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Illinois John
Posted 12/3/2012 01:18 (#2729919 - in reply to #2729495)
Subject: RE: Looking for a new drink!


Crawford County, Robinson, Illinois

Dave Cen.Ia - 12/2/2012 20:39 Absotively, posilutely! As children, we grew up with one milk cow on the farm. Dad never had any desire to dairy, that I knew of, but we always had our own milk and sold a little too. I never lost the taste for it. We drink skim today but I still miss the richer stuff. Dad always referred to it as moo juice and that has always stayed put in my mind as well. There were some downsides to that old Holstein but good milk and cream wasn't part of the negatives. I think that not having to buy milk for us brats and the sale of the surplus plus the sale of eggs, probably bought the rest of the needed groceries some weeks. Times were a lot leaner back then.


My younger years were similiar, I recall going to the barn with Mom to milk the cow, she would allow me to drink directly from the bucket as we went back to the house.  Sounds gross now, but memories of that event come to me often.  Years later, I was visiting my Sister on Sunday evening before returning to my apartment  at college.  Sis asked if I wanted a mason jar full of fresh milk to take back with me.  I jumped at the chance, had not drank whole milk from the cow in many years.  All the way back to my apartment, I kept eyeing that mason jar, thinking about what a treat it would be in the morning after cooling in my fridge.  The next morning I poured a glass--almost choked on the strange, strong liquid!  I had been drinking 2% so long, I forgot what real milk tasted like.  It did go good on cereal.

Sometime as I gained weight, I switched to skim milk, was hard to get used to, but now 2% tastes strange.  I realized several years back that the large quantities of skimmed milk was one of the reasons I have difficulty losing weight.  After all, we used to feed the pigs skimmed milk after selling the cream, and the pigs gained weight quickly on skimmed milk.  At least skimmed milk does provide nutrients needed by the body, unlike other drinks I partake of to quench my thirst.    



Edited by Illinois John 12/3/2012 01:21
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