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发帖数: 6973 | 1 (1) Melissa Clark, For Everything There Is a Season, Including Mangoes. New
York Times, Apr 6, 2011 (title in print).
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/dining/06appe.html?ref=dining
My comment: Just take a look at photos--and recipes if you are interested.
(a) Tres leches cake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tres_leches_cake
(Spanish, "Three milk cake"; a sponge cake--in some recipes, a butter cake--
soaked in three kinds of milk: evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy
cream. When butter is not used, the tres leches is a very light cake, with
many air bubbles. This distinct texture is why it does not have a soggy
consistency, despite being soaked in a mixture of three types of milk)
(b) rose water
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_water
(the hydrosol portion of the distillate of rose petals; itself a by-product
of the production of rose oil for use in perfume; used to flavour food)
(i) hydrosol (n): "a sol in which the liquid is water"
(ii) sol (n; -sol (as in hydrosol), from solution; First Known Use: 1899):
"a fluid colloidal system; especially : one in which the medium is a liquid"
(c) lassi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassi
(a popular and traditional Punjabi yogurt-based drink of India and Pakistan)
(2) Andrew Martin, Once a Great Flop, Now Sold for Billions; No one can say
for sure how the potato crisps got their name. New York Times, Apr 6, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/business
/06pringles.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=pringles&st=cse
Quote:
"The $2.35 billion deal with Diamond Foods is also a milestone for Procter
as it sheds its last food brand after having already sold Jif peanut butter,
Folger’s coffee and Crisco shortening.
"Company officials still aren’t sure how the chips got their name, but one
theory holds that two Procter advertising employees lived on Pringle Drive
in Cincinnati and the name paired well with potato.
Note:
(a) crisp (n):
"1a : something crisp or brittle
b chiefly British : potato chip —usually used in plural"
All definitions are from www.m-w.com.
(b) The report says, "The creator of the famous Pringles can was so proud of
his invention that he asked that his ashes be buried in one."
(i) Pringles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pringles
Quote:
"According to the patent, Pringles was invented by Alexander Liepa of
Montgomery, Ohio. * * * Pringles have only about 42% potato content, with
the remainder being wheat starch and flours (potato, corn, and rice) mixed
with vegetable oils and an emulsifier. Contrary to a popular misconception,
Pringles crisps are fried, not baked.
"Pringles, as a product brand, is especially known for its packaging, a
tubular paper-board can with a foil-lined interior and a resealable plastic
lid, which was invented by Fredric J. Baur. Baur was an organic chemist and
food storage technician who specialized in research and development and
quality control for Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble Co. He died on March 4
, 2008. Baur's children honored his request to bury him in one of the cans
by placing part of his cremated remains in a Pringles container in his grave.
(c) Ellen Byron and Paul Ziobro, P&G Sheds Pringles. Wall Street Journal,
Apr 6, 2011.
("The deal makes Diamond--the maker of Emerald nuts, Pop Secret Popcorn and
Kettle Brand chips--the second-largest global snack company behind PepsiCo
Inc., which owns Frito-Lay")
There is no need to read the rest of the WSJ report. |
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