During our stay in Mobile I encountered two rather unusual and rather loftily named marshmallow dishes.
The first one was a surprise side addition to a shrimp (prawn) salad at Bellingrath Gardens - in the pot in the above photo alongside the rather more usual broccoli. I enquired what it was and was told 'Ambrosia' and that it is a combination of marshmallow, pineapple, grated cheese, grated coconut and sour cream. It was more palatable than you might think - and the shrimp was amazing.
The second Southern delicacy came from the Peanut Shop (established 1947) in Mobile. This one was called Divinity and was apparently originally made for weddings. Sold in squares like home-made marshmallow it was a cross between marshmallow, nougat and fudge and incredibly sweet!
It is a hard job testing all these new things - but somebody has to do it!!
(I found the following photo of Divinity on the web - not quite the same but similar)
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