Blog editor, Katie Anderson
It's funny sometimes how discoveries are made.While researching the flu in 1928 Alexander Fleming noticed that a blue-green mold had infected one of his petri dishes - and killed the bacteria growing in it. Viola! Penicillin was discovered.
Just a few months ago, I myself made an exciting accidental discovery – albeit it probably will not be as world-changing as Mr. Fleming's.
A new cook and I were making a batch of Raspberry Mallow – a layer of homemade marshmallow over a layer of raspberry jel. Yes, we also homemake the jel, using real raspberries and real raspberry extract.
My assistant cook became distracted listening to the radio and forgot to add the raspberry flavor to the jel.
I decided to add the flavoring to the marshmallow itself instead and see if that boosted the flavor enough to save the batch.
It did! It also reminded me that I had been wanting to find time to experiement with a way to make our own marshmallows for use in our boxes of individual chocolate dipped candies.
When the Raspberry Mallow batch was done, we had a little extra of the flavored marshmallow left and so we poured that into a separate pan and prepared it to be cut up into small cubes and dipped in chocolate. We then let it loose in our store this June for a test with all of you!
The new raspberry-flavored marshmallow pieces were available for sampling in our store for about a month and many of you requested that we send you a taste of the new treat along with your mail orders this summer.You made the creation a hit and Raspberry Marshmallow is here to stay.
I guess whomever first said, "I'd rather be lucky than good," knew what he was talking about.
But that shouldn't surprise me too much, the Raspberry Marshmallow incident isn't the first time Lady Luck visited our cooking room. But I'll save that story for another day.
Leif Anderson
The Anderson family can be reached at AndersonsCandyShop@gmail.com.
That was no Lady Luck, Leif. You know better! God sent you a wonderful new idea!
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