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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oh, boy, boy.
Hey, what's up bro?
How's this lovely day treatingyou in this springtime?
It's Easter-y, you know?
Ish, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Easter's on 420 this year, so will zombie Jesus be
getting baked I?
Speaker 1 (00:18):
don't know.
$5 question it is.
It is it's very I don't know.
Inquiring minds must know Iguess it is.
It's very I don't know.
Inquiring minds must know, Iguess.
So peeps are made ofmarshmallows, right?
This is like the marshmallowseason, guys.
Besides, like cocoa marshmallowtime right now.
(00:39):
It's insane.
And then you step into thesummertime, you got your
campfires and you got yourscouts out there with their
handkerchiefs and their roastsand their marshmallows and doing
things.
I don't know what they do.
I don't know what a scout does.
Were you a scout, owen?
I was not.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
No, I was not, so I'm unaware.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Yeah, I used to scout for the best prices of weed
when I was a kid.
That was all I remember.
You know who's got the best bagman.
You know, throughout all this,I'm just going to drop it.
So Nicole likes Peeps so thisactually does come from Peeps,
by the way.
And then she had a bag ofmarshmallows that were shaped
(01:19):
like Easter bunnies and such,and I was like marshmallows.
I'm like huh, I wonder whatthey're actually made from.
It's just like sugar and waterall fluffed up.
Pretty much is what I assumed,and so I looked at it Collagen,
yeah, collagen, yeah, exactly.
And so when I looked it up,though, holy fuck bro, there's a
marshmallow plant.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Huh, yes, and I had to wonder does that grow by the
Twinkie shrub?
I was picturing just a plantthat you like pluck.
You know the small ones, thelittle marshmallows for your hot
cocoa, and then some more asyou go to the bigger Right.
But no, it turns out, it'sactually quite lovely looking.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Right Plants.
Yeah, it's a nice little, anice plant.
Well, it gets kind of tall,right.
You know the stats on it.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
I don't have the stats, but this marshmallow
plant, sorry, I'm just soexcited when he told me to the
people used to smoke it or maybe, maybe still do, and actually
that's something yeah, you'rejumping ahead here, guy.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
The marshmallow plants got a lot of uses people,
so nonetheless, what does itlook like?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
ow, Owen, I guess when it's, you know, in its
marsh is its natural environment.
So the best conditions it cangrow up to 8 to 10 feet tall and
has a velvety sage green.
Has velvety sage green stemsand leaves.
The flowers bloom from June tolate autumn and are a lovely
(02:44):
looking pink and white.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
I've seen the white ones.
Yeah, I didn't know they gotpink too.
That's really cool.
So no marshmallow fruit though.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
No, although it appears that the Egyptians were
the first to use it not only forconfections you know what we
think you know for sweet stuffbut they would also fry it with
onion and garlic, just eating itas a vegetable Right.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Yeah, that's pretty crazy.
Typically, this is the rootthat they're using, from what I
understand.
Yeah, so it's like the sap fromthe root, and it was mixed with
honey and like nuts and createdlike kind of an early version
of a marshmallow candy.
Apparently is what thoseEgyptian fellows and fellowettes
did.
They're in the 19th century,though.
In France of all places.
(03:30):
Owen, who would have thunkFrance, came up with some new
food.
Confectioners refined therecipe by whipping the mallow
root sap with egg whites andsugar, creating a light, fluffy
treat known as the pâté deGuamava.
I don't know, owen, do you havethat down anywhere?
I can't pronounce it, guys.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
No, I think you got pate right, but I don't know.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Yeah, de guamava, I don't know.
However, though, people outthere, it was kind of a pain in
the butt to get the sap out ofthese roots, because I actually
watched a video on it andthey're really like squeezing
the sap out of out of theseroots and such, and it doesn't
seem like a very it's not aquick process.
So the French chefs apparentlythey tried to figure out a
(04:14):
better way to do it so theycould mass produce it, because
marshmallows were hit people.
They were big in France, elFrancais uh-huh ellen.
Isn't that what it's like overthere?
