There weren’t too many surprises when I started researching the difference between orange juice and Sunny Delight, or as it’s sometimes marketed, SunnyD. But what I didn’t expect was what a horrific reputation Sunny Delight has.
Tag: food history
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Food history: backyard cookouts
Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, and random days in October when you’re just so thrilled the weather is still warm – it’s time for backyard cookouts.
As close as it gets to a backyard cookout at my place. (We can’t have a grill.) -
Food history: loose meat sandwiches
I was reminded of the existence of loose meat sandwiches with the semi-recent The Good Wife episode.
Which reminded me of the restaurant specializing in loose meat sandwiches that Roseanne ran in Roseanne.
Which made me wonder where this odd lunch creation came from in the first place…
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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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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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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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Food history: deviled eggs
Last year around Easter, we shared the history of eggs in general.
This year, in lieu of the recent night of the living egg, I thought we should check out the history behind deviled eggs.
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Food history: cream cheese
We explored the history of cream cheese a tiny bit with the difference between cream cheese and Neufchâtel, but let’s take a closer look.
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History of tofu
As with this week’s Difference Between, today’s Food History post is one of those food items that you’re likely to either love or hate: tofu.
Let’s check out tofu’s history.
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Food history: chicken and waffles
Chicken and waffles! It’s soft and crunchy and sweet and savory and just ridiculous.
Is it a Southern food? Sort of.
Let’s dig into the history of chicken and waffles.