It's getting hot in the kitchen (food appreciation thread)

[Giselle Montreal]

between a traditional cafe macchiato and latte macchiato ... (I.e. I was not expecting such a small coffee hahah)

So weird, because macchiato means "with a bit of milk", but a latte IS milk? It doesn't make sense :' )

 

[LeDodo]

So weird, because macchiato means "with a bit of milk", but a latte IS milk? It doesn't make sense :' )

Yeah actually the nuance is very tricky:
- (traditional) macchiato is milk foam where you pour the Espresso so the foam has the strong expresso taste
- latte macchiato you have a first layer of steamed milk then foam milk and then the espresso is poured over to give the strong coffee taste
- latte, the espresso is added first, then an amount of 2/3 of steamed milk is added blending the taste

 

[LeDodo]

Since last year I discovered that sweet corn when just harvested could be eaten raw!
So this year I've tried it again and I think it will become a seasonal thing I'll eat (among so many other seasonal food I have in my calendar lol)
The reason it can be eaten raw it's because just harvested corn and in particular sweet corn (not to confuse with field or dent corn) are very sweet and the sugar didn't turn yet into starch which makes them hard.

Fun fact: Japanese white corn, such as Hokkaido's Pure White Corn, are grown to be eaten raw due to their low starch and high water and sugar content too.