Plumper Pumpkin S'mores for Four and Fire Pit Rental

You may remember Plumper Pumpkin as the pumpkin patch we visited after previously doing their drive-through safari.

https://sporktogo.blogspot.com/2020/05/plumper-pumpkin-farm-safari.html

https://sporktogo.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-plumper-pumpkin-patch.html 

They are also a Christmas tree farm.

(Yes, we had already known that.)

You can still buy Christmas trees and wreaths, and if you have to wear a mask and stay a bit further apart from the other customers, that option is still there.

We went for another reason: a half hour rental of their fire pits.

That came with a 4 person s'more kit. Four sticks bound together had a plastic baggie hanging from it, with eight Graham crackers, four marshmallows, and a chocolate bar. (You can purchase additional kits in the farm store, but you could probably also bring your own additional supplies. What you are really paying for is the time.)

We toasted our marshmallows in sisterly solidarity. 

This was the first time we had roasted marshmallows since childhood, and actually the first time we made actual s'mores with them. (For some reason my parents always brought marshmallows, but not Graham crackers and chocolate.)

My sisters quickly burned theirs, but I was determined to only toast mine. As a child, even though I knew there was a level where it was not how you were supposed to do it, how could you even know that your marshmallow was thoroughly roasted if it never caught fire? This time though, I was going to have a merely brown marshmallow.

It was nice to know that I could do it, but also I am glad the three of us had an extra marshmallow, because it turns out that I still need to see it burn. I nonetheless made a perfectly acceptable s'more. I do suspect that everything melts more easily in the summer.

Nonetheless, a wintry outdoor fire is great, and smells good, and we neither needed to stoke or build it. Then, when we were ready to leave, as they don't reuse the sticks it is perfectly fine to drop them into the fire and see how quickly they flare up and burn. A toast (-ed marshmallow) to s'mores!

We really enjoyed out time. If you want to also get a tree or other greenery while you are there, it is very convenient. There is also information on how to do a contact-less purchase, as well as information on the fire pit rental, on the main farm page.

Merry Christmas!

http://plumperpumpkins.com/christmas_trees.php