On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, Erik Reuter wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 08:34:40PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > processing between the animal and the mug. There's a very important > > *vegetable* involved, why not use the term "different vegetable"? > > But it is NOT a different vegetable. Or nut or whatever. As I said, the > instant mix DOES contain cocoa (albeit "processed" with "alkali"). You > could make your own instant mix out of Hershey's cocoa, sugar, and dry > milk. Would this taste much different than hot chocolate made from > Hershey's cocoa, sugar, and milk from a carton? A little, obviously, dry > milk tastes a little different from milk from a carton. But this is > really silly, and none of this is answering my question which was not > meant to be silly, so I'll stop replying now.
OK. I was just trying to throw some levity into a situation that was looking a little tense.
And yes, the difference *is* in how the stuff coming out of the cow is processed.
I think the taste difference may be more apparent to some people than others. I've seen that sort of thing happen with other food items -- my mother can tell the difference between "ultra-pasteurized" half-and-half and stuff that's been pasteurized with a gentler process (and which has a shorter shelf life), and my sister can't.
At least no one has brought up "Coke" versus "Pepsi" . . .
-- Ronn! :)
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