Must point out that your Ma’s Cherry Perogies leapt an entry into the Road Trip. Lightly pan-fried in sweet butter, dolloped with sour cream and sprinkled with sugar were lovingly dished out around a star-lit campfire. Thank your Mom on my behalf.

And as for the Marsh Mallow (Althaea officinalis) used by the Ancient Egyptians…mucilaginous roots boiled, seived; whipped with wild bee honey and egg white…baked into a spoon-dropped suckable size. Used as a cough suppressant

S’mores, a 1920’s Girl Scout invention using the recently patented extruded marshmallow ‘Fluff’. By then the Althaea officinalis had been replaced by the more commercially available gelatin. The Girls were in the habit of placing chunks of Hershey bars on melted marshmallows and pressing the gooey, sticky mess between two graham crackers. Dipping them in chocolate fondue must have been my own Caprice!