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It is however, delicious.

crazygringo 4y ago
I respectfully disagree, but to each their own. I love milk. But the first time I had it straight from the cow, it was... not what I expected. I'll take mine filtered, homogenized and cooled down to refrigerator temperature please.
- secondcoming 4y ago
  Are you used to UHT milk?
- Fatnino 4y ago
  When I was a kid we used to drive out to a farm every Sunday to buy milk. We'd go early because us kids liked watching the cows. Before bottling (in glass bottles that you had to bring back) the milk would drip over some cold rollers so it wasn't cow temperature by the time it got to the milk crate in the car. It spent the rest of the week in our refrigerator and after the first night all the bottles would be cream in the top 1/3 or so of the bottle and out of this world delicious milk in the rest. After that farm closed it took me many years to not equate the taste of "normal" store bought milk to that of water.
  - crazygringo 4y ago
    Funny, I find the milk left after the cream has separated to just be kind of... watery and not flavorful. Because the fat is gone. That's why I said homogenized -- I drink whole milk for both the flavor and the nutrition. Also I'm in the US so I'm talking about store-bought milk you buy refrigerated and with an expiration date 10 days out. It's still quite "fresh". Not UHT milk sold in much of the world that keeps for months unopened at room temperature. Which doesn't have the same flavor at all, although there has been some advancement there depending on the brand. But of course, let me be clear -- at the end of the day there's no arguing with childhood memories. :) What's most valuable is the whole family experience!
germinalphrase 4y ago
If people could buy non-homogenized milk, the demand for raw milk would probably be significantly reduced.
- saalweachter 4y ago
  You... can? If you want to make cheese at home, the first step is usually buying non-homogenized milk from the grocery.
  - germinalphrase 4y ago
    In much of the US, non-homogenized milk is very rare.
SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
Apparently so is antifreeze? (Exaggerating the possible health outcomes for effect - I'm aware they aren't comparable.)
- kortex 4y ago
  Extrapolating from propylene glycol, it's definitely sweet but I would not call it delicious. On par with glycerin or corn syrup.
  - SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
    I was wondering about the wording as well, but this is the first article when I googled "is antifreeze sweet": https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2004/07/why-is-antifreeze-so-delicious.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2004/07/why-is-antifreez... I wouldn't have thought so either, but apparently someone at slate likes it.

I respectfully disagree, but to each their own. I love milk. But the first time I had it straight from the cow, it was... not what I expected. I'll take mine filtered, homogenized and cooled down to refrigerator temperature please.

secondcoming 4y ago
Are you used to UHT milk?
Fatnino 4y ago
When I was a kid we used to drive out to a farm every Sunday to buy milk. We'd go early because us kids liked watching the cows. Before bottling (in glass bottles that you had to bring back) the milk would drip over some cold rollers so it wasn't cow temperature by the time it got to the milk crate in the car. It spent the rest of the week in our refrigerator and after the first night all the bottles would be cream in the top 1/3 or so of the bottle and out of this world delicious milk in the rest. After that farm closed it took me many years to not equate the taste of "normal" store bought milk to that of water.
- crazygringo 4y ago
  Funny, I find the milk left after the cream has separated to just be kind of... watery and not flavorful. Because the fat is gone. That's why I said homogenized -- I drink whole milk for both the flavor and the nutrition. Also I'm in the US so I'm talking about store-bought milk you buy refrigerated and with an expiration date 10 days out. It's still quite "fresh". Not UHT milk sold in much of the world that keeps for months unopened at room temperature. Which doesn't have the same flavor at all, although there has been some advancement there depending on the brand. But of course, let me be clear -- at the end of the day there's no arguing with childhood memories. :) What's most valuable is the whole family experience!

germinalphrase 4y ago

If people could buy non-homogenized milk, the demand for raw milk would probably be significantly reduced.

saalweachter 4y ago
You... can? If you want to make cheese at home, the first step is usually buying non-homogenized milk from the grocery.
- germinalphrase 4y ago
  In much of the US, non-homogenized milk is very rare.

SketchySeaBeast 4y ago

Apparently so is antifreeze? (Exaggerating the possible health outcomes for effect - I'm aware they aren't comparable.)

kortex 4y ago
Extrapolating from propylene glycol, it's definitely sweet but I would not call it delicious. On par with glycerin or corn syrup.
- SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
  I was wondering about the wording as well, but this is the first article when I googled "is antifreeze sweet": https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2004/07/why-is-antifreeze-so-delicious.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2004/07/why-is-antifreez... I wouldn't have thought so either, but apparently someone at slate likes it.