White chocolate is a chocolate made from cocoa butter, sugar and milk solids. It is ivory in color as it does not contain the non-fat components of cocoa (cocoa solids). Of the three traditional types of chocolate (the others being milk and dark), white chocolate is the least popular; its taste and texture are divisive. White chocolate is sold in a variety of forms and it is common for manufacturers to pair white chocolate with other flavors. White chocolate is made industrially in a five-step process. The ingredients are mixed to form a paste; the paste is refined, reducing the particle size to a powder; then agitated for several hours (known as conching); further processing standardizes its viscosity and taste; and the chocolate is tempered by heating, cooling and then reheating. White chocolate was first sold commercially in tablet form in 1936 by the Swiss company Nestlé. It was not until the 1980s that white chocolate became popular in the United States.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1775:
King George III issued a proclamation that declared elements of the American colonies of Great Britain to be in a state of "open and avowed rebellion". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_Rebellion
1960:
Congo Crisis: In order to stop the secession of South Kasai from the Republic of Congo, Armée Nationale Congolaise forces launched an invasion of South Kasai. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_South_Kasai
2006:
Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten in Vienna, escaped from her captor's house in Strasshof an der Nordbahn after more than eight years in captivity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natascha_Kampusch
2011:
A 5.8 MW earthquake struck the Piedmont region of Virginia, and was felt by more people than any other quake in U.S. history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake
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plunk: 1. (transitive) 2. To move (something) with a sudden push. 3. (figurative) Chiefly followed by down or out: to pay (money); to plank. 4. (music) To pluck and quickly release (a string of a stringed instrument); also, to play (a stringed instrument) by plucking strings; to play (a piano, etc.) by striking keys; or, to play (a note or tune) on such an instrument. 5. (also reflexive, originally Scotland) Often followed by down: to drop, set, or throw (something, or oneself) abruptly and/or heavily into or on to a surface or some other thing, making a dull sound; to plump 6. (chiefly US) To hit or injure (someone or something); also, to shoot (someone or something) with a firearm. 7. (baseball) To pitch a ball in a way that it hits (a player). 8. (intransitive) 9. To make a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface; to thud. 10. (figurative) Followed by for: to choose, to opt; to plump. 11. (music) To pluck and quickly release a string of a musical instrument; also, to play a stringed instrument by plucking strings; to play a piano, etc., by striking keys; or, to play a note or tune on such an instrument. 12. (originally Scotland) Often followed by down: to drop, land, or set abruptly and/or heavily into or on to a surface or some other thing with a dull sound; to plump down. 13. (obsolete) Of a raven: to croak. [...] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plunk
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been — Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future. We are not going to allow this to happen, and I have instructed my attorneys to go through the Museums, and start the exact same process that has been done with Colleges and Universities where tremendous progress has been made. This Country cannot be WOKE, because WOKE IS BROKE. --Donald Trump https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Donald_Trump