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Johnienhuis
Posted 12/21/2024 08:32 (#11019682 - in reply to #11019580)
Subject: RE: Raw Milk, what am I missing?


Red River Valley and Devils Lake Basin
GS2 - 12/21/2024 07:38

At first I though raw milk meant unseperated milk, but still pasteurized, which seeing all the people online asking for it kind of made sense, some people like heavy milk or freshly separated cream and some recipes call for unseperated milk.

Then I was reading further into it, it means unpasteurized.

Did I miss some major break through in disease control or something?

My great great grandparents had a stove top "pasteurizer" for the milk they consumed, and my grandparents had an electric counter top one, both you filled with water then put the milk in jars then the stove top one you heated to a certain temperature for a certain time, the counter top one sat and hummed away for a while. Grandma talks about people dying from unpasteurized milk.

I know I'm one generation disconnected from commercial dairy production, but pasteurization seems like its a standard for a reason.

I know were in the "question everything" period again but did I miss something here?


I personally don’t buy raw milk, but have had it on occasion. My thoughts are that it is probably beneficial to some people who are “dairy intolerant “ because of the enzymes and certain bacteria that are in raw milk that help with its digestion. On the other hand there is always a risk that the milk could be contaminated with something and make you sick. However, most places that sell raw milk aren’t supper large producers so they aren’t dealing with a tanker load of milk a day that is all mixed together. Instead it is kept in small batches so not many people would be affected if something was contaminated.
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