Speaker 2 (04:24):
I don't know, yeah I'm not sure, I've never been
but neither have I.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Yeah, so you know they came up with a better way,
and gelatin was a relatively uh,new invention at the time.
I think is what I read summerno notes.
People don't totally hold me tothat one, but it's pretty new
in the time and they they usedthat instead of the malo root
and our marshmallow of today wasborn For all you peep lovers
and cocoa lovers and campfireschmor people schmor-ing it up.
(04:52):
Do you want some schmor, owen?
No, thank you.
Oh, what about more detailsabout the mallow plant?
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yes, it's also a relative of the hibiscus
hollyhocks and okra.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
That's crazy.
You know what I think cannabisis.
Actually, wasn't it related tohibiscus and the eucalyptus as
well?
So it's kind of crazy thathibiscus gets around which?
Speaker 2 (05:23):
also makes delicious jamaica.
No one's ever tried a wonderfulMexican beverage.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Jamaica.
Is that with hibiscus?
Is that what you're saying?
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Jamaica's the drink, and it's made from the hibiscus
plant.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Yeah, that's crazy, because I just immediately
thought of fromica, which youuse to put on counters, and I
was like what the fuck?
Hibiscus, yeah, I know, thoughtof from mica, which you use to
put on counters, and I was likewhat the fuck is this?
So, anyway, the mallow, themarshmallow plant, it, uh, one
of its medicinal uses.
It soothes the mucus membranes.
So all you people out theretaking all these these weird
syrups of today, just go findyou a marshmallow plant.
(06:00):
You know the root is rich inmucilage, gel-like substance.
It coats the throat, stomachand intestines.
It helps relieve sore throatops, bronchitis and even stomach
ulcers.
That's crazy.
So it has an inflammationreducer too.
These, uh, this source isgolden poppy herbscom.
So just everybody out thereknows, okay, yeah, also it's
good for, like, skin and woundhealing.
(06:21):
When it's applied it uh,reduces inflammation is what I
keep reading.
And it also can contain rashesand insect bites, which I'm
assuming would have to do withthe inflammation.
Let's see if there's anythingelse.
Natural pain relief forteething and dental health
that's crazy, jeez, you put iton your gums like Coke,
apparently, people.
(06:41):
So that's For all you who grewup in the 80s.
If you were alive in the 80s,you know what I'm talking about.
So regulates blood sugar levels, owen.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
I was 10 when the 80s ended.
I wasn't putting coke in my gum.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Yeah, but we came from that era.
Okay, there was coke residueall over the 90s in the form of
crack, cocaine and such things,and then we got it.
All the math got all crazy backthen.
That's, that's the thing.
But you know what?
This one kind of trips me outbecause it regulates blood sugar
levels, apparently, and it'sjust funny to me because it's a
marshmallow plant and it helpswith your lower your blood sugar
(07:21):
.
God, I can't talk again.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
The Latin name.
I don't speak, I'm not beingable to speak.
I believe Alcea AficinalisMeans heal or cure.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Oh wow, yeah, a lot of anti-inflammatory stuff which
you know Is kind of most of ouraches and pains.
Out there, people Out there inpodcast land.
I feel good about thismarshmallow episode.
Owen, I'm just up there, Idon't know, maybe it's the
Durban poison.
I'm unsure you there.
I don't know, maybe it's theDurban poison, I'm unsure you
haven't been smoking marshmallowroot.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Is that what they smoke?
Speaker 1 (07:53):
the root.
I don't know, that's a thingI'm unsure about that here.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Oh, smoking I tried to look it up and it said that
there was limited research onsmoking of the marshmallow plant
.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Sorry, it's okay.
So from Sentient Metaphysicsthat's my source here Smoking,
it's a smoking alternative.
The dried leaves of themarshmallow plant marshmallow
plant people have been used as abase for herbal smoking blends.
You know those weird fuckingcigar cigarette things that I
don't know.
Cloves I think they put them incloves man.
(08:27):
I think that's like somethingthey use when they blend those
cloves cigarettes.
Also, I did read that and it'snot in these notes I have in
front of me, but I read multipletimes that it does kind of have
like a euphoric slash buzzyfeeling, like an upper sort of.
