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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 bott
by 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 agoFunny, 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!