Food – Page 23

July 15, 2020

Here’s the Science Behind Why Canadians Drink Milk in Bags

Canadians have a much different way of consuming a classic component of American cuisine.

Take a walk down a Canadian grocery store and you may wonder what’s inside that gigantic bag that weighs nearly 10 pounds. Could it be rice? Or how about flour?

Nope, that would be milk. Inside the bag are actually three bladders of milk. Most people place the bladder inside a pitcher, snip a corner and pour for consumption.

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So what’s the reason behind the prevalence of milk in bags in Quebec and other parts of Canada?

As usual, the difference can be explained by science.

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During a period where glass bottles often broke and resulted in wasted product, Canadians resorted to a different solution thanks to their use of the metric system.

Because liquids had to be sold in liters, manufacturing plants would have needed to make radical adjustments to meet the new requirements.

However, bags did not require such an extensive overhaul.

Photo Credit: Andrea Vall, Flickr // CC BY-ND 2.0

Plus, they produced less packaging waste.

By the late 1970s, four-liter packages of milk became the standard in Ontario, and customers continued to pick up on the trend.

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In fact, milk served in bags has started to make its way to other parts of the world. You can now find bagged milk in South Africa, Hungary, and China.

Even a school in Nebraska started serving kids milk packaged in Capri Sun-esque pouches.

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No matter how you consume your milk, it’s best to keep it fresh. So whether you’re a bottle loyalist or you’ve broken the mold and gone with the bag method, at least you’re following mom’s orders to keep those bones strong and healthy.

Have you ever drank milk from a bag or pouch before? Would you try it out even if you drank bottled or cartoned milk your whole life?

Weigh-in in the comments below!

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July 15, 2020

Here’s the Science Behind Why Canadians Drink Milk in Bags

Canadians have a much different way of consuming a classic component of American cuisine.

Take a walk down a Canadian grocery store and you may wonder what’s inside that gigantic bag that weighs nearly 10 pounds. Could it be rice? Or how about flour?

Nope, that would be milk. Inside the bag are actually three bladders of milk. Most people place the bladder inside a pitcher, snip a corner and pour for consumption.

Photo Credit: fw_gadget, Flickr // CC BY-SA 2.0

So what’s the reason behind the prevalence of milk in bags in Quebec and other parts of Canada?

As usual, the difference can be explained by science.

Photo Credit: Pixabay

During a period where glass bottles often broke and resulted in wasted product, Canadians resorted to a different solution thanks to their use of the metric system.

Because liquids had to be sold in liters, manufacturing plants would have needed to make radical adjustments to meet the new requirements.

However, bags did not require such an extensive overhaul.

Photo Credit: Andrea Vall, Flickr // CC BY-ND 2.0

Plus, they produced less packaging waste.

By the late 1970s, four-liter packages of milk became the standard in Ontario, and customers continued to pick up on the trend.

Photo Credit: Pixabay

In fact, milk served in bags has started to make its way to other parts of the world. You can now find bagged milk in South Africa, Hungary, and China.

Even a school in Nebraska started serving kids milk packaged in Capri Sun-esque pouches.

Photo Credit: Pixabay

Have you ever drank milk from a bag or pouch before? Would you try it out even if you drank bottled or cartoned milk your whole life?

Weigh-in in the comments below!

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July 15, 2020

This is How Starbucks Changed the Coffee Industry by Turning ‘Small’ Into ‘Tall’

Do you remember the first time you ever glanced at a Starbucks menu? Immediately, you probably wished you learned Italian in high school. After all, what exactly is a venti or a grande?

Even after years of drinking their delicious coffee, it can still be confusing to figure out what order those unique sizes come in. Wouldn’t small, medium, or large suffice?

So what’s the secret behind Starbucks’ unique cup-size names?

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To better understand the origin of the company’s coffee offerings, you have to dial the clock back to 1986. That year, Howard Schultz opened Il Giornale. Of course, he would later launch Starbucks.

However, Il Giornale offered just three sizes: short, tall, and grande.

Photo Credit: The Awkword Wiki

Shultz took a trip to Italy three years prior, which provided the inspiration for the distinctive names for each cup size.

He used cups in a variety of sizes and even carried over the Italian inspiration to other items on his menu, including doppio, macchiato, and misto.

Photo Credit: Pixabay

Of course, the biggest impact on the coffee game came with replacing “small” with “tall.”

According to Starbucks blogger Melody Overton, the secret is actually stunningly simple. It all came down to space on the menu board. And everything changed once venti came into play.

