After Mervin’s death, the café had been closed down, everything put away and disposable food stuffs thrown out, but in the cupboards Bonnie found all manner of cooking utensils and appliances. She came across a huge industrial whisk, but the sheer size of the thing was overwhelming. Instead, she emerged from the kitchen with a wire hand whisk, brandishing it like a weapon.
Once the egg was fluffy, she ground the drying powder some more, then mixed a little of it with water until it became a thick paste. She had been unable to find corn syrup so poured a jar of maple syrup into a pan, then took a plastic tub with SUGAR written in pen on the lid and poured some in. After it had heated to 121C, the optimum, according to the recipe, for marshmallows, she mixed it with the egg and started whis
