Whole milk
Jun 30, 2020, 1:05 pm
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Mr Gfunk refuses to drink milk ("It's juice from a cow. Why would I drink cow juice?") mostly because when he was a kid in Ireland the non-homogenized milk grossed him out.
There is a local farm here that sells raw (unpasteurized) milk at a couple of the local natural grocery stores. I tried it out of curiosity once and thought it tasted good but not good enough to risk salmonella or listeria or whatever could be in it...
There is a local farm here that sells raw (unpasteurized) milk at a couple of the local natural grocery stores. I tried it out of curiosity once and thought it tasted good but not good enough to risk salmonella or listeria or whatever could be in it...
Jun 30, 2020, 1:16 pm
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I would expect non-homogenized milk to be pasteurized. Raw milk not, of course. Milk stopped tasting good to me when it became more uniformly homogenized at, what, 3.5%? That means skimming cream from milk that was naturally higher in fat content.
Aug 12, 2020, 8:35 pm
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Aug 12, 2020, 8:41 pm
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I used to drink raw milk in the 70’s and never suffered any ill health. Kinda tasty, as I recall. Never enjoyed skim or 1% milk. These days only use milk for cereal. Had some UHT box milk last week, and it reminded me a bit of grody powdered milk I had as a kid.
Aug 13, 2020, 12:35 am
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Milk from Guernsey cows is particularly high in carotene.
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Aug 13, 2020, 2:19 am
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It really is the most delicious milk money can buy and typically comes from Jersey and Guernsey cows, it's not a commonly used milk because of the fat content.
Aug 13, 2020, 7:09 pm
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The cows aren't very popular with dairy producers because they're small (so produce less absolute volume per cow) and, I understand, less productive overall. The Holstein is the favorite dairy farmer's cow breed for those reasons.
Aug 13, 2020, 7:27 pm
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Not sure if it comes solely/primarily because of pasture-raised cows. If so, New Zealand dairy (lots of rain, mild climate = lots of grass for dairy cow pasture) or perhaps even California (substitute irrigation for rain) would have lots of Beta Carotene (or at least yellow-coloured fat). AFAIK, it doesn't. I think breed of cow is more important
Aug 13, 2020, 9:38 pm
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Not sure if it comes solely/primarily because of pasture-raised cows. If so, New Zealand dairy (lots of rain, mild climate = lots of grass for dairy cow pasture) or perhaps even California (substitute irrigation for rain) would have lots of Beta Carotene (or at least yellow-coloured fat). AFAIK, it doesn't. I think breed of cow is more important
Response was in reference to Gold Top milk which comes from Jersey or Guernsey cows. I guess my edit wasn't clear enough. I tend to get wordy. So yes, breed matters.
Aug 27, 2020, 2:42 pm
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- and certainly with whole milk only (3.8%)
Aug 27, 2020, 3:20 pm
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