Overton says.

“When venti was added, short dropped off the menu boards.

Starbucks decided that there wasn’t room for four sizes.

So short got the boot and tall became the new short, or small.”

Years later, “short” has made a reappearance…sort of. You can order hot drinks in the eight-ounce size.

In addition, Starbucks offers a fifth size for cold drinks. The “trenta” checks in at 31 ounces and will surely leave you satisfied.

Photo Credit: Pixabay

What’s your favorite Starbucks drink? Do you have a go-to size? How much is too much coffee?

Tell us your thoughts in the comments below!

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July 15, 2020

This is How Starbucks Changed the Coffee Industry by Turning ‘Small’ Into ‘Tall’

Do you remember the first time you ever glanced at a Starbucks menu? Immediately, you probably wished you learned Italian in high school. After all, what exactly is a venti or a grande?

Even after years of drinking their delicious coffee, it can still be confusing to figure out what order those unique sizes come in. Wouldn’t small, medium, or large suffice?

So what’s the secret behind Starbucks’ unique cup-size names?

Photo Credit: Pixabay

To better understand the origin of the company’s coffee offerings, you have to dial the clock back to 1986. That year, Howard Schultz opened Il Giornale. Of course, he would later launch Starbucks.

However, Il Giornale offered just three sizes: short, tall, and grande.

Photo Credit: The Awkword Wiki

Shultz took a trip to Italy three years prior, which provided the inspiration for the distinctive names for each cup size.

He used cups in a variety of sizes and even carried over the Italian inspiration to other items on his menu, including doppio, macchiato, and misto.

Photo Credit: Pixabay

Of course, the biggest impact on the coffee game came with replacing “small” with “tall.”

According to Starbucks blogger Melody Overton, the secret is actually stunningly simple. It all came down to space on the menu board. And everything changed once venti came into play.

Overton says.

“When venti was added, short dropped off the menu boards.

Starbucks decided that there wasn’t room for four sizes.

So short got the boot and tall became the new short, or small.”

Years later, “short” has made a reappearance…sort of. You can order hot drinks in the eight-ounce size.

In addition, Starbucks offers a fifth size for cold drinks. The “trenta” checks in at 31 ounces and will surely leave you satisfied.

Photo Credit: Pixabay

What’s your favorite Starbucks drink? Do you have a go-to size? How much is too much coffee?

Tell us your thoughts in the comments below!

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July 15, 2020

Dairy Queen Blizzards Don’t Actually Contain Real Ice Cream

There isn’t a better treat on a hot summer day than a tasty Blizzard from Dairy Queen. The legendary creamy confection packed with sugary, crunchy toppings is the ideal way to satisfy your sweet tooth in the blazing summer sun.

But secretly, the famous fast-food offering has hidden behind the guise of calling itself ice cream.

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But according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dairy Queen doesn’t actually sell ice cream. At least, not technically.

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According to FDA regulations, any product categorized as “ice cream” must contain “not less than 10 percent milkfat, nor less than 10 percent nonfat milk solids.”

Unfortunately for DQ diehards, this means the tasty treat you have long referred to as ice cream does not meet FDA standards to earn that title.

However, while that may be news to most people, the company itself has cleverly referred to its product as “soft serve” to avoid any hiccups with the FDA.

Photo Credit: Pexels

In fact, on Dairy Queen’s website, you can find a full explanation of why the company cannot use the term “ice cream” on its menu.

“To be categorized as ice cream, the minimum butterfat content must be 10 percent, and our soft serve has only 5 percent butterfat content.”

Additionally, DQ says that despite the five percent butterfat content, its product sadly is not 95 percent fat-free.

Plus, when you consider all the toppings, cones, and drizzles most consumers typically add on top, who’s really counting calories anyway?

Photo Credit: Pexels

At the end of the day, whether the FDA calls Dairy Queen’s product “ice cream” or not, that Blizzard hits the spot every time.

What’s your favorite treat from Dairy Queen? Tell us your top Blizzard choice in the comments below!

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July 15, 2020

Dairy Queen Blizzards Don’t Actually Contain Real Ice Cream

But secretly, the famous fast-food offering has hidden behind the guise of calling itself ice cream.

Photo Credit: Eat This

But according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dairy Queen doesn’t actually sell ice cream. At least, not technically.

Photo Credit: Pexels

According to FDA regulations, any product categorized as “ice cream” must contain “not less than 10 percent milkfat, nor less than 10 percent nonfat milk solids.”

