# Marshmallow:  No root word -- Huh?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 22, 1999, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-no-root-word-huh/5556 "1999-12-22T03:06:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 1999, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-no-root-word-huh/5556/21 "1999-12-24T06:39:00Z")

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No, an American eggplant is a British (and French, but not Canadian) aubergine. A vegetable marrow is a kind of squash.

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 1999, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-no-root-word-huh/5556/22 "1999-12-24T07:08:00Z")

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## Shoot, down 10 points. Never again will I challenge a statement made by Dr. Fi. At least not before I know I can back it up. 🙂 Martha Stewart made MM’s on her TV show. Looked pretty good. Martha, not the candy. That woman gives me a har… Uh, forget it. Peace, mangeorge

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 1999, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-no-root-word-huh/5556/23 "1999-12-24T21:25:00Z")

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dlv:It sounds to me like, with the original plant extract gone, the modern marshmallow is no different from a merengue, except for the moisture. It’s just beat up egg white and sugar.

Your big difference is merengue doesn’t contain boiled down cow hides. They both contain the fetal fluids of a chicken.

Yum Yum.

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