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[00:00:00.02] text, L.L. Bean, Master the art of making s'mores.
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[00:00:05.29] Hi. I'm Matthew. And I work as a guide for L.L.Bean's outdoor discovery programs.
[00:00:08.68] And I'm his son, Kirby.
[00:00:10.30] Over the years, we've been on several camping trips where we've come up with a variety of s'mores. Today, we're going to show you a few of our favorites that we've made over the years. We've got a fire going. Let's get started.
[00:00:19.48] Today, we're going to start with the classic s'more-- the basic chocolate marshmallow and Graham cracker. One of our small tricks we like to show you today is adding powdered sugar to your marshmallows for a better caramel color.
[00:00:30.94] We'll be careful to not leave them on the fire too long or else they'll burn right up.
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[00:00:35.12] They shake them in a plastic bag.
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[00:00:37.39] Another thing we've learned over our many camping trips is to pre-soften the chocolate so it's a little bit gooier for the s'mores. And the way we pre-soften the chocolate is by placing the chocolate on the Graham cracker closer to the fire.
[00:00:49.99] So good.
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[00:00:51.04] They place them on a rock.
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[00:00:54.51] Is that close enough?
[00:00:55.78] That's some good chocolate. That's some chunky chocolate. While our chocolate is sitting there melting, we're going to roast our marshmallows. These are the marshmallows that we coated in powdered sugar earlier. And what we want to do is be careful and put it in a nice little pocket like this one, ensuring that you twist the marshmallow until it's all puffy.
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[00:01:17.89] He checks his.
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[00:01:19.24] So when we're putting our marshmallow in between to avoid touching the hot marshmallow, we're going to squish it in between and quickly pull our stick out like that.
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[00:01:30.55] He takes a bite of the gooey s'more.
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[00:01:34.22] Mmm, nothing like a classic s'more.
[00:01:37.48] On a recent family canoe trip with some fellow L.L.Bean guides, we hosted a s'mores competition. The rules were you had to have three basic ingredients, no more than five ingredients, and one of the ingredients had to be the roasted marshmallow. One of the most unique s'mores that came out of this was the saltine, Nutella, and marshmallow s'more.
[00:01:58.84] So we're going to spread a little bit of the Nutella on the saltine, similar to building the classic s'more. We're going to pinch the marshmallow between. You're just going for it.
[00:02:16.12] Yeah.
[00:02:17.77] Like that. Just a little bit. Yeah, nice. There you go. Taste it.
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[00:02:28.47] They take a bite.
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[00:02:30.36] Mmm, delicious.
[00:02:33.64] A quick s'more ideal is to use one of your favorite cookies with chocolate and put the marshmallow between the two cookies. We're going to soften these cookies to start with. Then we're going to take our marshmallows and toast them like usual.
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[00:02:48.75] They toast their marshmallows on sticks.
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[00:02:51.79] We got a nice spot right here, Kirb.
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[00:02:54.17] They twirl the sticks over the fire, then slide the marshmallows off the sticks between 2 cookies.
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[00:03:01.85] No, I've got my own.
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[00:03:05.09] They taste the cookie s'mores and chew.
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[00:03:11.22] Nice and efficient. And I really like how the chocolate is in between the cookie, and it makes it so that it just tastes really good.
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[00:03:20.31] Kirby takes another bite and gives a thumbs up.
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[00:03:24.95] Thumbs up from me. Oh, no.
[00:03:29.06] For our last s'more today, we're going to be showing you our gourmet s'more, one that you would be willing to pay in the upwards of $10 for at a fancy restaurant. The ingredients for this more will include homemade marshmallows, fresh made lemon curd, and wild Maine blueberries. But you can also buy these items from your local grocery store.
[00:03:49.61] So what we're going to do first is we're going to spread a small amount of the lemon curd onto the bottom of the Graham cracker. Then we're going to take some of our fresh Maine blueberries. Let's take a little bit of these and put them right on top. Don't have too much juice though, or else it'll get all soggy. Then we're going to take our marshmallow. And we're going to do the same thing we did before.
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[00:04:12.97] They slide the artisan marshmallow between two graham crackers. Kirby takes a bite. The marshmallow oozes out the sides.
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[00:04:23.40] Mmm, so delicious. It tastes like a fresh meringue pie. Mmm.
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[00:04:31.76] He goes in for another bite.
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[00:04:34.77] This has been really fun.
[00:04:36.09] And delicious.
[00:04:37.39] We hope you try some of the recipes we've shown you today at home. Happy roasting.
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[00:04:42.37] Text, L.L. Bean. Be an outsider.
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