S'more of what?

S'mores are hard to come by in China. Chocolate is abundant. Fire is easy. Marshmallows are imported and therefore pricey. Graham Crackers are near impossible to find so we used the Chinese alternative, "digestives" - they are close enough. Altogether we had over 100 people attend the bonfire. These kids and staff work so hard during the week, it is nice to be able to let down on a Friday night. Chyloe made the fatal (almost literally) mistake of opening up the marshmallow bags before the fire had died down. Try telling 74 kids, none of whom have ever roasted a marshmallow before, that they need to have patience and wait for the fire to die down a bit before roasting their white, sugary, puffs of goodness. Not a single Chinese person present had ever eaten a s'more before. We had enough supplies to make about 100 s'mores - enough for everybody to have one (after doing the math we ended up paying about $1 per s'more, and it was worth every penny). I asked Thomas (age 8) how many s'mores he had eaten - he said 2. I then asked his sister Ashley (age 9) how many she ate - she said 3. Thomas then admitted the truth, "i had 3 also."