Sun dried raisins versus golden raisins – Can you swap one another out in recipes? Is one better than the other with baking?
We’ll check it out.
Author: Erin Nudi
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Difference between: radishes and daikon radishes
They certainly look nothing alike. Let’s see what the difference is between radishes and daikon radishes.
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Food history: French toast
Is it French? No. It is not.
But, my good old hometown Albany, New York does play a part in the history of French toast.
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Difference between: granola and oats
What’s the difference between granola and oats? We have a super simple explanation for you right here.
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Difference between: green tea and black tea
Do you drink tea? Just within the past year I’ve started to develop a taste for it.
I’ve found it can be a nice substitution for coffee, when you’re say, someone who could drink coffee constantly and you’re trying not to. And tea does have less caffeine than coffee.
How much less, exactly? We’ll find out as we examine the difference between green tea and black tea.
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Food history: fried dough
I think I had my first fried dough as a kid at the Albany Tulip Festival, which is coming up.
Let’s find out the history of fried dough and its fried fair food siblings.
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Difference between: pastry cream and buttercream
I’m on a (slow-going, years long, I’m-dragging-my-feet) mission to learn more about baking.
Let’s find out the difference between pastry cream and buttercream.
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Difference between: breadcrumbs and Panko breadcrumbs
There are “regular” breadcrumbs and then there are Japanese-style Panko breadcrumbs. What gives?
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Food history: the pretzel
When I say “the pretzel” I mean soft pretzels. Because everybody knows hard, crunchy pretzels are not that great.
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Difference between: bananas and plantains
- Banana: a tropical plant of the genus Musa, certain species of which are cultivated for their nutritious fruit.
- Plantain: a tropical plant, Musa paradisiaca, of the banana family, resembling the banana.
Don’t you just love definitions like those?
Exhibit A: Banana. Exhibit B: Fruit that looks like a banana.
We may have to dive a bit further to determine the difference between bananas and plantains.
