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News and Views
Plush Marshmallows?
Mr. Mallow really likes these beautifully
designed plush-sewn marshmallows. Here's a link to more about them and
where they may be purchased.
http://nobleknightkaeru.deviantart.com/#/d4g3h68
Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Minty Mallows
are back! We just purchased a few boxes and are savoring their
melt-in-your-mouth mintiness! Get them at Trader Joes!
Save the Fire Pits
2011
(San Diego, CA)
Marshmallow roasters throughout
California are again rallying to help save the fire pits of San Diego
from Mayor Sanders's budget cuts. Here is a good website with
information and more things we can do
http://www.savethefirepits.com/
The National
Marshmallow Roasters Institute will donate a portion of the sales of
our products to save the fire pits! Buy a mug or tee-shirt, clock or
tote bag at our
NMRI store to show your pride
in marshmallow roasting, and we can help save the fire pits. $1 of
every $5 NMRI membership in 2011 will go to save the fire pits when
you join the NMRI.
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Tara's Mallow Reviews!
From time-to-time, our esteemed NMRI
Public Information Officer and Media Specialist, Tara, reviews
scrumptious Marshmallow Products.
Her latest reviews are for:
Plush Puffs Orange-Honey Marshmallows
Whole Foods Vanilla Bean Marshmallows
Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Minty Mallows
The Candy Professor
The Candy Professor,
Samira
Kawash, PhD, provides the definitive
write-up of a history of marshmallow roasting in
Marshmallow Chronicles
Part I and
Part II. We certainly
enjoyed the research and writing, and it makes us want to read about
other candies and confections. Thank you, Professor!
Mallow
Color Continuum
(Oslo, Norway)
The Roasted Mallow Color Continuum
was revised in Oslo, March 3rd, 2011 by the European Order
of the Mallow and the President, NMRI. Note the "OOPS" color that the
judges have determined to be a valid color, owing to the fact that so many
of our roasters really like that charred, flaming taste.
Caren Slaughter, our newest member from
Folsom California, enjoys her mallows crispy with an abundance of ash.
We know she'll be delighted at the latest update to the Mallow Color
Continuum above.
The Marshmallow Guy
Ever wish you had a Marshmallow
Roasting Machine? Well Gary,
The Marshmallow Guy, has just
that for your catered events!
We may have to make Gary an honorary
member of the National Marshmallow Roasters Institute. His is just the
kind of 0utside-the-Graham Cracker-Box thinking we applaud!
S'more-tini anyone?
Our
esteemed Professor of Mallow Lore and Director of Foreign Affairs,
Nancy
Karasevich, has perfected her latest adult beverage ...
the S'more-tini.
We'll be ordering this at our favorite Malibu California hangout after
a hard day roasting on the beach. Join us at the
Sunset Restaurant & Beach Bar.
Wipe the rim of a chilled martini glass
with a lemon slice. Gently place the rim of the glass down into a bed
of finely crushed graham crackers. Remove from crushed graham crackers
and set aside.
Shake 1 1/2 oz Effen Vodka in ice.
Pour gently into the martini glass, being carefull not to disturb the
graham cracker crumbs on the edge.
Garnish with two mini-marshmallows above
one Trader Joe's, or other fine French Chocolate Truffle on a martini
skewer.
Enjoy ... and have S'more!
Giant S'mores!
(Welcome our newest members: Jake & Megan!)
We have to try this at our Sacramento
Marshmallow Festival! Have you seen the giant
Campfire marshmallows in
your grocery stores?
2" x 2" Giant Roasters
1. Place one whole Hershey's chocolate
bar on a whole graham cracker.
2. Roast one of these giant roasters (on a SmorStix skewer).
3. Place the mallow on the Chocolate bar.
4. Cover with another whole graham cracker.
Mmmm..... S'mores!
Board Promotion
The NMRI
board is proud to announce that Tara Melavic, RN, has been promoted to
Vice-President and Safety of Roasting Consulting Nurse. Tara will
retain her position as Public Information Officer and Media Specialist
until a qualified candidate for the position is found. (Who says
becoming a nurse doesn't have its perks?)
PlushPuffs a hit at
the party!
(Sacramento, CA) As we tweeted earlier, the
PlushPuff gourmet marshmallows were a big hit at our party last
Saturday. Our band, Mister Mallow and the Roasters,
went for a sample between sets, but they were all gone. That's good
news because now we'll just have to order more (and a separate stash
for the band!) We enjoyed the Simply S'mores, Caramel Swirl, and
Vanilla Bean marshmallows. You can order them too for your next gig at
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Annual Bexley Chapter
Roast
(Bexley, OH)
The Annual
Bexley Ohio Chapter Roast - last June 19th was a roasting success! And
it's coming up once again this June.
Yes. Ken Grace will once again host
the sanctioned NMRI event in Bexley Ohio. He's our Vice-President,
Research and Development at the Columbus Ohio NMRI Institute. As usual this will be a potluck, campout and of course,
Marshmallow Roast!
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Jerry Grinstead (Aka Mr. Mallow)
President and Director of Social Media
National Marshmallow Roasters Institute
IL'Institut internationale des rôtissoires des Guimauves
© 2010 | Droits de reproduction et
de diffusion
réservés
Your email
address will Never
be turned over to the Department of Homeland Security, to any
congressional commission, or given to any of the Americanized Russian
spies living among us, Ever.
