that come from pig?

The obvious ones that come to mind are:
Sausages
Rashers
chops
Ham
Scratchings
Gammon
Bacon
Black and White pudding
Rolled pork
Hotdogs
Spam (insert monty python song)
Scotch eggs!
Jelly
Trifle
gummy bears.
ice cream
jams
yogurt
cream cheese
margarine

And . . . Marshmallows

Pig gelatin is used in loads of grub, as well, in fat-reduced foods to simulate the mouthfeel of fat and to create volume without adding calories.

here's the science bit:
Gelatin (also gelatine, from French gélatine) is a translucent, colourless, brittle, nearly tasteless solid substance, extracted from the collagen inside animals' skin and bones. It has been commonly used as a gelling agent in food, pharmaceutical, photography, and cosmetic manufacturing. Substances containing gelatin or functioning in a similar way are called gelatinous. Gelatin is an irreversibly hydrolyzed form of collagen. Gelatin is classified as a foodstuff and has E441 E number.It is in almost every gummy we eat today as well as other things, such as marshmallows, and skittles.



Thats all i can summons up!

Shazam!

I too know how to copy and paste.

Elephant Monkey

Puddleduck wrote: »

Not all gelatin is pork, some of it is beef.


Poor babe..he didnt know what hit him

Thats very true, sorry i should have clarified that in the first place!


disclaimer
NOT ALL MARSHMALLOWS HAVE GELATIN PORK SOME HAVE BEEF GELATIN

And Babe had it coming to him anyway with all his talking and strutting about that yard like he was some sort of sheepdog! Farmer Hoggett had other plans for that pink pest! That was a loony bin farm any way with Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog that babe he calls mom.

ejmaztec

I thought that marshmallows grew on trees in a marsh near Mallow. You learn something new every day.

Elephant Monkey

MagicMarker wrote: »

I too know how to copy and paste.

Meow

The only copy and paste bit i did was the science bit which i don't claim to have known. Just thought i'd throw it in! Next time i copy and paste something as useful reference i'll put a note beside it that it's Copy and pasted!

The rest is all out of thoughts from my brain (took a while to rattle them out but they were there!

Tadaa!

PS: I love magic markers

Doc

Originally Posted by ejmaztec
"I thought that marshmallows grew on trees in a marsh near Mallow. You learn something new every day."


I thought they grew near a chocolate river and were tended to by oumpa lumpas.

That Willie Wonka movie lied to us all.

ejmaztec

Doc wrote: »

Originally Posted by ejmaztec
"I thought that marshmallows grew on trees in a marsh near Mallow. You learn something new every day."


I thought they grew near a chocolate river and were tended to by oumpa lumpas.

That Willie Wonka movie lied to us all.

You're just making that up.

Irish Halo

OMIGOD we use animal products in our FOOD now? I thought we ... etc etc etc ad nauseum

I love the gelatin thing, yes it is used a lot, yes it comes from animals but guess what if we didn't it would just be throw out as waste and surely we should be reducing waste in our doomed world?

Elephant Monkey

Irish Halo wrote: »

I love the gelatin thing

Would you eat some? freshly squeezed? Straight outa the beast like!


ewwww!

[The BBQ Pig is rolling away on the cart and Homer and Bart are running after it. BBQ Pig goes through some bushes.]
Homer: It's just a little dirty! It's still good! It's still good!
[Pig lands into the river.]
Homer: It's just a little slimy! It's still good! It's still good!
[Pig gets stuck in dam intake but then shoots out the other side, taking flight.]
Homer: It's just a little airborne! It's still good! It's still good!
Bart: It's gone, Dad.
Homer: I know.

It's just got a little PCB! It's still good! It's still good!

ScumLord

Elephant Monkey wrote: »

You'd be surprised at how many people don't know where there food or products come from.

Now that the little curly tailed pink friend is so topical. How many things can you name that come from pig?

