This is one of those Difference Between posts that, before I came across it on accident, I didn’t even know there *was* a difference.
The terms are used interchangeably, but there is indeed a difference between hot chocolate and hot cocoa.
Tag: beverage
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Food history: afternoon tea parties
Today we are checking out the history of tea parties – not political ones, and not the ones with little girls and dolls and stuffed animals.
We’re talking about real, afternoon tea parties, British-style.
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Difference between: apple cider and apple juice
As promised, here is one more apple post for the year – and a thank you to a miss Jennifer Cole for suggesting it: the difference between apple cider and apple juice.
We’ve already explored the history of apple cider – let’s find out how it differs from its more readily available counterpart.
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Food history: apple cider
Cider as we tend to think of it here in America is of the nonalcoholic variety. It’s sweet, and wholesome, and we buy it at farmers markets and orchards during September and October.
To the rest of the world, cider equates to hard cider, which is how it originated.
Let’s look further into the history of apple cider.
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Food history: Sangria
We’ve explored the background of the Bloody Mary – let us check out the history of Sangria, another fun cocktail.
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Food history: Bloody Mary
Bloody Marys: the only cocktail I know how to properly prepare. In fact, I barely know the difference between a martini and a Margarita.
There is just something about the savory and spicy feel of a Bloody Mary that makes it so special. That, and it gives us a great excuse to drink in the morning.
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Food history: Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola: It’s the most recognized brand name in the world. Let us check out at least a smidgen of the quite extensive history of Coca-Cola.
We’re going to be dividing the history of classic Coke into five sections:
- Basic history
- The bottle
- Advertising
- Drugs, Alcohol, and Racism
- Santa
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Difference between: tomato juice and V8
Compared to some others, this is a fairly simplistic Difference Between: tomato juice and V8.
Primarily, we’re going to be looking at the specific nutritional differences between the two, not unlike the Difference Between post with whole milk and skim milk.
Personally, I much prefer tomato juice to V8,
ideally in a bloody Mary.
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Food history: coffee
This piece needs to begin with the acknowledgement of the extensive timeline of the history of coffee, of which I could not begin to cover the entirety of here. There is in fact an entire book on the history of coffee, which is on my to-read list.
Therefore, I have decided to do something a little bit different with this Food History post.
