I grew up on a regular lunch diet of my dad’s peanut butter and dill pickle sandwiches, which were so commonplace as a kid that I only realized their weirdness when I brought them in my school lunch. But even though my dad’s a wacky guy, he didn’t invent them; they were a fixture in the cafeteria at the school he taught in for 40 years. I still enjoy one every once in awhile.
I may or may not be wearing my What the Fluff t-shirt right now.
Ok, I’m not, but I often do.
However, if I may be extra-hipster for a moment… the Fluff Festival was fun ten years ago, when you could actually go and participate in the competitions and what-not. I have fond memories of trying to be the first to gulp down a fluffernutter (prepared by someone else’s blind hands sticking through my shirt) and then sing out the song from the ad in the post, with a completely-stuck-together mouth. Now the thing is so damn huge you can barely move. I would wait until it’s un-hip again before going back…
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Washington DC? I don’t get it.
I was actually pretty surprised to see the article failed to mention the Fluff Festival in Union Square. Granted its a fairly recent innovation, but it’s a must see for any true Fluff fan.
I know what Fluff is.
I know what a fluffernutter is.
I have eaten a fluffernutter.
I don’t care to have another.
When I hear people reminiscing about fluffernutters, I always say to myself “yuck”.
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William Jefferson Lunchbox
fresh food 
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And when fresh or cooked fish stinks up your refrigerator and makes your ice taste/smell like fish?
Baking soda aka bicarbonate of soda can be found in baking powder but it’s also mixed with other ingredients making it less effective in removing odors or cleaning.
It’s also very effective for removing odor from carpets, plumbing, and household surfaces.
And the goal is achieved because you are thinking about fluffernutters, good or bad.
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That’s when you notice the winky face in the comment you were responding to?
When I was a kid I made the discovery that marshmallow fluff was the perfect material to make an authentic looking Mumm-Ra mouth:
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I may or may not be looking for this film as soon as I post this — plus Garrett Morris! 
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I was unaware of fluffernutter until my daughter used the marshmallow fluff (used by the daughter & friends to make fudge) to make a sandwich that someone in school mentioned. This would have been somewhere around the early 90s, when fluffernutter made perfect sense in a world gone mad for a pre-teen Jem fan.
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To be fair, I don’t actually have any recipes that call for only baking soda (or at least, if they originally did, I modified them so long ago I don’t remember it) because I don’t like its flavor. It’s mildly alkaline, so tastes a bit soapy, which doesn’t go well with …well… food. Baking powder is also more reliable.
But that mild alkalinity is useful for cleaning, and the stuff is my first-line abrasive and carpet/textiles cleaner. That’s what surprises me. (And is making me reconsider why there’s such a strong promotion in the US of baking soda as panacea if it’s not so universal.)
I enjoy unsweetened unsalted peanut butter, but God* help me if it’s in a sandwich with marshmallow fluff.
I’d try a fluffernutter diet if I thought I could stop myself from eating too many.
i canrecall in the late 60s living in boston and seeing obit for founder or ceo of marshmallow fluff who lived in marblehead, massachusetts—one of the great newspaper headlines of all times:
Marblehead Marshmallow Fluff Head Dead
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An unusual concentration of dentist offices might provide the answer.
An image which brings up…
…ad agency anthropomorphizing of inanimate objects: The Original Uncanny Valley.
Looking through assorted Norwegian household tips sites and google results, none of them mention baking soda for spots/spills in carpets. A few of the “old housewives’ tricks” type mention potato flour, while the rest go for different liquid solvents depending on the spot (often just water) and something to absorb it, like paper towels or a diaper (apparently very efficient if you have them lying around).
I only like marshmallows when they’re toasted, or cooked into something else; like sweet potato casserole.
Texture matters.
