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American vs British cooking vocabulary
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> On Sunday, May 11, 2014 11:38:53 AM UTC-7, Yellow wrote:
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>> > On 5/11/2014 8:13 AM, Yellow wrote:
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>> > > Ale is beer, strong or otherwise.
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>> > Purists would argue that. Different types of yeast are used.
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>> > Ales use a top fermenting yeast at room temperature. Lager uses a
>> > bottom fermenting yeast at cooler temperatures.
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>> But lager isn't beer!
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> Beer was ale with hops.
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> Hops and turkeys, carp and beer
> Came into England all in one year.
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> Before hops, ale was flavored with gruit, whatever that may be.
wiki says:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruit
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