• johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I would, in fact, definite milk as only coming from a mammal. Coconut milk or soy milk or nut milk or whatever else may superficially resemble milk but they’re pretty fundamentally not the same sort of substance as milk.

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      11 months ago

      We’ve called those liquids “milk” for over a thousand years

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        11 months ago

        Magnesium hydroxide is also known as “milk of magnesia”. Must be milk!