PRAYERS – Jon Cook; Karen Engels; Millie Mutka; John Adams; Kathy Mayo; Barb Zima’s friends Mick, Steven and Marilyn Hummel, Ryan Lauritzen; Nancy Ehlinger, Gregory Bowens; Laurie Nelson; Amber Ross’s daughter Linda; Karen Stanton’s friends Don & Penny Waite and sister Pam Schweitzer; Bev Epping’s daughter Kimberly Epping Cardenas and son Michael Epping; Sandy Bishop’s friend Kelly Newman and brother Larry; Randy & Diane Niemczyk’s daughter Julia VanAvery, Randy’s mom Beverly, niece Sarah Joda, Denise Runde and Denise Hazel; Valeria Hesselberg; Chris Markussen; Anne Verona’s sister/brother-in-law Pat & Woody Woodworth and friends Dennis Peterson, Natalie Madine, Eli Peters and Randy Ballard; Strong’s friend Erin Molle; Mark Lickteig’s daughter Missy; Debbie Cyrtmus’ mother, Rose Wicker and sister, Corrie Trittin; the Ebert’s friend Donna; Patricia Rasmussen’s sister Christine; Joyce Leander’s son Kevin Church; Bob Michael’s brother Tom Michaels; Ashley Clark’s friends Keith & Becky Hernandez and Kristie Dehart; the Waggoner’s sister-in-law Cheryl Busse, and friends Karla Zyhowski, Chris Sturgeon; Karen Engels niece Lisa and friend Bob; Ann Carlson’s people Don, Enid, Ben, Sherry, Armand, Christian and Darren; peace for all nations and comfort for those in distress.
PRAYER LIST PROCEDURE – Submit your prayer requests to the office in writing, by phone, by email or in person. If requesting prayers for someone other than yourself or an immediate family member, please obtain permission – unless the circumstances are public in nature.
GUESTS – if you are visiting us today, please sign our book at the entrance to the sanctuary.
FELLOWSHIP HOUR – Sign up for Fellowship Hour in the Fellowship Hall! The new sign-up sheet is out.
QUILTERS UNTIE! – I mean unite to tie. Tie one on with the quilting group as they assemble quilts. Meet every first and third Wed of the month 9:30 to 11:30 am.
SEPTEMBER MOVIE NIGHT – Sep 30. We will be showing HAMILTON! Don’t worry – a copy of the lyrics will be on hand. And we will have the movie close-captioned.
BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS – due to a busy summer ahead, blood pressure check dates will be a moving target. If the signs are out when you arrive, then we will have a BP check.
MINIGOLF SIGN UP – on Aug 30 at 11:00 am – sign up sheet is in the Narthex.
CHRISTIAN WOMEN’S LUNCHEON – the event everyone waits for each year – Lunch at Chris Ebert’s house! We will meet at 11:30 on Aug 12. Chris will email you directions when you RSVP to her at cebert@udel.edu. Karen Young will be at the Prince of Peace parking lot at 10:30 to carpool. Please confirm with her.
SALUTE TO AMERICA – The UCC in Three Lakes is hosting a free concert with the Northwoods Jazz Group and the Northwoods Nightingales. A Psalm 150 Project. On Aug 5 at 6:00 pm. Shared freewill offering with benefit Rewild Rescue.
S’MORES WORSHIP! Summer’s too short to stay indoors! Join us for S’Mores Worship here on Wed, Aug 5 at 5:30 PM. We’ll gather around the campfire for songs, s’mores, sparklers, and a celebration of God’s goodness. S’More laughter – S’More fellowship – S’More singing – S’More summer fun. See what we did there? Everyone is welcome! Bring a lawn chair, bring a friend, and bring your appetite for s’mores.
FUN FACT – The precursor to s’mores (a contraction of the phrase “some more”) is the Marshmallow Marguerite. A small confection that typically consisted of butter and marshmallow spread across a saltine cracker and toasted and served with hot chocolate or tea. Popularised by cookbooks and magazines published by the Boston Cooking School, variations published in newspapers and magazines included a 1910 variation using graham crackers as a base, and a 1913 variation with a layer of melted chocolate below the marshmallow. Later in 1913, a commercial version was released by National Biscuit Company under the name “Nabisco Mallowmars”, and in 1917, Moon Pie went on the market as another marshmallow and chocolate combination.
By the mid-1920s, descriptions were being published of s’mores being eaten in a camping setting. Roasting marshmallows on a fire was well established in the US by this time, with reports appearing in the New York Times as early as 1902 attesting to the popularity of the practice at “marshmallow parties”. In 1925, a Connecticut newspaper described Girl Scouts eating “Some-mores” as, “a graham cracker on which is placed a piece of Hershey chocolate, a toasted marshmallow, another piece of chocolate and a graham cracker”.