So if you smoke the pure stuff,guys, you know not this other
(08:48):
stuff Getting marshmallow rooted, yeah, oh, yeah, oh okay.
Here's some other things that Ifound out about this.
In some spiritual rituals,marshmallows often burned as
incense or added to cleansingbaths to purify spaces.
It's something that people useto purify, I guess, I don't know
(09:10):
.
Anyway, and then also on thislist of things that it's so good
for, that's kind of out there,like the odd things that it's
involved in, sort of it'ssupposed to enhance psychic
abilities and divination people.
Yeah, if you want to be divine,apparently you need to go get
you a marshmallow plant, and youknow, what's weird is like it's
(09:30):
a mallow plant right and itgrows in a marsh, I don't know.
It's funny to me that it's likekind of spelled Like when you
think marshmallow, to me it'slike one word, but in a lot of
these instances it's like amarsh mallow.
You know what I'm saying.
What a day, lovely day.
(09:51):
So apparently it's using a lotof love and fertility spells too
.
Owen, yeah, so if you got you alady friend or a guy friend or
whatever you're up to, whateveryou got going on in your life,
get you a marshmallow plant yeah, supposed to help with your
seed, yeah.
Anyway, I don't know man, I'mjust going what else do you got
(10:16):
on this marshmallow thing we gotgoing on here, owen?
Speaker 2 (10:23):
One of my earliest memories of marshmallows,
throwing one in the fire by thecabin in Idaho that's one of the
like long gone hillbillyneighbors that I was playing
with their kids.
And the guy said, you know,keep in mind, it's like 1986,
let's say, and I threw amarshmallow in the fire and he
was like well, we don't have themoney, we're not from
California, just throwmarshmallows in the fire.
(10:45):
And you and just throwmarshmallows in the fire.
And you know, I kept quiet butI thought to myself, like sir,
can you break a penny?
Because that marshmallow costsfucking like less than nothing,
practically Like let me go to mypiggy bank and get the.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
So it's a different country out there, but I was
like okay, like yeah, I've neverfelt so affluent throwing a
marshmallow in the fire at sevenyears old.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Yeah, well, that's the thing you know.
When stupid people try to teachyou life lessons, owen, you
know they don't come out withthe best results.
They get made fun of 30-some40-odd years later Pushing 40.
Yeah, there you are.
Yeah, I don't know.
Think about all the shit thatwe use marshmallows for though
it's mellow, I'm gonna try tostart saying that different
(11:32):
Marshmallow, it's notmarshmallow.
You know that's how everybodyin the US pronounces it.
All you European and whatnotfolks out there, african and
such, and South American, mexico, canada you know all those
countries.
Listen to us.
Owen, shout out to Germany.
That's our number two behindthe US people, those Germans out
(11:56):
there, you know so much respect.
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(12:17):
music and some other things andyou know, also like support the
show on links below Whatever youlisten on, I checked so it's
their people.
It's right in front of yourface.
You have no excuses anymore tosupport these stories about
marshmallows getting you highand stuff and, you know, helping
with your fertile natures.
Yeah, so I mean, besides, likeall the love and fertility
(12:39):
spells, you know, the promotionof contraception.
Maybe that's.
That's not what marshmallows do, conception apparently.
Sorry.
And the source?
If I didn't already say it isMagical Spot, that is the
website, anyway nonetheless,that sounds like it could lead
(12:59):
you to a different book.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Never mind, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
Magical Spot yeah it seemed like a hippie website.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
I'm unsure, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
I don't know.
I don't know, magic move box.
Yeah, it seemed like a hippiewebsite.
I'm unsure, I don't know.
It's anyway nonetheless, ohgosh, this marshmallow talk.
So anyway, another thing issafe return home and protection
for travelers.
So it's like the St Christopherof confections, I guess, or the
plant is.
Anyway, the root of a vase ofmarshmallow flowers placed in a
(13:28):
window was believed to guidelost loved ones home safely.
This practice was commonly usedby families awaiting the return
of soldiers or sailors.
That was kind of cool.
Yet again for a magical spot,you know, I wonder what those
soldiers or sailors were goingto do when they returned home
with that marshmallow root.
