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Which is weird to me, coconut milk has been "milk" for over 300 years. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coconut%20milk https://www.merriam-webster.co
by La1n 5y ago
Which is weird to me, coconut milk has been "milk" for over 300 years.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coconut%20milk https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coconut%20milk
- kuratkull 5y agoWhich is why it's basically the only exception. No other non-milks are allowed that. Good
- La1n 5y agoBut if consumers understand that coconut milk doesn't come from a cow, surely they can understand soy milk doesn't. Milk is already used for non animal milks as coconut shows, so I don't see this doing anything pro-consumer.
- kuratkull 5y agoA historical exception isn't an acceptable excuse to muddy the otherwise precisely defined definition further. But that's just my opinion. I'd even wager that coconut liquid may lose its privilege in the near future. Good
- ThrowawayIP 5y agoAlmond milk predates coconut milk by several hundred years even. I remember reading an account by a European man stranded in North America of almond milk but I couldn't find the source again. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/almond%20milk https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/almond%20milk https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/almond-milk-obsession-origins-middle-ages https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/almond-milk-obsession-...