Milk??

[Sephroth57]

me and the woman were talking about milk the other day. cause i drink whole milk, and she likes skim. and im like well hows that gonna work were gonna have to buy 2 milks for our fridge? cause i think skim milk tastes too watered down, she thinks whole milk is too thick. so we settled that we would buy 2% milk, lol.

anyway, whats ur milk preference

[JoyMonkey]

I'd like to be drinking whole milk, she wants skim, so I buy 1%.

Remember to drink your milk and stay in school!

[ChadTower]

Don't treat everyone who doesn't drink milk like a weirdo.

[Sephroth57]

Don't treat everyone who doesn't drink milk like a weirdo.

[maraxle]

Whole milk is for little kids.

[DrewKaree]

Whole milk is for little kids.

Then why do they sell it in those big gallon containers, instead of little cartons with a straw on the side?

You should consider yourself lucky she doesn't want you to switch to soy milk 

and btw, you CAN choke down skim milk even if you are used to whole milk.....you just need to make sure you use enough hershey's chocolate.

Hey, since we're talking about this....does ANYONE here drink Ovaltine? 

[Crazy Cooter]

Whole milk - aka "Fat Kid Milk".

Don't settle for less.
I take down 1 gallon a week of the stuff (the girlie doesn't like milk).  I figure that if it sticks to the side of the glass, it'll stick to your ribs.

[ChadTower]

When I was a powerlifter, I used to drink nearly a gallon a DAY of whole milk.  Then I went lactose intolerant and I was seriously ill for months until we figured it out.  That was an ugly few months.

[walls83]

Don't treat everyone who doesn't drink milk like a weirdo.

[lucindrea]

milk is meant for immature digestive systems found in infants , their really isn't a whole lot that it offers in the way of nutrition , vitiam D - go out in the sun a bit , calcium - well that's added to just about everything now ( of note , osteoporosis is NOT a lack a calcium (no matter what TV tells you )  , it's a lack of the body's ability to use calcium in bones , gall stones and kidney stones are very common in people with osteoporosis and i feel that over the next 20 years more and more people will get stones because of calcium being added to everything under the sun ) .. of course the dairy industry would like you to think differently , this parrells the grain industry that has bread as the largest part of the outdated food pyramid , a pyramid the grain industry helped develop.


OLD
http://www.nalusda.gov/fnic/Fpyr/pyramid.gif


NEW
http://makinghealthychoices.info/Nutr/images/new_food_pyramid_DRH500.gif
(ya still includeds milk , but it's been cut in 1/2 )

[SirPeale]

I don't drink milk for a lot of reasons.  Biggest reason: it's friggin' disgusting!  You're drinking the bodily fluids of an animal.  Also, I know what it does inside your body.  No, thank you! 

I do eat ice cream occasionally, and eat cheese.   Go figure!

Soy milk isn't that bad, IF you get good stuff.  The stuff by Sun Soy is really good.  DON'T drink it expecting it to taste like cow's milk - it doesn't.  I prefer the chocolate.  Yum!

[lucindrea]

speaking of cows ... here is a list i love to give to those who claim they dont belive we need to kill cows to survive and refuse to eat meat .. i just tell em they are still killing cows even if they dont eat meat :-)
( taken from augest 2001 discover )

Where's the beef?
Every last scrap of cow gets used somewhere

B L O O D

Cell culture laboratories
Bovine serum albumin provides a wide variety of macromolecular proteins, low-molecular-weight nutrients, carrier proteins for water-insoluble components, and other compounds necessary for in vitro growth of cells, such as hormones and attachment factors. Serum adds buffering capacity to the medium and binds or neutralizes toxic components in the growth milieu.
Home and industrial uses
Plywood adhesives, fertilizer, foam fire extinguisher, chemical fixer for dyes

T A L L O W S
(fat derived from meat, bone, hooves, and horns)

Edible tallow
Used in shortening for baked goods and in combination with vegetable oils for frying foods. Also used in chewing gum

Inedible fats and oils
Various industrial tallows: Top White Tallow, All-Beef Packer Tallow, Extra Fancy Tallow, Fancy Tallow, Bleachable Fancy Tallow, Prime Tallow,Special Tallow, No. 2 Tallow, A Tallow, Choice White Grease, Yellow Grease

F A T T Y   A C I D S
(derived from tallows)

General uses
Plastics, tires, candles, crayons, cosmetics, lubricants, soaps, fabric softeners, asphalt emulsifiers, synthetic rubber, linoleum (metallic stearate), PVC (calcium stearate), jet engine lubricants, carrier for pesticides and herbicides, wetting agents, dispersing agents, defoamers, solubilizers, viscosity modifiers

Oleic acid -> pelargonic acid -> synthetic motor oil
Oleic acid -> fed into gel cultures to produce antibiotics
Azelaic acid -> high-performance coatings for planes and cars, food packaging, fishing line, acne medication, furniture
Stearic acid-> aluminum tristearate -> cosmetic gels, pharmaceutical additives, grease additives, toner adjuvants, antifoam agents, explosive additives, waterproofing agents