Anyway, nonetheless, and thenhonoring the dead and such
(13:50):
Apparently a place that somegrave sites.
It's a symbolism of peace andprotection, so that's kind of
cool and that comes fromsentient metaphysics.
That's a lot more of anappropriate name the magical
spot.
So these are all the neat thingsthat I learned about
marshmallows and I thought itwas kind of funny.
(14:10):
Well, here's a quick thought,real quick, before I touch on
something else that we spokeabout slang for marshmallow.
I was like what's like a slangterm where you're like you're a
marshmallow or something likethat.
Hey, you know, whatever right.
So all that really came up wasgenerally implies that the
person who has said marshmallowis soft, weak or easily
influenced.
(14:31):
So yeah, so if you're amarshmallow, that's not a
compliment.
Guys out there in podcast 90.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
It's a nicer way of saying you're softer than baby
shit.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Yeah, I guess so.
And then to touch on theconversation we had based on
this fantastic plant known asthe marshmallow, with its white
and pink Flowers.
What is a marsh, anyway, youknow?
Is it a swamp?
What's the difference between aswamp and a marsh?
I don't know, because obviouslythat's where the name comes
from.
Yeah, I'm not sure.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Like in a bog Like are they all related?
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Well, yeah, I guess.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
Yeah, like what would the Everglades be?
Is that a marshland Marsh, Idon't know?
Like so.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
I think they say swamp, but I don't know this is
yet another can of worms thatthe hard-hitting journalist at I
Sell Stories brings to yoursense.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Yeah, we want everybody to look into this.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
What defines a marsh?
We don't have the answer.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
Well, I'm sure I can look it up real quick.
What is a marsh?
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Probably some other Google that's ever giving yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
A marsh is a type of wetland and area of land where
water covers the ground for longperiods.
That's it.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Okay, so I think it's a marsh.
The flats are grass from thecabin or a wetland, so it's a
marsh.
The flats are grass from thecabin or wetland, so they're a
marsh.
But what differentiates a marshfrom a bog?
Speaker 1 (16:03):
I don't know, is there a beast there?
Okay, hopefully not.
I think a bog beast woulddefine it as said bog.
Okay, yeah, I thought thatchecks out Right on.
Hey, are there any treats thatare made from marshmallow or
have marshmallow that you findacceptable in one?
(16:23):
Just curious.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
I mean, s'mores are acceptable, but it's like the
marshmallows, and don't use barfchocolate, people.
I won't I guess I don't know ifwe're going to get sued if I
say but a very famous Americancompany.
Europeans often claim thattheir chocolate tastes like
vomit because it in fact doescontain a chemical found in that
barf.
(16:47):
So sorry, yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Another sunny turn, hershey's milk chocolate bars.
Yeah, sorry.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
The milk barf chocolate bars didn't have the
same ring.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
So now that everybody's thoroughly Educated
on Hershey's chocolate and barfand how they're the same thing,
I'm gonna tell you why and Ilooked it up real quick Because
I tell stories Hard hittingjournalism All angles, guys but
it stems from the presence ofbutyric acid, a compound also
(17:19):
found in rancid butter and vomit.
They use this to, uh, they usethis to break down the fats in
the milk to make vomit chocolatefor us fat americans, all right
.
So now that we all know that,are we smarter for that, owen?
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
More educated, I would say, and there are
actually out in your neck of thewoods.
Moonstruck Chocolate makesnon-barf chocolate.
That's from America, portlandOregon.
Nice I imagine you can buy that.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
Yeah, boogie's Bodega , first Avenue, North Billings.
Montana there we are Good plugmy can.
Yeah, so there we are.
Good plug, my friend.
Yeah, they carry Moonstruckchocolate.
Non-vomit chocolate is carriedat Boogie's Bodega Okay, in
Billings Montana.
God bless, god bless.
And on that note, on this finespring day, I feel like I hope
everybody has a great day,morning, evening, whatever
(18:16):
you're doing out there.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Podcastlandia, and please inform us on your
thoughts on bogs, marshes,wetlands and swamps.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
Yes, reach out.
Much love everybody.
