Peeps
Peeps in cooking
While many people eat marshmallow Peeps straight out of the package, they can also be used in a variety of recipes. Peeps can be used as ingredients in such desserts as marshmallow crisp treats, fondue, and sores. Peeps are also put into mugs of hot cocoa; the chicks will float upright until the increasing warmth causes them to dissolve. Although they are made of marshmallow, it is difficult to toast Peeps over a campfire, as the sugar coating tends to burn and become unpalatable.[citation needed]
One way to eat Peeps is to “age” them by leaving an open package in a cupboard for weeks or months. This gives the Peeps a crisper density, similar to meringue cookies or the hard “ice cream” marshmallow topping on candy ice cream cones.[citation needed] Another is to eat them frozen.
Peeps can also be eaten out of the microwave. This is often done in conjunction with “Peep Jousting”, a game in which two Peeps are placed in the microwave with toothpicks stuck in them. The Peeps expand in the microwave, the player whose Peep pierces the other Peep gets the honor of eating both hot and gooey Peeps.
Contests and competitions
An annual “Peep Off” is held in Maryland on the first Saturday after Easter, when Peeps are greatly discounted. The first such event was arranged by Shawn Sparks in 1994, and had only six participants. Dave Smith started Sacramento’s record holding annual Peep Off after contacting Jack Eidsness, a participant in the first Peep Off, with a question about it, through Mr. Eidsness’ Peep-themed website. Peeps are often added into non-traditional menu items. Brian Beecher and Crystal Carlsberg incorporated peeps into their award winning dessert grilled cheese sandwich, the “Cake and Mivens,” which won the 2008 Grilled Cheese Invitational in Los Angeles.
The Seattle Times has an annual contest of Peeps used in photos. The St. Paul Pioneer Press was the first newspaper to hold an annual Peeps diorama contest and receives hundreds of entries every year. The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and other newspapers also hold a Peeps diorama contest every Easter.
Indestructibility
Peeps are sometimes jokingly described as “indestructible”. In 1999, scientists at Emory University performed experiments on batches of Peeps to see how easily they could be dissolved, burned or otherwise disintegrated, using such agents as cigarette smoke, boiling water and liquid nitrogen. They claimed that the eyes of the confectionery “wouldn’t dissolve in anything”. Furthermore, Peeps are insoluble in acetone, water, sulfuric acid, and sodium hydroxide.
References
^ Lehner, Marla (2003-04-17). “The Power of Peeps”. Fox News. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,84455,00.html. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
^ “Peeps: A candy and a technological wonder”. Associated Press. USA Today. 2003-04-16. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-04-16-peeps_x.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
^ Zimmer, Erin (April 2, 2009). Peeps Lip Balm, Reviewed. http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/04/peeps-lip-balm-reviewed.html.
^ Mui, Ylan Q. (July 9, 2009). “Peeps Are Hopping to Their Own Store at National Harbor”. WashingtonPost.com. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/08/AR2009070803978.html?hpid=artslot.
^ Jack Eidsness (before April 1996). “The unofficial Marshmallow Peep page”. http://peep.peril.org/peepoff.html. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
^ Vincent P. Bzdek (11 April 2004). “50 years of turning Easter into one big Peeps show”. Oakland Tribune (reprinted from Washington Post article). http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20040411/ai_n14573992/print. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
^ Severson, Kim (April 3 1999). “Peeps Rule Roost”. San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/1999/04/03/MN87101.DTL. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
^ “What Do You Call a Guy Who Cuts Apart Peeps?”. U S News. October 3 1999. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/991011/archive_002077.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
^ http://www.peepresearch.org/solubility.html
External links
Peeps Official Website
Tour of the Peeps Factory
Peep Research
How Atmospheric Pressure Affects Objects (Audio slideshow, featuring Peeps, from the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory)
Peeps Documentary
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