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High Tea Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does Shutterstock By Maria Scinto/April 7, 2021 12:37 pm EST Picture yourself sitting in the palace garden (Buckingham, Windsor Castle, Sandringham, take your pick), delicately sipping Darjeeling from a Sèvres porcelain cup and nibbling on a watercress and salmon finger sandwich. Now blink your eyes, and poof! All of a sudden, you’re magically transported into the palace kitchen where you join the belowstairs staff in a British meal consisting of beans on toast, rashers of bacon, and chips washed down with mugs of strong black tea with plenty of milk....

How One Nashville Coffee Shop Turned Vandalism Into A Community Art Project Shutterstock By Nancy Mock/June 30, 2021 1:51 pm EST “All you need is love (& coffee.)” Along with the words “home” and family," this mantra is stenciled on the outside of Caliber Coffee Company in Nashville. It could be a kitschy slogan for any coffee joint, but the owners of this small business proved that it’s way more than just word art for them....

Krispy Kreme Just Unveiled New Donut Waffles, But You Probably Can’t Try Them Tatchaphol/Shutterstock By Katherine Mclaughlin/Aug. 23, 2021 10:43 am EST Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, right? It’s also the best meal of the day — well, maybe that depends on who you ask. Still, breakfast is for sure a top three dish, and the only thing that can make it better is combining favorite breakfast entrées into one ultimate breakfast meal....

Popular Starbucks Frappuccinos, Ranked Worst To Best Shutterstock By Samantha Maxwell/July 1, 2021 11:30 am EST Starbucks may have a strong competitor in Dunkin’ when it comes to iced coffee. But when you look at the market for blended drinks, it seems like Starbucks’ selection of Frappuccinos will never fail to disappoint. You may think of Frappuccinos as something only the younger crowd would like — you know, kids who want more of a dessert than a coffee drink....

Read This Before Cleaning Your Kitchen With Borax Shutterstock By Karen Hart/Feb. 19, 2021 6:57 am EST It might surprise you to learn Borax is not a word Dr. Seuss made up to go along with his rhyming book, The Lorax, although you can make some pretty awesome Dr. Seuss slime with it by following Little Bins for Little Hands’ recipe. Per 20 Mule Team Borax, this naturally occurring mineral has been used as an all-purpose household cleaner and laundry detergent since 1891....

Read This If You Recently Bought McCormick Or Frank’s RedHot Seasonings Shutterstock By Lauren Cahn/July 27, 2021 2:19 pm EST The longtime source of spice cabinet staples, McCormick, just announced that it has issued a voluntary recall with regard to three of its seasonings, according to a press release. The seasonings that are subject to the recall are McCormick Perfect Pinch Italian Seasoning, McCormick Culinary Italian Seasoning, and Frank’s RedHot Buffalo Ranch Seasoning, all of which were shipped to retail stores between June 20, 2021 and July 21, 2021....

Reddit’s Genius Veggie Alternatives To Meat Toppings On Pizza Shutterstock By Rachel Pasche/June 9, 2021 4:56 pm EST If you’re a vegetarian or vegan, there may be times when you miss eating meat — whether you’re at a backyard barbecue and smelling the hot dogs and burgers on the grill, or if you’re at a steakhouse trying valiantly to ignore the delicious cuts surrounding you. While giving up meat (or even just making an effort to reduce your intake) can seem tough at times, there are tons of clever replacements that people have come up with and shared with the world....

Tabitha Brown Debunks The Biggest Myths About Being Vegan - Exclusive Michael Tullberg/Getty Images By Lauren Cahn/June 8, 2021 9:35 am EST When TikTok influencer, actress, and author Tabitha Brown first embarked on what has now become her 100% vegan lifestyle (meaning she doesn’t eat, wear, or otherwise use anything derived from animals, not even a drizzle of honey in her tea), she was highly motivated. In large part, Brown told Mashed during an exclusive interview, that was a function of her feeling desperate to do something — anything — to feel better after almost two years of mysterious, autoimmune-type symptoms had left her wondering if she’d even make it to 40 (happily, Brown celebrated her 42nd birthday in February)....

Taco Bell’s Logo Used To Look Drastically Different Shutterstock By Lauren David/July 28, 2021 5:39 pm EST The images of fast-food chains are iconic and can often be detected without seeing the moniker of the establishment. Sometimes the logo catches our attention long before we see the words, proving just how important a brand’s image is. Now, it can be easy to assume that the logos of our preferred food chains have always been that way since their inception....

The Biggest Mistake You Can Make On Guy’s Grocery Games, According To Guy Fieri Kevin Mazur/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/March 4, 2021 8:06 am EST All the real fans know: Guy’s Grocery Games is one entertaining watch, thanks to the sheer number of overwhelming challenges that contestants are put through on the show. According to E! News, celebrity chef Guy Fieri feels rather strongly about his show’s concept. “This is a side of food that we haven’t really touched on that we all experience and that’s going to the grocery store,” he explained....