Food writer Stella Parks identifies the setting as particularly appropriate for a crumbly and sticky, dripping confection, where it could be eaten “with abandon”. Marguerites continued to be eaten and were popular through the 1930s among women’s luncheons and teas, served open-faced and without chocolate. Sometimes, a candied cherry was placed in the center as it came out from under the broiler.
In the 1990s, s’mores became popular among American adults, and elaborate versions appeared in restaurants, dressed with a raspberry coulis and intended to be eaten with cutlery. A s’mores martini was also invented during this time, made with white chocolate and vanilla liqueurs. Food historian Linda Civitello attributes this to Americans in the baby boomer generation turning from low-fat foods and exercise to comfort foods as they aged, with s’mores a food reminiscent of their 1950s childhoods.
I hesitated to add this information – but it is more indepth and interesting.
History of S’mores: Ancient Greeks, Girl Scouts, and One Very Puritanical Minister
By Matt Blitz Updated on November 9, 2022 […]
The very first marshmallows came from a plant called Althaea officinalis. Early civilizations, including the ancient Greeks and Romans, used the root and leaves of the plant for medicinal purposes, often to help with inflammation (and as a laxative). In fact, the word “Althaea” comes from the Greek “altheo” meaning “to cure.” But it was the French who first marketed marshmallow as a treat rather than a medicine, combining the root juice of the plant with eggs and sugar beaten into a foam. They formed the soft paste into a lozenge and called it pâte de guimauve. Its purpose was two-fold: to soothe the throat and taste good. But this treat was expensive and labor intensive, much like the marshmallow-based medicines of the day. By the end of the 19th century, gelatin replaced the juice from the actual plant because it was a close approximation in taste and form, but a much cheaper alternative.
Graham crackers were originally invented to curb sex drive. Early 19th-century New Jersey Presbyterian minister Sylvester Graham believed that humanity, as Atlas Obscura reports, was on its way to moral collapse due to an obsession with carnal desires. He also believed the food we were eating greatly contributed to our undeterred need to have sex. A simple steak dinner with wine could, according to an 1847 text he wrote, “increase the concupiscent excitability … of the genital organs.” So, he promoted a special process of baking using only “finely ground, unbleached wheat flour, wheat bran, and coarsely ground germ.” Out of this came a bland, dry cracker that he named after himself: the graham cracker.
There are a few potential precursors to the iteration of s’mores we know today. Victorian-era funeral cakes, specially prepared upon the death of a loved one, sometimes included chocolate and marshmallow. During the 1890s, a marshmallow roasting fad took hold of summer resort towns in the Northeast. Places like Asbury Park in New Jersey hosted such events, which often drew a young crowd given that newspapers at the time called the roasts an “excellent medium for flirtation” since people could nibble off each other’s sticks. Mallomars, which are essentially s’mores in cookie form, first appeared on shelves in 1913. Moonpies, basically a s’more cousin, debuted a few years later.
While all of these tasty innovations got the idea of roasted marshmallow with chocolate and graham crackers into people’s heads (and mouths), it wasn’t until 1927 that it all came together in gooey symphony.
The first official recipe for a s’more came out in the 1927 Girl Scout guidebook, Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts. While the book was meant to give advice on how to be a good Girl Scout (always get a parent’s permission before hiking!), its lasting legacy was the “Some More.” Originally intended to feed eight hungry scouts, the recipe, which was later credited to a troop leader named Loretta Scott Crew, calls for 16 graham crackers, eight bars of plain chocolate, and 16 marshmallows. Next, it says to toast the marshmallows to a “crispy, gooey state.” Then, put the marshmallow on top of a chocolate bar and in between two graham crackers, and violà, you got a “Some More.” It’s unclear when the name was shortened to simply “s’more,” but various Girl Scout publications referred to the treat as “Some More” until at least 1971. If nothing else, it all makes for a good campfire story.
NOTE FROM ANN – HUGE SHOUTOUT to everyone for responding to our phone tree/status check email and to those who put it into action. Beyond THANKFUL that there was not any major property damage for our congregation and GRATEFUL there was no loss of (human) life here in our area and in the Appleton area.
I was getting cynical about our weather forecasts because it was almost every day we were getting the “possibility of severe thunderstorms” and then nothing – not even a raindrop. Makes you (at least me) lackadaisical about the warnings. The meteorologist who cried, “Wolf”. The good part is – we (Burt and I) have a routine and follow it for weather preparedness regardless. Though – whatever we do to prepare would not have been enough. (Pretty sure there is a lesson/scripture reading in the Bible about this). Can’t really prevent a tree from crashing into your house.
It was a display of Mother Nature’s power – and in it – a certain beauty.
The picture at the top is a picture that I just spent 10 minutes trying to find the photographer. He is someone local and was standing at his place of business when he took the picture. I’ll give him credit if I ever find the post again. The other picture is a word I recently learned.
