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5 Confusing Food Names That Could End You Up With The Wrong Thing On Your Table

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Often it happens that similar sounding food names or grubs with a similar spelling send our brain nerves for a hike. The result? We end up with something completely different from what we had expected. These 5 differences might help you choose your food better the next time.

 

  1. Macarons v/s Macaroons

No, both the terms aren’t synonymous with eachother. Macarons are meringue-based cookie made with almond flour, egg whites, granulated and powdered sugar, then filled with buttercream, ganache or fruit curd.macaron5

And with an extra ‘o’, macaroons are a moist and dense confectionaries, which is composed of egg whites, sugar, and dried coconut, often piped with a star-shaped tip, and sometimes dipped in chocolate.Macarons

 

  1. Cacao v/s Cocoa

Cacao beans are the raw state of the food found inside the fruit of the cacao tree. Any form of cacao in the market is the raw and un-processed state.Cocoa-pods-story

Cocoa is the cleaned, roasted and processed form of cacao, the hot liquid form of which we often down on chilly winter evenings.cocoa

 

  1. Patty v/s Pâté

A patty is a dish that is minced food, which is flattened, given shape by hand and cooked.Featured image japanese 5 patty burger

Completely unlike its namesake, pâté is a blend of cooked ground meat and fat made into a spreadable paste.dip pattys

 

  1. Maize v/s Mezze

Ok this one may be a bit obvious but believe it or not, it can be confusing due to the similar sound. Maize, also known as corn, is a crop, which gives us the yummy cobs.charcoalcorn3422

On the other hand, mezze (or meze) is a platter or selection of dishes like hummus, kibbeh and falafel served as an accompaniment with drinks in Middle Eastern countries.Hummus

 

  1. Chop v/s Chop

To chop means to finely cut something – it could be food or it could be an object.avocado-chopped

A chop is a form of cutlet that is usually made by pan frying the ingredient (and not deep frying like a cutlet).Quick-and-Easy-Grilled-Pork-Chops

 

 

 

Binge eater by day and binge watcher by night, Ankita is fluent in food, film, and Internet. When she’s not obsessing over the hottest trends, tacos, and the perfect author’s bio, you can find her under a pile of Jeffery Archer’s novels or looking for the nearest wine shop.