Unfortunately for DQ diehards, this means the tasty treat you have long referred to as ice cream does not meet FDA standards to earn that title.

However, while that may be news to most people, the company itself has cleverly referred to its product as “soft serve” to avoid any hiccups with the FDA.

Photo Credit: Pexels

In fact, on Dairy Queen’s website, you can find a full explanation of why the company cannot use the term “ice cream” on its menu.

“To be categorized as ice cream, the minimum butterfat content must be 10 percent, and our soft serve has only 5 percent butterfat content.”

Additionally, DQ says that despite the five percent butterfat content, its product sadly is not 95 percent fat-free.

Plus, when you consider all the toppings, cones, and drizzles most consumers typically add on top, who’s really counting calories anyway?

Photo Credit: Pexels

At the end of the day, whether the FDA calls Dairy Queen’s product “ice cream” or not, that Blizzard hits the spot every time.

What’s your favorite treat from Dairy Queen? Tell us your top Blizzard choice in the comments below!

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July 15, 2020

This is Where the Saying “Take It With a Grain of Salt” Comes From

When someone tells you to take something with a “grain of salt,” you should be skeptical about what you’ve heard, because your source may be unreliable.

A grain of salt is tiny. It is also a reflection of not putting too much belief in something that has already proven itself worthy of reservation.

But where does the association between salt and skepticism come from? We’ll tell you what we know, but you take this information with a grain of… well, you know.

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The phrase itself goes all the way back to 77 A.D. It’s earliest recorded use comes from Roman naturalist and philosopher Pliny the Elder, who created an antidote to poison in his Naturalis Historia—it called for figs, walnuts, rue (an herb), and a “grain of salt.”

It didn’t appear to have a symbolic meaning until a few hundred years later.

In the 17th-century, Anglican Bible commentator John Trapp included it his A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments as a metaphor concerning his own writing.

Just what its meaning was to Trapp, however, is still unclear.

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Over the years, the phrase continued to make its way through the English language in literal and figurative speech, but wasn’t used in its current incarnation until just after the Second World War.

It was then that became widely used by Americans and the British, who slightly altered the phrase to a “pinch” of salt.

In 1948, English author F.R. Cowell first included it with this particular meaning in his book, Cicero & the Roman Republic. According to Cowell, Cicero and those around him “took more than the proverbial pinch of salt before swallowing everything written by these earlier authors.”

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Do you use this idiom or know of others with equally fascinating origins?

Let us know in the comments below!

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July 15, 2020

This is Where the Saying “Take It With a Grain of Salt” Comes From

When someone tells you to take something with a “grain of salt,” you should be skeptical about what you’ve heard, because your source may be unreliable.

A grain of salt is tiny. It is also a reflection of not putting too much belief in something that has already proven itself worthy of reservation.

But where does the association between salt and skepticism come from? We’ll tell you what we know, but you take this information with a grain of… well, you know.

Photo credit: Pixabay

It didn’t appear to have a symbolic meaning until a few hundred years later.

In the 17th-century, Anglican Bible commentator John Trapp included it his A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments as a metaphor concerning his own writing.

Just what its meaning was to Trapp, however, is still unclear.

Photo credit: Pixabay

Over the years, the phrase continued to make its way through the English language in literal and figurative speech, but wasn’t used in its current incarnation until just after the Second World War.

It was then that became widely used by Americans and the British, who slightly altered the phrase to a “pinch” of salt.

Photo credit: Pixabay

Do you use this idiom or know of others with equally fascinating origins?

Let us know in the comments below!

The post This is Where the Saying “Take It With a Grain of Salt” Comes From appeared first on UberFacts.

1. Oh, that’s just another dog.

2. Secretly giving him the bird.

3. What the hell?

4. Wait…that’s not Eleven?

5. That’s when you know you’re gonna get it.

6. Slowing down a little bit.

7. Just end it already.

8. You were a smooth criminal.

9. Is it here yet?

10. Be sure to put your name on there at least 20 times.

11. Just see what happens…

12. Wait a second!

1. Oh, that’s just another dog.

2. Secretly giving him the bird.

3. What the hell?

4. Wait…that’s not Eleven?

5. That’s when you know you’re gonna get it.

6. Slowing down a little bit.

7. Just end it already.

8. You were a smooth criminal.

9. Is it here yet?

10. Be sure to put your name on there at least 20 times.

11. Just see what happens…

12. Wait a second!