What does it mean when they speak of milky?It turns out that different things ... What connects snowdrops, a variety of Chinese tea, spice such as nutmeg, and the mozzarella - Italian variety of cheese?And here milky?Try to understand ...
Snowdrop - milk flower
Latin name of snowdrops, Galanthus, in Russian means "milky".Photo below makes it easy to understand why it was attached to its name - white flowers of this plant are really in shape resemble drops of milk.
People snowdrops known since ancient times.I mention them even Homer, describing the journey of Odysseus.According to legend, the snowdrops (grass Moth) famous hero handed god Hermes to resist the charms he was able sorceress Circe.
Total "milky" account for eighteen species.In nature they are found in central and southern Europe as well as in Asia and in the Caucasus.Today, this plant is considered rare: all species are protected and listed as endangered many countries.
leaves of this plant are elongated, narrow, usually light or dark green.The flowers are shaped like small bells white with green spots.Each flower six petals, three outside and three inside.
Snowdrops are growing not only in the wild.Very impressive, they look in the garden - the trees, in flowerbeds or lawns.The pots on the balcony and window sills can also grow "milky" (photo below - is not the only version of this balcony greenhouse).
If you create for the bulbs of this plant favorable conditions, the flowers of snowdrops will long to please the eye.
Milk Oolong - Fire Flower
Wulong, or Oolong - a special kind of tea, the degree of fermentation which occupies an intermediate position between black and green.The most popular among this category of teas - milk oolong.
motherland of this variety of tea is Taiwan.Produce it based on teas, called the Golden Flower (Jin-Xuan).It grows in the mountains at an altitude of almost kilometer.Collection of tea takes place twice a year in spring and autumn.
Due name milk oolong, and expressed creamy taste of tea brewed from the common misconception that he soaked in a special way in the milk.But in fact, this tea does not produce.
In fact, there are two ways of flavoring milk oolong.First, quite time consuming and expensive, involves the processing of tea bushes with a solution of cane sugar.Thereafter, the roots of each plant watering milk diluted in water and then sprinkle the plant is rice hulls.The second way is easier and cheaper - already collected tea leaves flavored, processed milk extract, which ultimately also leads to the desired result.
As they brew milk oolong
best to brew tea in a clay or porcelain pot.Pre-tank recommended parboiled - it is necessary to eliminate extraneous odors.The following sleep tea from this calculation: one teaspoon of tea leaves per person and cover with water, cooled to ninety-five degrees.Before use, should be given oolong brew for one minute.Brew milk oolong can be up to eight times in a row, and each time his taste will manifest new notes.
"milky" Muscat
photo below shows one of the most famous in the world of spices - nutmeg.
Muskatnik - it is an evergreen tree that grows mainly in the lands of Asia and Polynesia, South America and Africa.Bright aroma and spicy-hot taste of this spice from ancient times used in the manufacture of confectionery and cooking.
As a spice used in all three types of plants, of which the most common is muskatnik fragrant.Its seeds and there is not nothing but a "nutmeg".But the "mace" or mace - yellow-orange powder, the taste is more delicate than that of seeds muskatnika - in fact not made from the flowers.It is dried and powdered prisemennik istolchёnny - thin skin is soft as the petals, which are covered by its seeds.Nicknamed "milky," which is sometimes applied to them correctly, but justified by the fact that the mace is quite popular as an additive in many dairy dishes.For example, in European and Asian cuisine this spice is put in small quantities in a variety of creamy soups, sauces and beverages based on milk.This spice is also often flavored with a variety of cheeses and cottage cheese.This mace is the classic condiment, which is part of the famous French milk sauce "Bechamel".
And even "milk flower" - a ... cheese!
And now a few words about ... mozzarella.What links the famous Italian cheese and "milky"?
The fact that the name "mozzarella" actually combines several varieties of cheese.The classic version - Mozarella di Bufala - the premium product produced in Italy directly from the milk of black buffalo.It is much more common in the world of another type of cheese - Fior di Latte, which is translated as "milk flower".Made from whole cow's milk, selected milk enzymes and natural sourdough, this kind of mozzarella a fresh taste than the classic version.However, it is cheaper, more accessible and is able to be stored in brine (vacuum packaging) to one month.