Oh, boy, boy.
Hey, what's up bro?
How's this lovely day treatingyou in this springtime?
It's Easter-y, you know?
Ish, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Easter's on 420 this year, so will zombie Jesus be
getting baked I?
Speaker 1 (00:18):
don't know.
$5 question it is.
It is it's very I don't know.
Inquiring minds must know Iguess it is.
It's very I don't know.
Inquiring minds must know, Iguess.
So peeps are made ofmarshmallows, right?
This is like the marshmallowseason, guys.
Besides, like cocoa marshmallowtime right now.
(00:39):
It's insane.
And then you step into thesummertime, you got your
campfires and you got yourscouts out there with their
handkerchiefs and their roastsand their marshmallows and doing
things.
I don't know what they do.
I don't know what a scout does.
Were you a scout, owen?
I was not.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
No, I was not, so I'm unaware.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Yeah, I used to scout for the best prices of weed
when I was a kid.
That was all I remember.
You know who's got the best bagman.
You know, throughout all this,I'm just going to drop it.
So Nicole likes Peeps so thisactually does come from Peeps,
by the way.
And then she had a bag ofmarshmallows that were shaped
(01:19):
like Easter bunnies and such,and I was like marshmallows.
I'm like huh, I wonder whatthey're actually made from.
It's just like sugar and waterall fluffed up.
Pretty much is what I assumed,and so I looked at it Collagen,
yeah, collagen, yeah, exactly.
And so when I looked it up,though, holy fuck bro, there's a
marshmallow plant.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Huh, yes, and I had to wonder does that grow by the
Twinkie shrub?
I was picturing just a plantthat you like pluck.
You know the small ones, thelittle marshmallows for your hot
cocoa, and then some more asyou go to the bigger Right.
But no, it turns out, it'sactually quite lovely looking.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Right Plants.
Yeah, it's a nice little, anice plant.
Well, it gets kind of tall,right.
You know the stats on it.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
I don't have the stats, but this marshmallow
plant, sorry, I'm just soexcited when he told me to the
people used to smoke it or maybe, maybe still do, and actually
that's something yeah, you'rejumping ahead here, guy.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
The marshmallow plants got a lot of uses people,
so nonetheless, what does itlook like?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
ow, Owen, I guess when it's, you know, in its
marsh is its natural environment.
So the best conditions it cangrow up to 8 to 10 feet tall and
has a velvety sage green.
Has velvety sage green stemsand leaves.
The flowers bloom from June tolate autumn and are a lovely
(02:44):
looking pink and white.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
I've seen the white ones.
Yeah, I didn't know they gotpink too.
That's really cool.
So no marshmallow fruit though.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
No, although it appears that the Egyptians were
the first to use it not only forconfections you know what we
think you know for sweet stuffbut they would also fry it with
onion and garlic, just eating itas a vegetable Right.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Yeah, that's pretty crazy.
Typically, this is the rootthat they're using, from what I
understand.
Yeah, so it's like the sap fromthe root, and it was mixed with
honey and like nuts and createdlike kind of an early version
of a marshmallow candy.
Apparently is what thoseEgyptian fellows and fellowettes
did.
They're in the 19th century,though.
In France of all places.
(03:30):
Owen, who would have thunkFrance, came up with some new
food.
Confectioners refined therecipe by whipping the mallow
root sap with egg whites andsugar, creating a light, fluffy
treat known as the pâté deGuamava.
I don't know, owen, do you havethat down anywhere?
I can't pronounce it, guys.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
No, I think you got pate right, but I don't know.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Yeah, de guamava, I don't know.
However, though, people outthere, it was kind of a pain in
the butt to get the sap out ofthese roots, because I actually
watched a video on it andthey're really like squeezing
the sap out of out of theseroots and such, and it doesn't
seem like a very it's not aquick process.
So the French chefs apparentlythey tried to figure out a
(04:14):
better way to do it so theycould mass produce it, because
marshmallows were hit people.
They were big in France, elFrancais uh-huh ellen.
Isn't that what it's like overthere?
