Smores are an essential of any campfire and summer camp experience. In this short episode, we discuss how to make the best one.
Hello and welcome to there’s no place like summer camp. I’m your host Andrew Waterhouse and in today’s episode we’re taking a look at how to make the best s’more. So come into our tent, and I’ll spill the beans.
Coronavirus Update
Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of there’s no place like summer camp I hope you’re doing well on this fantastic Tuesday. I think the weather in the UK recently has been amazing and of course it has been when we’re all in lockdown still, which is a bit of a strange situation to be honest. You know, because the coronavirus is ongoing but we’re told to not stay at home anymore just to stay aware and it doesn’t really feel right still go out. We are in a changing phase at the moment and I hope in a few months we’ll be able to look back on this as just a really weird time that hopefully prepares us better for the future. But anyway, speaking of the coronavirus. There’s no coronavirus update from the summer camp agencies.
we have a new Podcast trailer!
So we’re going to be cracking on straight away with this episode but before I begin, I’d like to just announce that there’s a new trailer for the podcast that’s been created, you may notice it if you’re on Spotify. I think it will actually be on other podcasts, as well so that’s something to talk about. Hopefully it provides a bit more insight into those that are just scrolling through podcasts and want to have a little bit of a taste of what there’s no place like summer camp actually is. Now they can because there’s a trailer.
what is a s’more?
Okay, so in this episode we’re going to be taking a look at s’mores. And first of all, the first question that I have is what is a s’more, because this is something that even though I go on a hell of a load of campouts in the UK through scouts and cubs and that sort of thing. I didn’t really have much of an inkling of what a s’more actually was but when I applied to camp America, and I was told that I was going to be an outdoor living specialist, everyone was like, “Oh my god, you’re gonna be having s’more around the campfire!”  and I didn’t really know what one was until I started googling it.
So what a s’more actually is and if you are new here, I have done two summers of doing camp America. And that was my job, two summers so I think I’m quite experienced now to define what a s’more is. Okay, so a s’more is basically a roasted marshmallow, which is in between two chunks of chocolate, and then two graham crackers, so it’s a massive big sandwich of tasty goodness really so that’s pretty much what a s’more is.
how to make the best s’more
Let’s crack on with the actual recipe for one of these is. So, first of all you need two graham crackers which seems to be a little bit tricky to get in the UK. I’m pretty sure if you do a google online you’ll be able to find some sort of knockoff of a graham cracker but officially you want the official graham cracker brand. And you may be able to find these in like the Tesco American aisle, you know, like in Tescos they have that little section of American goodies… And they seem to be really overpriced for what they are but because they’re official American products sort of thing you don’t mind paying that little bit extra. I think you could find graham crackers here and literally all they are is like a really thin, like graham cracker type of thing is quite sugary.
Now, the best s’more, I would say that you need four chunks of Hershey’s, which is two chunks for each side of the s’more.