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A Square Meal – Foods of the ‘20s and ‘30s

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Re: A Square Meal – Foods of the ‘20s and ‘30s

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Post by noir_lord »

tpush wrote: post #144
VoodooJuJu wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are a lot of factors that go into milk and its taste. There's: pasteurized (most American milk), homogenized, ultra-pasteurized or UHT (which most German milk probably is), raw milk, how quickly it was cooled-down, cream content, and then there's the variance between dairies based on things such as breed, feed, time of year, quality of life, etc. We can't accurately make blanket statements about one country's m…

> [...] ultra-pasteurized or UHT (which most German milk probably is) [...] In Germany there's a difference between fresh milk (pasteurized & homogenized) which is sold refrigerated and "H-Milch" which is UHT and sold unrefrigerated. Most people buying milk to drink get the fresh stuff. It also tastes much much better IMO than the UHT milk.

I like both cold, I probably slightly prefer fresh milk as a drink on it's own but I much prefer UHT in coffee (it's creamier without been cream).

No absolutes in matters of taste though.

Re: A Square Meal – Foods of the ‘20s and ‘30s

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Post by noir_lord »

astura wrote: post #158
exfascist wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I live and the US and have noticed the milk from the "nicer" grocers like Whole Foods and Farm Fresh tastes absolutely awful but the stuff from Food Lion etc in the HDPE jugs with the minimal labeling tastes way better. I don't know why that is.

This is because for some reason the organic milks are almost always UHT (ultra-high-temperature processing) where the milk is heated to a higher temperature for a shorter time. Some people notice a significant taste difference between UHT milk and non-UHT milk.

> Some people notice a significant taste difference between UHT milk and non-UHT milk.

You mean some people don't? They taste radically different (I like both btw).

Re: A Square Meal – Foods of the ‘20s and ‘30s

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Post by rootusrootus »

camhart wrote: post #46

I can't stand "normal" milk from the US... the stuff you buy in the plastic cartons. It taste horrid. Milk from Germany? I love it. Milk from Darigold in the paper cartons? I love it. Milk from Darigold in the plastic? Tastes like garbage. Organic milk in a paper carton? Some is good, some taste like garbage. I didn't realize how different milk tastes until I spent some time in Germany. Prior to that I just thought I…

That sounds like confirmation bias. I've bought a lot of milk in a variety of containers from plastic to paper to glass, from a variety of sources. There is a wide variety of flavors, it has much more to do with what dairy it came from than the container it is packed in.

Re: A Square Meal – Foods of the ‘20s and ‘30s

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Post by dematz »

camhart wrote: post #46

I can't stand "normal" milk from the US... the stuff you buy in the plastic cartons. It taste horrid. Milk from Germany? I love it. Milk from Darigold in the paper cartons? I love it. Milk from Darigold in the plastic? Tastes like garbage. Organic milk in a paper carton? Some is good, some taste like garbage. I didn't realize how different milk tastes until I spent some time in Germany. Prior to that I just thought I…

I've haven't had much milk or tried different brands...between your recommendation and the apparent milk cult:

"Who are the peoples who have achieved, who have become large, strong, vigorous people, who have reduced their infant mortality, who have the best trades in the world, who have an appreciation for art and literature and music, who are progressive in science and every activity of the human intellect? They are the people who have patronized the dairy industry."

good milk definitely sounds worth trying

Re: A Square Meal – Foods of the ‘20s and ‘30s

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Post by ConfusedDog »

nwatson wrote: post #32
Rodeoclash wrote: post #8

> We’re sure bananas would be fine served as a vegetable, or with bacon, but this is certainly not the role we would assign to them today. At least in Melbourne, Australia and Wellington, New Zealand it's not unusual at all to find pancakes or waffles with banana + maple syrup and bacon together. https://lastappetite.com/pancakes-at-fandango/amp/

Prosciutto-wrapped cantaloupe is standard Italian fare (prosciutto e melone), I can't see bacon-wrapped banana unreasonably far from that. Going to try it tomorrow morning.

whatever you do, do not make scrambled eggs with blueberries. i throw up once just had a tiny bite.

Re: A Square Meal – Foods of the ‘20s and ‘30s

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Post by p_l »

rjsw wrote: post #95
missedthecue wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Captured german defenders on D-Day famously asked their American captors where all their horses were.

Why? The British Army that they had been fighting since 1940 didn't use horses either so the Germans knew that it was possible.

For a lot of the soldiers who were fighting on D-Day would not have a lot of experience fighting british units, especially well supplied british units. The defeat in France was pretty swift and not a great place to observe superior logistics.

Meanwhile Nazis were heavily dependant on horses in their logistics - things like the Red Ball Express were pretty much inconceivable.

Re: A Square Meal – Foods of the ‘20s and ‘30s

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Post by MisterTea »

shaky-carrousel wrote: post #142

I was reading the article and I was thinking over and over how enjoyable was reading it. I even continued reading it after having a pause because I got distracted by something else (something that almost never happens). Then I remember how "monetized" (meaning ad-ridden) articles are full of filler to artificially keep you on the page. And reloaded the page without ad-blockers. And there it was, the page has no ads.…

> So not only ads are a source of malware, but also of badly written articles.

It's the other way around. Most people who plaster their site with ads want to make easy money. Since the goal is to make money rather than share information, the content doesn't matter. You lure visitors and hopefully generate a click using a purposefully cluttered design encouraging accidental ad clicks while navigating.

Re: A Square Meal – Foods of the ‘20s and ‘30s

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Post by R0b0t1 »

kurthr wrote: post #80
stephen_g wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would milk containers have phthalates in them? All ours here in Australia are made with HDPE which doesn't need plasticisers. Although I have read that apparently a fair proportion of milk in the US is made with equipment that uses PVC piping that leeches phthalates before it's even packaged...

It's similar in the US. I'd note that even the crystal clear (highly recyclable) plastic you see does not contain the phthalates you're looking for. There was a fad in the early 00s for using polycarbonate water bottles that probably contained BPA, but those were then (rightfully) banned. You can't even use BPA or ortho-phthalates in children's toys since they very likely put them in their tiny mouths. https://www.nc…

Plastics still need a plasticizer, so those BPA-free plastics simply use a chemical like BPA but not studied.

Re: A Square Meal – Foods of the ‘20s and ‘30s

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Post by gavinray »

p1necone wrote: post #55
Rodeoclash wrote: post #8

> We’re sure bananas would be fine served as a vegetable, or with bacon, but this is certainly not the role we would assign to them today. At least in Melbourne, Australia and Wellington, New Zealand it's not unusual at all to find pancakes or waffles with banana + maple syrup and bacon together. https://lastappetite.com/pancakes-at-fandango/amp/

Cooked green bananas (both actual plantains, and just unripe regular bananas) are used as starchy sides in a lot of cultures (mostly South America, Africa and the Caribbean afaik).

Moved from Boulder to Miami and the one nice thing is that I can buy fried sweet plantains at every restaurant down here.

Never know how delicious them shits were, and I'm not even a big banana fan.

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