Speaker 2 (04:24):
I don't know, yeah I'm not sure, I've never been
but neither have I.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Yeah, so you know they came up with a better way,
and gelatin was a relatively uh,new invention at the time.
I think is what I read summerno notes.
People don't totally hold me tothat one, but it's pretty new
in the time and they they usedthat instead of the malo root
and our marshmallow of today wasborn For all you peep lovers
and cocoa lovers and campfireschmor people schmor-ing it up.
(04:52):
Do you want some schmor, owen?
No, thank you.
Oh, what about more detailsabout the mallow plant?
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yes, it's also a relative of the hibiscus
hollyhocks and okra.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
That's crazy.
You know what I think cannabisis.
Actually, wasn't it related tohibiscus and the eucalyptus as
well?
So it's kind of crazy thathibiscus gets around which?
Speaker 2 (05:23):
also makes delicious jamaica.
No one's ever tried a wonderfulMexican beverage.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Jamaica.
Is that with hibiscus?
Is that what you're saying?
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Jamaica's the drink, and it's made from the hibiscus
plant.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Yeah, that's crazy, because I just immediately
thought of fromica, which youuse to put on counters, and I
was like what the fuck?
Hibiscus, yeah, I know, thoughtof from mica, which you use to
put on counters, and I was likewhat the fuck is this?
So, anyway, the mallow, themarshmallow plant, it, uh, one
of its medicinal uses.
It soothes the mucus membranes.
So all you people out theretaking all these these weird
syrups of today, just go findyou a marshmallow plant.
(06:00):
You know the root is rich inmucilage, gel-like substance.
It coats the throat, stomachand intestines.
It helps relieve sore throatops, bronchitis and even stomach
ulcers.
That's crazy.
So it has an inflammationreducer too.
These, uh, this source isgolden poppy herbscom.
So just everybody out thereknows, okay, yeah, also it's
good for, like, skin and woundhealing.
(06:21):
When it's applied it uh,reduces inflammation is what I
keep reading.
And it also can contain rashesand insect bites, which I'm
assuming would have to do withthe inflammation.
Let's see if there's anythingelse.
Natural pain relief forteething and dental health
that's crazy, jeez, you put iton your gums like Coke,
apparently, people.
(06:41):
So that's For all you who grewup in the 80s.
If you were alive in the 80s,you know what I'm talking about.
So regulates blood sugar levels, owen.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
I was 10 when the 80s ended.
I wasn't putting coke in my gum.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Yeah, but we came from that era.
Okay, there was coke residueall over the 90s in the form of
crack, cocaine and such things,and then we got it.
All the math got all crazy backthen.
That's, that's the thing.
But you know what?
This one kind of trips me outbecause it regulates blood sugar
levels, apparently, and it'sjust funny to me because it's a
marshmallow plant and it helpswith your lower your blood sugar
(07:21):
.
God, I can't talk again.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
The Latin name.
I don't speak, I'm not beingable to speak.
I believe Alcea AficinalisMeans heal or cure.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Oh wow, yeah, a lot of anti-inflammatory stuff which
you know Is kind of most of ouraches and pains.
Out there, people Out there inpodcast land.
I feel good about thismarshmallow episode.
Owen, I'm just up there, Idon't know, maybe it's the
Durban poison.
I'm unsure you there.
I don't know, maybe it's theDurban poison, I'm unsure you
haven't been smoking marshmallowroot.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Is that what they smoke?
Speaker 1 (07:53):
the root.
I don't know, that's a thingI'm unsure about that here.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Oh, smoking I tried to look it up and it said that
there was limited research onsmoking of the marshmallow plant
.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Sorry, it's okay.
So from Sentient Metaphysicsthat's my source here Smoking,
it's a smoking alternative.
The dried leaves of themarshmallow plant marshmallow
plant people have been used as abase for herbal smoking blends.
You know those weird fuckingcigar cigarette things that I
don't know.
Cloves I think they put them incloves man.
(08:27):
I think that's like somethingthey use when they blend those
cloves cigarettes.
Also, I did read that and it'snot in these notes I have in
front of me, but I read multipletimes that it does kind of have
like a euphoric slash buzzyfeeling, like an upper sort of.
