• adj16@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Is this some sort of European joke that I’m too American to understand?

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      Milo is actually Australian funnily enough. It’s like a powdered chocolate thing similar to nesquik, but I don’t think it actually contains any chocolate.

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        Ah gotcha. Drinking chocolate is also an unfamiliar term to me, though I’m fairly certain I can guess what it means in American English: hot chocolate

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          I’ve never heard of drinking chocolate either, and I’m only now realising that it’s a noun instead of a verb in the meme. I only happen to know about Milo because I’ve got family living in Australia.

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          I Wikipedia’ed it cuz malt by its self can’t taste like chocolate.

          Standard Milo consists of four main ingredients: malted barley, milk powder, sugar and cocoa.[

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    You are lying yes, but I don’t know how to change your mind. You get bonus points for the cute template tho

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      Milo is a chocolate milk mix, similar to Nesquik if you’re from the US, both made by Nestle. Drinking Chocolate is also a mix, but made by Cadbury, and (IMO) much better than Milo.

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        Milo is malted like Ovaltine. That would account for the taste difference. I personally like Milo a lot. I’ve never tried this “drinking chocolate”.

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          Yeah, and you can eat Milo raw or put it on icecream, I wouldn’t think to do that with most other hot chocolate powders. Tho I also gather from context that Drinking Chocolate is different?

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    When I first read this, I assumed that Milo was the name of the dog because my brain could not comprehend how anyone could come up with such insane logic

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    None of you have apparently had “drinking chocolate” before because it is usually a very thick liquid you can only really sip a thimbleful at a time because it is so rich. It can’t be made with a mix.