Timeline for Is it technically correct to call an almond drink "milk" in English?
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| Dec 24, 2018 at 13:44 | comment | added | Mike Scott | @FumbleFingers Chocolate milk is not white. | |
| Dec 24, 2018 at 9:59 | history | edited | Mari-Lou A | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
the @ makes it clear you are referring to a user.
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| Dec 24, 2018 at 9:57 | history | edited | Tuffy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
I corrected a factual error, pointed out by Chronological.
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| Dec 24, 2018 at 9:48 | comment | added | Tuffy | @Chronocidal Thank you for that. I’ve called it ‘coconut milk’ from my teenage days on an island off Singapore nearly 60 years ago! But you are quite right. | |
| Dec 24, 2018 at 9:16 | comment | added | Chronocidal | If you are drinking straight from a Coconut, you are drinking Coconut water. You have to grate the pulp to release the oily and fattier Coconut milk | |
| Dec 23, 2018 at 17:29 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | @Tuffy I’m no expert, but I don’t think soy beans are dried to make soy sauce. They’re generally soaked and cooked, then mixed with wheat and some type of fermenting agent, then mixed into brine and left to ferment (this is the stage that gives the brown colour), then strained and pasteurised. | |
| Dec 23, 2018 at 17:24 | comment | added | jsw29 | @Mari-LouA, what exactly do you mean by 'technically' here? If you are asking whether it is illegal in a particular jurisdiction (and if so, why), then the question seems to have more to do with the law and the politics of agriculture and consumer protection in that jurisdiction, than with English (or Italian) language. | |
| Dec 23, 2018 at 16:38 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Yeah - I think it's definitely gotta be white (or at least, whitish), to be called milk. @Mari-LouA - "Illegal?" - is that some kind of EU directive? Are they gonna arrest kids who ask to have the milk from the Christmas coconut? | |
| Dec 23, 2018 at 16:36 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | Is it technically correct to call these beverages “milk”? I understand that the plant-based drinks are white in colour... but why is it illegal (on packets) to call it milk? I'm guessing there are some laws prohibiting this description. | |
| Dec 23, 2018 at 16:19 | history | answered | Tuffy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |