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What is the highest rated type of plant milk for use as a creamer in coffee, in terms of taste tests? I'm not talking about brands, but rather the type of plant milk, such as soy, almond, oat, pea, etc. I've been wondering about this for a while, but I've never been able to find an answer. The other strange thing is that the answer appears to change over time, as if taste is a function of trends and market preference, maybe even culture? But surely, someone can point to a specific type of plant milk and say, "our overall taste tests show that people prefer this type in coffee over others". But what if this kind of result is the function of specific populations, where taste is determined by other factors? On the other hand, food science is fairly mature at this point, so it should be quite easy to say "x type of plant milk is preferred by most people in coffee", but not just as a function of sales (because people will often buy what is cheaper, not simply what tastes the best). Is this doable? Can one say which is both preferred and tastes the best?
Viriditas (
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21:54, 30 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Advances in
food science will hardly be of help. One can imagine a study in which a panel of tasters, say regular cappuccino users, are asked to rank various
plant milks. But designing such a study is not easy. There are many confounding issues, including personal preferences, cultural preferences, and significant differences in taste (e.g. sweetness) between brands for the same type of milk substitute. I have a hard time imagining a research council funding an independent study on ranking the suitability of
milk substitutes for use as a creamer in coffee. If any such studies have been conducted, they were most likely of the type informally conducted by newspapers or magazines. Â --
Lambiam07:22, 1 July 2024 (UTC)reply
My own original researchoriginal research involving witnessing non-vegan friends opting for plantmilk upgrades at coffee shops would indicate that oatmilk is the preferred creamer for this purpose. I acknowledge the sample may not be representative and few coffee shops stock more than three or four species of non-dairy creamers.
Folly Mox (
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10:51, 1 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Milk does, but
plant milk does not. I'm sure you're aware that this is far from the only case in the English language where modifying a term does not make the referent an instance of the unmodified term. --
Trovatore (
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01:31, 2 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Samuel Johnson called it "milk" in 1755, so this is not exactly a novelty, as much as it may irritate the National Milk Producers sic for the missing apostrophe Federation and similar industry mouthpieces. --
Trovatore (
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01:44, 2 July 2024 (UTC)reply
That's an image the dairy industry put in your head.
Look, I like milk and cheese. I have no particular animus against dairy farmers. But their behavior as an industry on this particular issue has been utterly loathsome and reprehensible. You shouldn't be doing their work for them. --
Trovatore (
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16:35, 2 July 2024 (UTC)reply
No, that is the obvious first thought when you come across the term "plant milk" ( or any of the various types thereof). No matter how long the terms have been used, they are inherently silly. --
User:Khajidha (
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16:55, 2 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Meh, doesn't seem silly to me, calling a culinary substitute the same term as the product it substitutes. *Plant mammary gland secretions or *Teat-expressed baby plant nutrient colloid would be significantly sillier.
Folly Mox (
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11:24, 3 July 2024 (UTC)reply
There's plenty of precedent for naming things after other things that are similar in appearance or purpose, whether it be chicory coffee, herbal tea, laverbread, milk of magnesia, filter cake...
AlmostReadytoFly (
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12:06, 3 July 2024 (UTC)reply
In that case the plural would not be needed; it would be the "National Milk Producer Federation". I know our British friends sometimes use plural noun adjuncts, but it sounds bad on this side of the Pond. --
Trovatore (
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05:22, 2 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Oh, and by the way the English genitive does not necessarily imply possession. That's the clamorous error, completely indefensible and I hope you won't try, made by the US Bureau of Geographic Names, when they imposed ridiculous forms like *Pikes Peak, luckily ignored by sensible people. --
Trovatore (
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05:26, 2 July 2024 (UTC)reply
I'm trying to find historical population levels for this city. Searching has turned up sources like
this, which is great, but only goes back ~20 years. The city was formed in 1973 from the amalgamation of nearby towns/villages; I'd like to know what the population was then (or thereabouts) and a decade later, say 1980-1985 or so. In an ideal situation, I'd like to see the historical population trend, but I'll take what I can get. :-)
Matt Deres (
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13:27, 3 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Looking back at past Canadian censuses, I find the following figures 101,429 for 1996; 92,772 for 1991; 79,920 for 1986; 76,300 for 1981; 64,794 for 1976 (needed to go through the PDF version of a poorly printed document for that one). All of these can be found online if you look for Canadian census and the year. More recent figures are in a table in the French version of the article, which I'm sure you have looked at already
Xuxl (
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15:11, 3 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Cambridge was formed by the merger of the city of Galt with two significantly smaller places. Historical populations for Galt may be the appropriate thing to use, depending on your purpose. --
142.112.148.225 (
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21:18, 4 July 2024 (UTC)reply
I can't imagine any reason why you shouldn't do that, unless it reveals any personal information? You're simply supplying information about the appliance.
Shantavira|
feed me18:44, 4 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Unless you take the photo with a device (eg phone) that embeds the GPS coordinates of where you took the photo in the
EXIF. Then a savvy user could stalk you ;-)
Commander Keane (
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06:38, 11 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Can you tell me which was the actual specific cigar that was named in tribute to Winston Churchill? I got a good friend's birthday coming up. Googling turns up with loads of spam.
Iloveparrots (
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05:48, 6 July 2024 (UTC)reply
I am curious about something. I don't smoke cigars, but I just read in the cigar article that a single premium cigar may contain as much nicotine as a pack of cigarettes. Is this true, or nonsense?
Viriditas (
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10:45, 14 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Again, I am quite ignorant about cigars, so excuse my lack of knowledge, but how does this enormous dose of nicotine affect the user? What are the signs and symptoms? For example, I've smoked tobacco before in the deep past, and it's reported there is social bonding due to the shared experience with other smokers, quicker thought processes and reflexes (from what I've read), and appetite suppressive effects from a single cigarette. How does this compare with a cigar in terms of effects? There's a guy in my neighborhood who walks five miles (at least) a day at a rapid pace with a huge, lit cigar. He must be enjoying it while he exercises?
Viriditas (
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11:27, 14 July 2024 (UTC)reply
What happened?
If you're driving along Santa Teresa Boulevard, you'll see
this along the way. It seems to be a memorial in memory of Nicole Sosa, who, if I'm not mistaken, died in a car crash. Who was she, and is there any more information on what happened?
TWOrantulaTM (
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23:18, 6 July 2024 (UTC)reply
I'm not finding anything in Newspapers.com. If you can find a nearby library, it's possible someone there will know. But these kinds of things will occasionally turn up for people who are otherwise not well known. â
Baseball BugsWhat's up, Doc?carrotsâ
01:23, 7 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Headline: "Woman killed when her SUV crashes into building in San Jose". Other than "a woman", the article does not provide further information about the victim. Â --
Lambiam07:32, 7 July 2024 (UTC)reply
How do I get my voice to sound like
Hank Hill? Due to something called puberty, I think I can do a pretty good impression of him if I practice it long enough. also because I want more friends
TWOrantulaTM (
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23:50, 10 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Here is the secret:
If you want to be chill, like the King of the Hill, Propane. It's a flammable gas that's hard to surpass, Propane. Do the math, light your path, heat your bath, Propane.
Hank Hill has a central Texas accent. It is very similar to the accent you will hear through central Oklahoma, Kansas, West Missouri, and up into Nebraska and Iowa. Speak from your chest, not your diaphram. It is very breathy. Then, lock your jaw. Don't use your jaw to form sounds. Use only your lips and tongue. It will make the words slur together a bit and words like "wash" and "here" become "wush" and "hur". That is the foundation of the "midwest" accent that the Taxes accent is part of. From there, you need to raise your pitch at the correct times by practicing phases he uses. Then, keep focusing on your jaw. Don't close it when saying anything ending with "ing". It is supposed to come out just "in". Don't try to enunciate your T's, they are supposed to sound like D's. If you get flustered, go into a Boomhowser accent, which is more like the Northmern Midwest and just run it all toghether. Of you REALLY want to learn to speak it correctly, just move to Texas. They'll learn you right.
75.136.148.8 (
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23:55, 11 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Any idea what is involved in an engine swap for a 2000-era Jeep Wrangler? No I'm not going to attempt it myself, I just want to be able to discuss it intelligently with mechanics. Other than a crane to hoist the motors and a lift to get under the car, is it basically within reach of a clueful backyard mechanic? Any idea what would make the old engine lose oil pressure when it gets hot? There is no blue smoke or anything like that, but out-of-town garage says a replacement engine is needed. Sounds drastic. A remanufactured crate engine is around $2500 which is doable (it's a fairly nice car without too many other problems) but I gotta wonder whether some simpler repair is eluding everyone. Car isn't mine, I'm asking for a friend as the saying goes. It runs fine as long as it's not under too much prolonged load. Oil pump has been replaced, which didn't help. Thanks.
2601:644:8501:AAF0:0:0:0:9BB0 (
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07:34, 11 July 2024 (UTC)reply
I think your chances of finding an experienced Jeep mechanic here are rather slim. You may be better off with a specialised forum like
jeepgarage.org for example. Others are easliy found with a Google search/
Alansplodge (
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13:48, 11 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Thanks, yeah, might try that. I'm asking more about the complexity of engine swaps in general though. Closest thing to that I've ever been involved with was a GM transmission swap, done in a friend's garage with the car up on ramps, plus multiple people muscling the stuff around. It has to be a lot easier with real shop tools. Maybe I'll check youtube.
2601:644:8501:AAF0:0:0:0:9BB0 (
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18:06, 11 July 2024 (UTC)reply
It is important to note if you are swapping the engine with the exact same model engine. If it isn't exactly the same, there is no telling what problems might arise that will end up costing more.
75.136.148.8 (
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23:48, 11 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Apparently Marie Van Brittan Brown was presented with an award from the prestigious "National Scientists Committee". There are hundreds of references to support this. However I can find no trace of this body, except in said references.
Does this body or did this body exist?
If so, what awards did it make? Is there a list I can consult?
If not:
Was Marie Van Brittan Brown and/or her husband Albert L. Brown given any other award?
How do we explain this in the article. "Numerous references claim ... but there is no trace of such an organisation.[Citation needed]"
Perhaps the awarding organization was the
National Safety Council, which issues a variety of awards, such as its "Distinguished Service to Safety Award".[4] Someone may have made an incorrect guess what the initialism NSC stands for; others copied without checking. Â --
Lambiam19:27, 12 July 2024 (UTC)reply
The earliest ref I could find in Google News was
dated 7 March 2016. It gives "National Science Committee", a variant that was in the Wikipedia article, but not in its reference. It was introduced to the WP article in
this edit, in February 2016. It cites
this short article, which is undated, archived by archive.is on 29 April 2016 and by archive.org in January 2016 (It carries "Š Copyright, African American Registry, 2000 to 2013" which however looks like a generic sitewide copyright notice).
However another source dated 11 April 2016
here, also mentioning the award, provides sources, namely:
Raymond B. Webster, African American firsts in science & technology, (1999);
The Inventor of the Home Security System: Marie Van Brittan Brown by Think Protection;
Patent: US 3482037 A;
âBrown Interview with the New York Times,â New York Times, December 6, 1969.
It's not in 1 or 3. I can't yet find 2, and I doubt it will be in 4, since this was a short while after the patent was granted. It's not impossible that this author (Rebecca Hill) also consulted Wikipedia, which by then contained the claim.
OK it's the thinkprotection source.
Here at archive.org. No visible author or date, but dated March 2016 by the upload directory. Hence postdating the introduction into Wikipedia. All the best: RichFarmbrough14:23, 13 July 2024 (UTC).reply
I canât seem to get into a normal Facebook page. Is there anything you can do to help? The page is for Menchies Frozen Yogurt. Thank you. It just shows a generic page saying âthis content isnât available at the momentâ even though I know for a fact the page is exactly as it normally is. Could you please have this checked for me? Thank you.
Pablothepenguin (
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19:39, 12 July 2024 (UTC)reply
It works fine for me. This is not a problem that anyone here on the ref desk can help you with. Try again later, reboot your PC, try a different browser. And so on. --
Viennese Waltz19:53, 12 July 2024 (UTC)reply
I can see why Pablothepenguin likes the page so much. It has a very interesting color palette that's visually appealing to some people.
Viriditas (
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09:18, 14 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Is it possible they have blocked you from their page? If you log out of Facebook and can then view the page, that seems the most likely reason why you cannot view it when you are logged in.-
Gadfium (
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23:02, 12 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Tried it when logged out and it worked. How do I ask to have my account unblocked? Iâm not sure what to do now. I also donât understand why I am blocked, as I said nothing vulgar or offensive. I also donât understand why Facebook canât just tell me about a block.
Pablothepenguin (
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23:42, 12 July 2024 (UTC)reply
The "owner/operator" of any individual Facebook page has the power to block anybody from that page, without any involvement by Facebook employees. I have blocked many people from my Facebook page for what I consider to be good reasons, but have no obligation to explain why. It is my page.
Pablothepenguin, based on your edit history, you are highly focused on this frozen yogurt company, and are repeatedly lobbying them to expand the way that you want them to expand, as opposed to their own internal plans. If their employee responsible for their Facebook page has concluded that you are no longer a welcome presence on their Facebook page, then they have the power and the right to block you from it.
Cullen328 (
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03:00, 13 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Pablothepenguin, if the person or people running that Facebook page have decided that you are no longer welcome there, then there is literally nothing you can do about it, except to move on and find another hobby.
Cullen328 (
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08:37, 13 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Personally, I find that hard to believe. Cullen328 has it right â if your history of contact with this company is anything like your history of comments about it on this ref desk, I'm not surprised they've blocked you. --
Viennese Waltz10:59, 13 July 2024 (UTC)reply
I can assure you it is true. I only ever leave short comments of a couple of words. I deserve a second change and I also believe the blocking system is unfair. Iâll explain why by reminding you of how blocks work on this very Wiki. As you may know, when a person is blocked here, they will receive a message on their talk page, and will have the ability to submit a block request. I donât agree with the fact that this doesnât happen on Facebook. At the very least there should be an official way to dispute a block.
Pablothepenguin (
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11:05, 13 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Just dropping it...both here and there probably would be a healthy step at this point. Based on your edits on this topic here over the past several months, I'm sure you wore out their patience. People running Facebook pages don't have the same policies on
assuming good faith and the like. They don't need a reason to block you. I'm starting to think a topic ban for you on discussing this company in any way on Wikipedia might be good for everyone involved. --
Onorem (
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13:40, 13 July 2024 (UTC)reply
I will probably take a break from it for a while at least. I still maintain my innocence and I can assure you once again that my comments on Facebook were polite and not offensive. I will admit they were a bit persistent and repetitive, but they definitely werenât meant to cause upset or annoyance. Hopefully one day my dream will come true and Scotland and the UK will have the frozen yogurt stores I seek. Until then I have to be patient and not a pain in the rear end. I thank you for you understanding.
Pablothepenguin (
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19:23, 13 July 2024 (UTC)reply
@Pablothepenguin While Wikipedia offers a fair process for
dispute resolution among its own contributors, Wikipedia cannot give legal advice or formally endorse either side in a complaint you have with a media company and/or a yoghurt supplier. Both are companies that have prerogative to act according to their commercial interests as they see them. However there are other internet social media than
Facebook where you with others like you may have your collective voices heard and noticed, in this example by over 200,000 viewers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKDD5t8FIY0Philvoids (
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20:15, 13 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Pablothepenguin, a life lesson: even polite and inoffensive-in-themselves comments can be annoying if they are uninvited, unwanted and unrelenting; consider
Sealioning, for example.
What you have been doing was not intended maliciously or applied knowingly, so was not sealioning, but consider another scenario: what if a sincere believer from a religion or sect you were not interested in continually pestered you, trying to persuade you to join it, day after day? Even if you had no particular dislike of that religion, I imagine you would soon get pretty annoyed.
It's easy to fall into such behaviour. When I was younger, I would sometimes 'lecture' my parents about some obscure-to-them topic I was interested in until they left the room to get away from me. One has to learn how others are responding to one's conversation (spoken or written), even when the signals are not explicit, and modify one's behaviour accordingly. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195}
94.6.82.201 (
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09:33, 14 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Thank you for your interesting comments. I do believe that from what Iâve heard from correspondence, Menchies do favour expanding more. I think that they are taking it very slowly, which annoys me, and I suspect that they would like to have UK stores someday. At the moment, they seem to be focusing on making sure theyâve recovered from post-Covid turbulence. I am quite impatient, so that is why I am the way I am. I am also blighted by the fact that I donât fully understand how the economy works, so I donât understand why a business would not prioritise growing as quickly as possible at all times.
Pablothepenguin (
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10:51, 14 July 2024 (UTC)reply
I'm not sure that there's necessarily anything either "logical" or "rational" about food preferences. It's not uncommon to hear people say that they dislike a certain food except in one particular context or dish.
ColinFine (
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15:46, 13 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Are you talking beef chops or pork chops? The latter have to be fully cooked. If it's the former, it's likely just a matter of taste. Some folks like liver, which is supposed to be good for you. I hate the stuff. â
Baseball BugsWhat's up, Doc?carrotsâ
20:38, 13 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Does it make sense for someone to prefer their tea hot and their beer cold? I'm not sure that such questions make sense â I don't even know what they mean. Â --
Lambiam22:37, 13 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Food preferences are quite interesting, actually. Are they developed through trial and error, habit, or something that happens in the womb? Speaking only for myself, I think they are a combination of all of the above. However, there are other factors to consider. I've met people whose food preferences have been shaped by fear and traumatic incidents, particularly those that occurred during natural disasters when they were forced to eat certain food to survive. Later in life, they avoid those foods because of the trauma. On other social media sites, I've noticed other factors that are due purely to visual presentation. In other words, there's a subset of people who won't eat food that looks a certain way, regardless of how it tastes. I've always found that to be very odd, but apparently it is very common. I think one of the reasons I don't necessarily understand that approach is because I'm personally not so much a visual person when it comes to food. And that's where I stand out as odd. I'm far more interested in the health aspects and nutritional qualities, which I've discovered has little bearing for most people.
Viriditas (
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09:05, 14 July 2024 (UTC)reply