Milk

[Tim]

Not the film, the beverage. I've basically been avoiding white milk since I was about 16 years old. I've always loved (and regularly drank) chocolate milk, but I haven't really enjoyed drinking white milk. And I'm not a huge breakfast eater, so I've never really been into cereal. Plus my parents powerblasted the whole "milk at dinner" thing while I was growing up, so as an adult I've generally avoided it.

Recently, though, within the past year, I've been drinking a lot more milk. Why? Maple View Farm. It's a dairy in Hillsborough, North Carolina (west of Chapel Hill), and they make and distribute premium fresh milk. It comes in glass bottles and is available at higher-end grocery stores in the area. Their chocolate milk tastes like a milkshake, and their whole white milk is amazing, especially when cold. There's something amazing about milk that comes in glass bottles. I love the stuff.

Just now I was eating a bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats with whole milk. It's one of the best everyday desserts I know of.

Do any of you have access to fresh, local, premium milk? If so, you should give it a shot.

[RobinFinderson]

Mmmmmm Milk. We drink the whole stuff, but it has been a long while since we have purchased the extra-premium stuff (tastes SOOO goood).

I don't understand why people drink the 2% and skim. I mean something better taste pretty damn good before a person is willing to drink the glandular excretion from an animal's hairy teet. Good whole milk, full of fat, meets the standard, but who in their right mind would suck a hairy teet for skim?

[Surfah]

I am lactose intolerant.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I am lactose intolerant.

Me too.

When I first started drinking soy milk, it was a struggle. Occasionally I would sneak a drink of regular milk and it tasted wonderful. But I have grown to like soy milk. I had a drink of regular milk the other day and thought it was just so-so.

I refer to whole milk as "white death".

[Tim]

Me too.

When I first started drinking soy milk, it was a struggle. Occasionally I would sneak a drink of regular milk and it tasted wonderful. But I have grown to like soy milk. I had a drink of regular milk the other day and thought it was just so-so.

I refer to whole milk as "white death".

I love soy milk as well. What brand do you buy?

[marsupial]

Me too.

When I first started drinking soy milk, it was a struggle. Occasionally I would sneak a drink of regular milk and it tasted wonderful. But I have grown to like soy milk. I had a drink of regular milk the other day and thought it was just so-so.

I refer to whole milk as "white death".

I prefer rice to soy. I have been using rice milk on my cereal because cow's milk bothers my baby. I don't think I will go back to the cow when I am done nursing. I like the malty, vanilla flavor it adds to my cereal. Though I don't think I could drink it plain.

[Surfah]

I love soy milk as well. What brand do you buy?

I drink soy as well. I liked the archer farms brand soy milk from Target. But usually I get the Light Silk. Sometimes I'll get the vanilla, but usually I prefer plain. I am not really loyal to any brand though so typically it's what is on sale. I only use it in cold cereal so it's not that important to me.

[Solon]

Not the film, the beverage. I've basically been avoiding white milk since I was about 16 years old. I've always loved (and regularly drank) chocolate milk, but I haven't really enjoyed drinking white milk. And I'm not a huge breakfast eater, so I've never really been into cereal. Plus my parents powerblasted the whole "milk at dinner" thing while I was growing up, so as an adult I've generally avoided it.

Recently, though, within the past year, I've been drinking a lot more milk. Why? Maple View Farm. It's a dairy in Hillsborough, North Carolina (west of Chapel Hill), and they make and distribute premium fresh milk. It comes in glass bottles and is available at higher-end grocery stores in the area. Their chocolate milk tastes like a milkshake, and their whole white milk is amazing, especially when cold. There's something amazing about milk that comes in glass bottles. I love the stuff.

Just now I was eating a bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats with whole milk. It's one of the best everyday desserts I know of.

Do any of you have access to fresh, local, premium milk? If so, you should give it a shot.

Generally, I think milk is food for baby cows. But we have a local dairy here with milk that is cheaper than the supermarket prices. And the milk tastes unbelievably good. I still won't just drink a glass, but I love it all the same.

The place is trapped in the 1970s. You can buy a banana split big enough for three for about $2.75, and in the summer there are a couple of Amish kids that sell strawberries by the doorway. One of the perks of country living, I guess.

[smokymountainrain]

My family consists of me, my wife, my nine year old daughter, 7 year old son and 7 month old baby. I bought 9 gallons of milk last Tuesday. We have one gallon left as of tonight.

Milk is good.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I love soy milk as well. What brand do you buy?

Kirkland (Costco) vanilla soy.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I drink soy as well. I liked the archer farms brand soy milk from Target. But usually I get the Light Silk. Sometimes I'll get the vanilla, but usually I prefer plain. I am not really loyal to any brand though so typically it's what is on sale. I only use it in cold cereal so it's not that important to me.

The best thing about being the only one in the family with lactose intolerance is that I never get a glass when I want a quick drink. I always guzzle straight from the carton.

[marsupial]

My family consists of me, my wife, my nine year old daughter, 7 year old son and 7 month old baby. I bought 9 gallons of milk last Tuesday. We have one gallon left as of tonight.

Milk is good.

That's two gallons per person in one week. Do you buy 9 gallons in one grocery store trip? And if so, where the heck do you store it?

[creekster]

That's two gallons per person in one week. Do you buy 9 gallons in one grocery store trip? And if so, where the heck do you store it?

When my son left for college our weekly milk consumption went from 7 gallons for five people to 3.5 gallons for 4 people. We drink skim milk; all the nutirtion, hormones and fortifications, virtually none of the fat. I am not sure what animal Robin is getting his milk from, but the cows I have milked don't have particularly hairy teats.

[RobinFinderson]

When my son left for college our weekly milk consumption went from 7 gallons for five people to 3.5 gallons for 4 people. We drink skim milk; all the nutirtion, hormones and fortifications, virtually none of the fat. I am not sure what animal Robin is getting his milk from, but the cows I have milked don't have particularly hairy teats.

They have just enough hairs on those teets to be extra gross... like the two hairs springing form a mole. Of course some cows get very self-conscious about this and so they wax.

[Jeff Lebowski]

They have just enough hairs on those teets to be extra gross... like the two hairs springing form a mole. Of course some cows get very self-conscious about this and so they wax.