Marshmallows

Can anyone tell me what corn syrup is and where I can buy it from please

Liesha - if you are in the UK it might be difficult to get Corn Syrup which is an American ingredient. You can successfully use Golden Syrup as a substitute.

Or honey.

Corn syrup is a very highly refined sweetener made from corn, very sweet but not particularly good for you.

Can anyone tell me if veggie gelatine will work in this recipe ?

No reason why not - after all just a setting agent! Not sure on conversion qty tho - maybe read pack on agar agar to see how much to set required amount liquid! Maybe arrowroot would work as well - something to try out to see!?
agar agar - seaweed OK?

No, veggies don't eat fish, it won't. I have tried and tried to make veggie marshmallows but not succeeded yet, veggie-gel just works in a different way to the animal one. It even says on the packet that it isn't a substitute.

One day we will find an answer, but veggie gel isn't it.

Rosti - Picky but seaweed is veggie not fish! OK might not work for above request. Arrowroot last time I looked was also veggie! Recognise difference veggie/VEGAN.

Please don't be picky ishka, "veggies don't eat fish" is the name of the person who asked the question

Also, arrowroot last time I looked was veggie too, but it won't work for marshmallows either! Arrowroot is a thickener not a gelling agent.

Neither of which has anthing whatsoever to do with the difference between veggie and vegan.

I was simply saying that I have used vege-gel to make marshmallows and it didn't work, and that on the side of the vege-gel packet it does state that it isn't a substitute for animal geletin, it is an alternative, has to be used differently and therefor may not be suitable for a recipe.

There have been discussions in the past about this, and none of the members who have tried vege-gel (at the time of their posts) said they had managed to make marshmallows with vege-gel, or agar either.

like to say thanx to rosti for not going into one of her rants about the difference between veggies, vegans, meat eaters, chicken eaters, fish eaters plus anything I missed.
one of the few here who really does know the difference and likes to let it be known at every oportunity, not rising to it today? rosti you are really coolin and chillin these days.

Whatever jvm1, never a rant, and always meant well. Sorry to have annoyed you.

Thanks for bringing this subject up - i keep meaning to try and make marshmallows as I remember loving them as a child and a non-veggie. Now however I won't bother and will just accept the fact that veggies aren't meant to eat marshmallows! Unless of course the 'fluff' stuff my mun found for me in Selfridges works, but for that I have to get a microwave...oh it's all too much effort

I was at a carol singing evening last night and the question arose - are marshmallows English or American in origin, does anyone know the answer? There were both Brits and Americans there and none of us knew when they were invented, so no one could take credit for them.

I think they're most likely to originate from the Middle East rather than England or America. This is purely because they go so well with Turkish Delight! I could be totally wrong though!

"Marshmallow candy dates back to ancient Egypt where it was a honey-based candy flavored and thickened with the sap of the root of the Marsh-Mallow plant (althea officinalis). Marsh-Mallow grows in salt marshes and on banks near large bodies of water. It is common in the eastern United States. Until the mid 1800's, marshmallow candy was made using the sap of the Marsh-Mallow plant. Gelatin replaces the sap in the modern recipes."
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I have tried in the past to make marshmallows with vege gel and been unable to get a proper set. Somebody must be able to produce a vetgetarian version though because I have seen vegetarian marshmallows. One recently was in an expensive chocolate catalogue..so unless they are lying through their teeth..........

Wasn't that the turkish delight not marshmallows Jenny? I bought some from Hotel Chocolate and it is lovely, before you mentioned it on here we hadn't seen that it was a veggie one.

Veggie Marshmallows are even a problem here..... [link]

VEGGIES DON'T EAT FISH!!!
got it ishka? vegetarians do not each fish
non meat eaters eat fish
vegetarians do not
non meat eaters sometimes eat chicken
vegetarians do not
VEGANS do not eat or use any animal product
very different to not EATING animal products
learn the difference before you berate
so we have established you don't know the difference between a vegetarian and a vegan. If you even think of using arrowroot as a geling agent you know nothing of cooking either
get it right or don't advise

Quite right Rosti...Senior moment there..I knew it was something veggie (not fishy anyway)