So if you smoke the pure stuff,guys, you know not this other
(08:48):
stuff Getting marshmallow rooted, yeah, oh, yeah, oh okay.
Here's some other things that Ifound out about this.
In some spiritual rituals,marshmallows often burned as
incense or added to cleansingbaths to purify spaces.
It's something that people useto purify, I guess, I don't know
(09:10):
.
Anyway, and then also on thislist of things that it's so good
for, that's kind of out there,like the odd things that it's
involved in, sort of it'ssupposed to enhance psychic
abilities and divination people.
Yeah, if you want to be divine,apparently you need to go get
you a marshmallow plant, and youknow, what's weird is like it's
(09:30):
a mallow plant right and itgrows in a marsh, I don't know.
It's funny to me that it's likekind of spelled Like when you
think marshmallow, to me it'slike one word, but in a lot of
these instances it's like amarsh mallow.
You know what I'm saying.
What a day, lovely day.
(09:51):
So apparently it's using a lotof love and fertility spells too
.
Owen, yeah, so if you got you alady friend or a guy friend or
whatever you're up to, whateveryou got going on in your life,
get you a marshmallow plant yeah, supposed to help with your
seed, yeah.
Anyway, I don't know man, I'mjust going what else do you got
(10:16):
on this marshmallow thing we gotgoing on here, owen?
Speaker 2 (10:23):
One of my earliest memories of marshmallows,
throwing one in the fire by thecabin in Idaho that's one of the
like long gone hillbillyneighbors that I was playing
with their kids.
And the guy said, you know,keep in mind, it's like 1986,
let's say, and I threw amarshmallow in the fire and he
was like well, we don't have themoney, we're not from
California, just throwmarshmallows in the fire.
(10:45):
And you and just throwmarshmallows in the fire.
And you know, I kept quiet butI thought to myself, like sir,
can you break a penny?
Because that marshmallow costsfucking like less than nothing,
practically Like let me go to mypiggy bank and get the.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
So it's a different country out there, but I was
like okay, like yeah, I've neverfelt so affluent throwing a
marshmallow in the fire at sevenyears old.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Yeah, well, that's the thing you know.
When stupid people try to teachyou life lessons, owen, you
know they don't come out withthe best results.
They get made fun of 30-some40-odd years later Pushing 40.
Yeah, there you are.
Yeah, I don't know.
Think about all the shit thatwe use marshmallows for though
it's mellow, I'm gonna try tostart saying that different
(11:32):
Marshmallow, it's notmarshmallow.
You know that's how everybodyin the US pronounces it.
All you European and whatnotfolks out there, african and
such, and South American, mexico, canada you know all those
countries.
Listen to us.
Owen, shout out to Germany.
That's our number two behindthe US people, those Germans out
(11:56):
there, you know so much respect.
You can visit us atpitlocksupplycom as well and
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(12:17):
music and some other things andyou know, also like support the
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their people.
It's right in front of yourface.
You have no excuses anymore tosupport these stories about
marshmallows getting you highand stuff and, you know, helping
with your fertile natures.
Yeah, so I mean, besides, likeall the love and fertility
(12:39):
spells, you know, the promotionof contraception.
Maybe that's.
That's not what marshmallows do, conception apparently.
Sorry.
And the source?
If I didn't already say it isMagical Spot, that is the
website, anyway nonetheless,that sounds like it could lead
(12:59):
you to a different book.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Never mind, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
Magical Spot yeah it seemed like a hippie website.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
I'm unsure, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
I don't know.
I don't know, magic move box.
Yeah, it seemed like a hippiewebsite.
I'm unsure, I don't know.
It's anyway nonetheless, ohgosh, this marshmallow talk.
So anyway, another thing issafe return home and protection
for travelers.
So it's like the St Christopherof confections, I guess, or the
plant is.
Anyway, the root of a vase ofmarshmallow flowers placed in a
(13:28):
window was believed to guidelost loved ones home safely.
This practice was commonly usedby families awaiting the return
of soldiers or sailors.
That was kind of cool.
Yet again for a magical spot,you know, I wonder what those
soldiers or sailors were goingto do when they returned home
with that marshmallow root.
