# Moldy Marshmallows

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 23, 2001, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moldy-marshmallows/59078 "2001-03-23T01:01:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moldy-marshmallows/59078/14 "2001-03-25T21:12:23Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Billdo \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by Homer \*  
> > **Then, at Christmas, she gives the hard, stale, year old bag of marshmallows (which are now tiny and shriveled) to grandpa, who eats them with relish.**
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> I do hope that you mean that he eats them with joy and gusto, rather than he eats them topped with a sauce made from chopped pickles (or other savories) generally used as a condiment for meats. (insert barfing smilie here) \*\*

:urp: Yeah, with joy and gusto. I didn’t even think of that.

–Tim

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