I have sinned. Sort of. Marshmallow Treats

During the 60s, one of the many formative periods of Annalena's life, there was a genre of movie that was wildly popular: the nun flick. Yes, these were movies about nuns. "The Singing Nun" (with Debbie Reynolds) is one that many will remember. Who remembers the "The Trouble With Angels" series? There was the first film, and then a follow up "Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows." Yes, it was the start of "nuns can be fun." Now, there isn't much discussion of "The Trouble With Angels." It hardly rises to the cult classic status of movies like "The Women," but think about this for a minute: the director was Ida Lupino. Among the nuns were Rosalind Russell, as the Mother Superior, and Mary Wickes, as Sister Clarissa. Hayley Mills was in it. Can you get more gay than this movie?
So, where is Annalena going? Well, without going into the plot details, there is a need to slow down some villains . Sister Clarissa and another nun report to the Reverend Mother "Reverend Mother, I have sinned." When Ms. Russell looks at them quizzically, they take tools out from under their habits, clearly indicating that they have messed with the cars.
Now, we can get into tremendous philosophical debates as to when a sin is not a sin, and so on and so forth. I will leave that to the theologically oriented and the more philosphically inclined than yours truly. I will simply report that I find myself in the same situation today.
You know by now that I pride myself on my seasonal, fresh market, all natural kitchen and cooking. I have preached it loud and clear.
Well, today one could argue I fell off the wagon. For good cause. Did I sin?

Of course I did. Read on.

Marshmallow treats. Don't lie. You like them. You probably love them. With rice crispies, of course, or cocoa crispies. In what some would call a revolting development, there is a "recipe" circulating on the internet for a variation with fruity pebbles. Dare I say that this is NOT the kind of thing that Annalena makes.

Well... MADE. See, here's the story. A very good friend of mine told me, in another context, that his favorite cereal is fruit loops. He also told me, in another context, that they never have fruit loops in his home. All of their cereal is of the healthy "Meusli" kind of cereal (Incidentally, Annalena feels that eating Meusli is sort of like eating saw dust with dried bits of fruit in it). Annalena happens to ADORE this man. In fact ,when her dungeon is finished being constructed (you DID know about that, didn't you?), Annalena plans to keep him there for her personal , ahem "satisfaction." And what better way to lure a man to your dungeon than with marshmallow treats?

Look, you've got to use what you've got to get what you want, right?

OK, putting all of that aside, let's face it. You made these at some p oint in your life, probably with your mom. And you don't make them anymore because.... And when no one is looking, you buy one, eat it, and then make comments about how revolting it is when you see someone else eating them.

I've got your number. So, don't keep the recipe. Send it on to someone else.

Right.

Here's what you need. A 9x13 baking dish, of any material. A half stick of unsalted butter, a bag of marshmallows (the ten ounce bag, big ones or small ones), and a large box of cereal. All cereal comes in the same size box. If you're confused, as I suspect at least one of you is, you need the one that has six cups of dry cereal in it. Read the side panel on "nutrition" and figure it out. Grease the pan with the half stick of butter, then toss it, and the marshmallows, into a big pot. Turn the heat to low, and stir this up until the marshmallows begin to melt and get stringy. It won't take long. Now pour in the cereal, take it off the heat, and stir, stir, stir, to incorporate everything. Pour it into the baking dish, wet your hands and press it down. Then let it sit until it firms up. That won't take long. Either cut em in the pan, or dump the thing out and cut it on a board or something else. You can be creative if you like (I thought about that) , or just cut squares (what I wound up doing). I used fruit loops and the color is, well, interesting. Festive is a word you might use to describe them.

Go ahead, be a kid again. They're fun, and at least there's very little cholesterol in them.