I promise.
(Not even if they waterboard us again!)
Congratulations!! Nancy
Karasevich, MPPA, BSN, RN, has been promoted to Vice-President for Foreign Affairs after
many satisfying years as the NMRI Secretary under the President
Undersecretary to the President. Her first assignment was to France
and Italy in June, 2011.
Congratulations!!
Susan Warner, MSN, RN, has been promoted to NMRI
Undersecretary to the President. Said Ms Warner, "I hope my time under the
President will be even half as satisfying for him as it was with Ms
Karasevich! I've rather large stockings to fill!"
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Marshmallow roasting can be
a thirsty job. Get your official mug for hot chocolate, with
mini-marshmallows of course! |
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Now you can stay
hydrated during those vigorous roasts with your Official NMRI SIGG
waterbottle! Just like the judges use! |
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The Official NMRI Mr. Mallow Judges's hat:
"When you just want to be taken seriously!" |
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You'll always know when it's time to roast with
the official Mr. Mallow wall clock. Check out the clock in the Oval
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We carry all our marshmallows, chocolate bars and
graham crackers in our NMRI tote bag.
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New products are being added all the time, so visit often!
All profits
are put back into the NMRI Virtual Think Tank
to bring our Mallow
Philosophy
not just to you, but to roasters everywhere.
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Join NMRI today!
Any amount is welcome,
but for a mere $5 donation, we'll send you a laminated NMRI membership
card and a welcoming letter from Mr. Mallow. The Membership Card identifies you as an official Mallow Roasting Judge
Extraordinaire, whose decisions are foremost and final! We'll need your
Name and address to mail it to you.
Sample Membership Card
front below:
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Don't have a PayPal
account, but still want to join and get a
membership card?
You can always just send a donation with your name and address by postal mail to:
Jerry
Grinstead
NMR Institute
Membership
6377 Parkcreek Circle
Citrus Heights, CA 95621
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NMRI Quiver
The
president's
SmorStix Quiver, just right for the roasts on the beaches in Santa
Cruz, CA, is shown below. It holds as many SmorStix roasting skewers as I
need. I'll be wearing it as I pass out and collect skewers at our
Marshmallow Roasts.
Do you
know how hard it is to get a quiver and SmorStix through customs and
security at International Airports. If it weren't for the fact that one of
the agents at the airport in Tunis is an esteemed member of the NMR
Institute, I might still be in that Tunisian jail cell!
A
perfectly roasted mallow
The NMR Institute Virtual Band!
Mr. Mallow's Golden Skewer
Award Winning web site!
Web site design by
http://www.nmrinstitute.com
In the US: The
NMR Institute © 2009 | All Rights Reserved
In Europe: IL'Institut internationale des rôtissoires des Guimauves
© 2010 | Droits de reproduction et
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Disclaimer: We take no
responsibility for burned or dropped marshmallows, blistered fingers or tongues,
ants in sleeping bags, lost (or confiscated) skewers at airports, stomach aches, wet wood,
rain, acts of God that ruin your NMRI roasts, or the fickleness of the American
voter to elect anyone competent to positions above dog-catcher. All parts of this site may be
printed, reproduced, plagiarized by any means, other than by typewriter (what's
that???), with the
stone-chiseled permission of Mister Mallow at the National Marshmallow Roasters Institute.
No Very few fur-bearing
animals were harmed during the creation of this web site (There was a gerbil
that got caught in a bag of marshmallows in San Francisco, and died eating his way out (what a
pleasant way to go, though). Allergy alert: Marshmallows used in competition do contain gelatin, but we doubt they
will make you gravely or debilitatingly ill, unless you are a level 4
or 5 Vegan. Not recommended for persons with sugar-restricted diets.
Marshmallows may cause irritability, sleeplessness or implosive constipation
(ouch!) after prolonged
consumption. Contents under pressure when heated over open flame. BHT added to
preserve freshness (Mmmm...BHT).
Caution: Marshmallows have recently been found to cause some laboratory rats to
rip through their cages, fly across the room and brutally murder innocent rhesus monkeys at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Shake monkeys
well before using.
Please use a handsfree device for your cell phone while roasting. Marshmallows
are not
to be combined with other radioisotopes except under the advice of an official
NMRI Roasting Judge or our staff cellular and molecular biologist at the
institute. Avoid prolonged exposure to campfires.
The truth is out there. Use no hooks without proper bait. Eight is your lucky
number. This site not endorsed by Republicans, Democrats or anyone ever elected. Please refrain from roasting marshmallows without
proper NMRI supervision.
NMRI literature printed on recycled pre-deceased trees that were determined to
have fallen of their own free will (without making a sound in the forest,
of course). Level
5 Vegans (those who eat nothing that casts a shadow) are awarded honorary membership,
when and if they ever come down (or are hog-tied and lowered into the waiting
arms of the nice police officers) from tree-sitting in the Redwood Trees in Northern California.
Disputes between roasters will be mediated by the International Order of the
Mallow in Paris France during the NMRI Festival of the Mallow, on the Champs
Elysee at Cafe Etats Unis, the third Wednesday in June in Leap years at
midnight.... Wenn Gott will, natürlich!
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