The Real Reason Fans Are Upset About The Great Food Truck Race: Alaska Food Network By Maria Scinto/April 8, 2021 4:30 am EST First there was food TV, which started out as rather staid public television cooking demos from the likes of James Beard and Graham Kerr, although admittedly Julia Child could be quite personable. Several decades later, along came reality TV as we now know it, with early shows such as Survivor creating the by-now cliched genre of randomly-selected (yet oddly telegenic) citizens pitted against nature in all its cruelty with nothing but an off-camera production team to sustain them in their struggles....

The Untold Truth Of Butterball Facebook By Mary Patterson Broome/Updated: Feb. 11, 2021 8:54 pm EST In operation for over half a century, Butterball might be considered an American institution. While whole turkeys might have been its original bread and butter (pun intended), today it offers a vast array of very popular turkey products, from turkey meatballs and turkey bacon, to turkey sausage and cold cuts. The Butterball name has become a lunch and holiday staple....

The Very Specific Water Source Used To Make Jameson Irish Whiskey Bloomberg/Getty Images By Neala Broderick/June 16, 2021 11:25 am EST For Irish whiskey fans, Jameson is the cream of the crop. Having been around since 1780, according to Jameson Whiskey, this smooth alcohol has won the hearts of whiskey advocates all over the world. Jameson’s home is — you guessed it — Ireland. John Jameson, the fella we can thank for this tasty concoction, raised the curtains in Dublin on the legendary Bow Street after relocating from Scotland....

This Pebbles Cereal-Inspired Makeup Is Turning Heads Revolution Beauty By Courtney Iseman/Aug. 10, 2021 12:21 pm EST America’s favorite cartoon-based cereal turns 50 in 2021, and the celebration has gone on all year long. The festivities show no sign of slowing down, either, and fans of sugary breakfast, “The Flintstones,” and/or overall nostalgia are not complaining. Since 1971, shoppers have found Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles – plus the more recent addition of Marshmallow Fruity Pebbles – on grocery store shelves....

Unpopular Opinions About Costco That Make You Think Tim Boyle/Getty Images By Joel Burrows/Updated: Feb. 9, 2021 9:45 am EST Human beings have created a lot of hot takes, spicy opinions, and superheated complaints. Now, that being the case, not every one of these dissenting arguments is worth your time or attention. For instance, according to a poll by Gallup, four percent of respondents believed that Elvis Presley was still alive in 1999....

What Does It Really Mean When Your Egg Has Double Yolks? Shutterstock By Karen Hart/Feb. 17, 2021 10:20 am EST If you’ve ever cracked open an egg and found a double yolk, you’ve probably heard the myriad of superstitions that accompany it as an added bonus. Per How Stuff Works, a double yolk can really trigger the extremes. Two egg yolks out of a single egg can signify great luck and fortune are coming your way....

What Is Citric Acid And Is It Good For You? Shutterstock By Felix Behr/May 29, 2021 2:27 pm EST If you sift through the non-flour products the King Arthur Baking Company offers on their website, you will find a 3.4-oz. jar of citric acid, also known as “sour salt,” for $6.95. Citric acid, the product blurb describes, is a multitasker in the kitchen that can add a tang to your sourdough, delime your dishes as they undergo the travails of your dishwasher, curdle your milk into ricotta, and more!...

What Is Fish Sauce And How Do You Use It? Bloomberg/Getty Images By Hope Ngo/May 19, 2021 10:56 am EST Soy sauce may be the king of condiments where Asian cooking is concerned, but we wouldn’t be surprised to call fish sauce the region’s queen (via The Woks of Life). Whether it is called teuk trei in Cambodia, patis in the Philippines, nam pla in Thailand, and nuoc nam in Vietnam, no self-respecting kitchen in South East Asia would be without fish sauce, which imparts umami to most of the dishes unique to the region (via The Spruce Eats)....

What’s The Real Difference Between Cane Sugar And White Sugar? Shutterstock By Amy Hamblen/March 28, 2021 7:00 pm EST It hasn’t always been so easy to sweeten your tea. According to Saveur, in 1840, if you wanted to put some sugar in your tea, you would need to own a pair of sugar nippers, a cast-iron, scissor-like contraption that would cut off a chunk of sugar from your cone-shaped sugar loaf....

Why This Whole30 Approved Sauce Keeps Selling Out Whole30 By Emily Cappiello/Aug. 11, 2021 3:46 pm EST You know what they say: Condiments make everything better. (Okay, maybe that’s not a saying, but it is absolutely true.) From ketchup on fries to ranch dressing on anything and everything, a good food enhancement can take a meal from good to great. But sometimes, these condiments can pack on the calories (there are about 129 calories in a 2-tablespoon serving of ranch, per Healthline) and sugar (a 20-ounce bottle of ketchup can hold almost 2/3 cup of sugar, per Insider)....