The obvious ones that come to mind are:
Sausages
Rashers
chops
Ham
Scratchings
Gammon
Bacon
Black and White pudding
Rolled pork
Hotdogs
Spam (insert monty python song)
Scotch eggs!
Jelly
Trifle
gummy bears.
ice cream
jams
yogurt
cream cheese
margarine

And . . . Marshmallows

Pig gelatin is used in loads of grub, as well, in fat-reduced foods to simulate the mouthfeel of fat and to create volume without adding calories.

here's the science bit:
Gelatin (also gelatine, from French gélatine) is a translucent, colourless, brittle, nearly tasteless solid substance, extracted from the collagen inside animals' skin and bones. It has been commonly used as a gelling agent in food, pharmaceutical, photography, and cosmetic manufacturing. Substances containing gelatin or functioning in a similar way are called gelatinous. Gelatin is an irreversibly hydrolyzed form of collagen. Gelatin is classified as a foodstuff and has E441 E number.It is in almost every gummy we eat today as well as other things, such as marshmallows, and skittles.



Thats all i can summons up!

Shazam!

WAAAHHHHH.. :mad: I'd eat the ****ers raw right now. I'm having serious pork withdrawals.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

So can vegetarians eat marshmallows then?

BroomBurner

Doc wrote: »

Originally Posted by ejmaztec
"I thought that marshmallows grew on trees in a marsh near Mallow. You learn something new every day."


I thought they grew near a chocolate river and were tended to by oumpa lumpas.

That Willie Wonka movie lied to us all.

You've just ruined the foundation of my existence. Next thing you'll be telling me Santa isn't real

Elephant Monkey

CaptainNegative wrote: »

So can vegetarians eat marshmallows then?

I would imagine that if someone was a strict vegetarian they would not eat products with traces of any animal bits!

I was vegetarian for about 5 years i was in my late teens, until i discovered alcohol and a burger bar! And if i knew that there was animal trace in anything i wouldn't have ate it! Unlike now, i'd hunt it, skin it and cook it! Or unwrap and put in microwave!

Doc

BroomBurner wrote: »

You've just ruined the foundation of my existence. Next thing you'll be telling me Santa isn't real

If the foundation of your existence is based on the Wille Wonka movie I’m sorry but it was about time someone stepped in.:p

BroomBurner

Doc wrote: »

If the foundation of your existence is based on the Wille Wonka movie I’m sorry but it was about time someone stepped in.:p

Is Roald Dahl not God? My mammy has a lot of explaining to do this Christmas :mad:

meesa

CaptainNegative wrote: »

So can vegetarians eat marshmallows then?

They can.....but then they die.

x in the city

Gelatin is vile, who would eat bits of pigs and cows remains....mashed up and made gooeey.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

x in the city wrote: »

Gelatin is vile, who would eat bits of pigs and cows remains....mashed up and made gooeey.

Regular, average, everyday people...

BroomBurner

x in the city wrote: »

Gelatin is vile, who would eat bits of pigs and cows remains....mashed up and made gooeey.

Gelatin = tasty tasty tasty, whether sucked from the bones of a recently cooked animal (esp. pig trotters) or refined and used in delicious ice-cream

Btw, gelatin isn't made gooey, it just is gooey.

lucylu

carrigeen moss (Irish Moss Seaweed) is also natural gelatine - suitable for veggies

antodeco

In fairness though, Im not going round the place with half a pig sticking out of my hot chocolate!

ScumLord

Elephant Monkey wrote: »

I was vegetarian for about 5 years i was in my late teens, until i discovered alcohol and a burger bar! And if i knew that there was animal trace in anything i wouldn't have ate it! Unlike now, i'd hunt it, skin it and cook it! Or unwrap and put in microwave!

Good man yerself! Most people don't realize all these pigs and cattle live to be eaten, there's no prouder moment in a pigs life than the day it's shipped off to the meat factory to become pork chops.

x in the city wrote: »

Gelatin is vile, who would eat bits of pigs and cows remains....mashed up and made gooeey.

Em, me and all the other animals on planet earth.