Anyway, nonetheless, and thenhonoring the dead and such
(13:50):
Apparently a place that somegrave sites.
It's a symbolism of peace andprotection, so that's kind of
cool and that comes fromsentient metaphysics.
That's a lot more of anappropriate name the magical
spot.
So these are all the neat thingsthat I learned about
marshmallows and I thought itwas kind of funny.
(14:10):
Well, here's a quick thought,real quick, before I touch on
something else that we spokeabout slang for marshmallow.
I was like what's like a slangterm where you're like you're a
marshmallow or something likethat.
Hey, you know, whatever right.
So all that really came up wasgenerally implies that the
person who has said marshmallowis soft, weak or easily
influenced.
(14:31):
So yeah, so if you're amarshmallow, that's not a
compliment.
Guys out there in podcast 90.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
It's a nicer way of saying you're softer than baby
shit.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Yeah, I guess so.
And then to touch on theconversation we had based on
this fantastic plant known asthe marshmallow, with its white
and pink Flowers.
What is a marsh, anyway, youknow?
Is it a swamp?
What's the difference between aswamp and a marsh?
I don't know, because obviouslythat's where the name comes
from.
Yeah, I'm not sure.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Like in a bog Like are they all related?
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Well, yeah, I guess.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
Yeah, like what would the Everglades be?
Is that a marshland Marsh, Idon't know?
Like so.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
I think they say swamp, but I don't know this is
yet another can of worms thatthe hard-hitting journalist at I
Sell Stories brings to yoursense.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Yeah, we want everybody to look into this.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
What defines a marsh?
We don't have the answer.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
Well, I'm sure I can look it up real quick.
What is a marsh?
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Probably some other Google that's ever giving yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
A marsh is a type of wetland and area of land where
water covers the ground for longperiods.
That's it.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Okay, so I think it's a marsh.
The flats are grass from thecabin or a wetland, so it's a
marsh.
The flats are grass from thecabin or wetland, so they're a
marsh.
But what differentiates a marshfrom a bog?
Speaker 1 (16:03):
I don't know, is there a beast there?
Okay, hopefully not.
I think a bog beast woulddefine it as said bog.
Okay, yeah, I thought thatchecks out Right on.
Hey, are there any treats thatare made from marshmallow or
have marshmallow that you findacceptable in one?
(16:23):
Just curious.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
I mean, s'mores are acceptable, but it's like the
marshmallows, and don't use barfchocolate, people.
I won't I guess I don't know ifwe're going to get sued if I
say but a very famous Americancompany.
Europeans often claim thattheir chocolate tastes like
vomit because it in fact doescontain a chemical found in that
barf.
(16:47):
So sorry, yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Another sunny turn, hershey's milk chocolate bars.
Yeah, sorry.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
The milk barf chocolate bars didn't have the
same ring.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
So now that everybody's thoroughly Educated
on Hershey's chocolate and barfand how they're the same thing,
I'm gonna tell you why and Ilooked it up real quick Because
I tell stories Hard hittingjournalism All angles, guys but
it stems from the presence ofbutyric acid, a compound also
(17:19):
found in rancid butter and vomit.
They use this to, uh, they usethis to break down the fats in
the milk to make vomit chocolatefor us fat americans, all right
.
So now that we all know that,are we smarter for that, owen?
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
More educated, I would say, and there are
actually out in your neck of thewoods.
Moonstruck Chocolate makesnon-barf chocolate.
That's from America, portlandOregon.
Nice I imagine you can buy that.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
Yeah, boogie's Bodega , first Avenue, North Billings.
Montana there we are Good plugmy can.
Yeah, so there we are.
Good plug, my friend.
Yeah, they carry Moonstruckchocolate.
Non-vomit chocolate is carriedat Boogie's Bodega Okay, in
Billings Montana.
God bless, god bless.
And on that note, on this finespring day, I feel like I hope
everybody has a great day,morning, evening, whatever
(18:16):
you're doing out there.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Podcastlandia, and please inform us on your
thoughts on bogs, marshes,wetlands and swamps.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
Yes, reach out.
Much love everybody.
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