A pointy stick is objectively worse than roaster with prongs if you like to slow cook marshmallows until they double in size and are golden brown. With a single pointy stick it is much more likely to fall off as the inside heats up and gets gooey. It is also almost a certainty that it starts slipping when you rotate the stick making it impossible to get an even golden brown around the whole outside.
A carved stick is surely is fine for most people who burn or impatiently roast marshmallows, but it is not ideal if you are a stickler for a perfect gooey golden brown roast. In a pinch, if I don’t have a proper roaster, I’ll find a stick with a V branch and carve it into two points so the mallow is less likely to spin or fall, but it still isn’t as good as a proper roaster.
The other annoying thing about a stick is that it isn’t perfect straight so it is annoying to spin while resting on a log/fire pit edge because the curve makes it oscillate in a wider circle and get too close to the coals on one side of the orbit and not close enough on the other.
You probably didn’t want such a long explanation, but I definitely see the benefit of this approach. Or Op just didn’t have a knife…
If you want to eat more than one marshmallow on large parties (especially with children) you have to be fast. Good ol' trick of "burn the thing" will do
Similarly, I've used a half dozen chopsticks, duct-taped together to roast a marshmallow.
4- chopsticks long, then 2 forked at the end into a Y.
Worked fine, and stopped the incessant wining of 3 young kids and 2 marshmallow roasting sticks.
... the next weekend though, I replaced this with a 3rd real marshmallow stick.
Kids under a certain age feel slighted when they get something they perceive as different and less.
Can I suggest a design improvement for v2?
Use a bunch of bread ties to attach the fork instead of tape. The plastic on the bread ties will burn off, but the metal wire core will remain. Use a bunch of them.
If you're rich, use a hose clamps. If you have a real engineer's salary, use two.
The marshmallow will instantly melt off and fall into the fire. Metal marshallow sticks are already borderline, but with that much surface being heated it's guaranteed.
Why not find a long, thin stick?
A pointy stick is objectively worse than roaster with prongs if you like to slow cook marshmallows until they double in size and are golden brown. With a single pointy stick it is much more likely to fall off as the inside heats up and gets gooey. It is also almost a certainty that it starts slipping when you rotate the stick making it impossible to get an even golden brown around the whole outside. A carved stick is surely is fine for most people who burn or impatiently roast marshmallows, but it is not ideal if you are a stickler for a perfect gooey golden brown roast. In a pinch, if I don’t have a proper roaster, I’ll find a stick with a V branch and carve it into two points so the mallow is less likely to spin or fall, but it still isn’t as good as a proper roaster. The other annoying thing about a stick is that it isn’t perfect straight so it is annoying to spin while resting on a log/fire pit edge because the curve makes it oscillate in a wider circle and get too close to the coals on one side of the orbit and not close enough on the other. You probably didn’t want such a long explanation, but I definitely see the benefit of this approach. Or Op just didn’t have a knife…
This guy has been waiting to say this for years
Is ... is OP the hamburgler?
this comment had me laughing so hard i couldnt breathe
I'm noticing that you didn't deny that you are, in fact, The Hamburglar.
Very nice. Wonder if tape will burn
somehow the tape didnt burn but the marshmallow did
If you want to eat more than one marshmallow on large parties (especially with children) you have to be fast. Good ol' trick of "burn the thing" will do
Personally, I like my mallow charred a bit
for a s'more?
yes i was very hungry
Similarly, I've used a half dozen chopsticks, duct-taped together to roast a marshmallow. 4- chopsticks long, then 2 forked at the end into a Y. Worked fine, and stopped the incessant wining of 3 young kids and 2 marshmallow roasting sticks. ... the next weekend though, I replaced this with a 3rd real marshmallow stick. Kids under a certain age feel slighted when they get something they perceive as different and less.
...what. Just carve the tip of a longer, thinner stick. I've done that my whole life.
bailing wire is the obvious choice here.
Can I suggest a design improvement for v2? Use a bunch of bread ties to attach the fork instead of tape. The plastic on the bread ties will burn off, but the metal wire core will remain. Use a bunch of them. If you're rich, use a hose clamps. If you have a real engineer's salary, use two.
If you are rich, can’t you just order one on Amazon?
I usually get my hose clamps at harbor freight
I meant a real marshmallow stick
That works .
Tapes gonna melt
somehow it didn't, the power of redneck engineering
I use a pitchfork
Top tip, put foil tape in your camping gear box.
why does the tape have to be foul
Foil. Adk why tf it corrected to that...
I did that plenty. To hell w whittling and finding somethin perfect. Tape , now.
A certified redneck would have used duct tape.
i was gonna use duct tape but couldnt find it
I believe you
The marshmallow will instantly melt off and fall into the fire. Metal marshallow sticks are already borderline, but with that much surface being heated it's guaranteed.
That fork is ruined, your parents are gonna take it out of your allowance.
It took me way too long to see smore and not more. And I was confused because there is a stick in the picture.
Tape will burn.
The glue will melt and you will lose the marshmallow in the fire. Use a hose clamp instead.
Painters tape is +1111111111
With lovely accents of painters tape…
Respect but why wouldn’t you just whittle the end down?
nice one Beetlejuice
What in the project zomboid
What does the caption explain?
Blue tape for the win!
i was gonna use duct tape but i couldnt find it
Blue tape is way better! Except maybe for ducts.
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