Fatty acid amides
Lubricants in industrial processes

Fatty acid amines
Rubber, textiles, ore floatation, corrosion inhibitors,metalworking lubricants

Fatty acid esters
Emulsifiers, coating agents, textile sizers, lubricants, plasticizers, defoaming agents, lithium-based greases, textile lubricants, rolling and cutting oils, metal-machining lubricants

Fatty alcohols
Sodium alkyl sulfates, ultimately made into detergents

G L Y C E R I N
(derived from tallows)

Glycerin derivatives
A wide range of pharmaceuticals including cough syrups and lozenges, tranquilizers, eyewashes, contraceptive jellies and creams, ear drops, poison ivy solutions, solvent for digitalis and intramuscular injection, sclerosing solutions for treatment of varicose veins and hemorrhoids, suppositories, gel capsules

Glycerol
Solvent, sweetener, dynamite, cosmetics, liquid soaps, candy, liqueurs, inks, lubricants, antifreeze mixtures, culture nutrients for antibiotics

Glycerin mist
Aftershave preparations, shaving cream, toilet soap, toothpaste, sunscreens and sunblocks, dental floss, bath salts, bubble baths, body lotions, cleansing creams, moisturizing creams, external analgesics and counterirritants, shampoos, hair coloring preparations (bleaches, dyes, rinses, tints), hair dressings (brilliantines, creams, pomades), hair mousse, hair and scalp conditioners, hairspray, topical antibiotic preparations, hemorrhoidal preparations, pharmaceuticals for veterinary use, liquid household hard-surface cleaners, laundry aids (ironing and dry-cleaning spotting solutions), agricultural chemicals, automobile body polish and cleaners

C O L L A G E N
(derived from connective tissues and beef skins)

Hemostats, vascular sealants, tissue sealants, orthopedic implant coatings, vascular implant coatings, artificial skin, bone graft substitutes, corneal shields, injectable collagen for plastic surgery, injectable collagen for incontinence treatment, meat casings, food additives, artificial dura maters, dental implants, wound dressings, antiadhesion barriers, platelet analyzer reagents, research reagents, antibiotic wound dressing, lacrimal plugs

G E L A T I N
(derived from collagen)

Food uses
Powdered gelatin, leaf gelatin, gelatin hydrolysate, instant gelatin, jellies, confectionery (jelly beans, jelly babies, gums, pastilles), aerated confectionery (marshmallows, meringues, nougats, fruit chews), caramels, sugarcoated almonds, desserts and dairy products (Bavarian creams, mousses, piecrusts, margarines, dietetic products, yogurts, ice creams and sorbets), clarification of wines (fining agent), decorations (garnishes, galantines, foie gras, eggs in jelly), gel reinforcement for cooked meats to improve slicing, gels for the liquor exuded from hams during cooking, gels to preserve p

[shmokes]

I don't drink milk for a lot of reasons.  Biggest reason: it's friggin' disgusting!  Y

But....what about the cereal?

[SirPeale]

I don't drink milk for a lot of reasons.  Biggest reason: it's friggin' disgusting! 

But....what about the cereal?

Read: soy milk.

[lucindrea]

Still think people who don't drink milk are weird?  When was the last time you saw a dairy product in a Chinese dish?

no cattle in Asia , any beef products you see in Chinese food was introduced by western culture.

edit: err , i was thinking japan ..

[Grasshopper]

Interesting. I read an article in the paper about this recently. Apparently new research suggests that far more caucasians are lactose intolerant than was previously thought.

[ChadTower]

The ability to digest lactose has to do with a digestive enzyme called Lactase.  Lactase is produced by the human body until sometime before age 10 a body will stop producing it.  The ability to produce Lactaste in an adult body is a genetic mutation.

READ THAT AGAIN:  The mutation is LACTOSE TOLERANCE.  LACTOSE INTOLERANCE IS THE ABSENCE OF A GENETIC MUTATION. 

Historians have tracked that mutation back to several places in history, but mostly Northern Europe in the time of the Vikings.  It was a Darwin style genetic adaptation that allowed them to use goat's milk as a large part of their diet.  As the Vikings tromped south, they spread their genetics as well (red hair, lactose tolerance, physical size, etc) throughout Europe. 

This is why white people, who generally came from Europe, consume a lot more dairy than any other race.  It is only the West's Eurocentrism that has kept us thinking the entire world was milk drinking all these generations.

[walls83]

Sweet Im a mutant..

Wonder if I can Join the X-MEN.... You can call me...


MILK MAN and his trusted Dog, SKIM!!!

[Grasshopper]

Sweet Im a mutant..

Wonder if I can Join the X-MEN.... You can call me...


MILK MAN and his trusted Dog, SKIM!!!

Lol. Defending the earth from the forces of evil by drinking lots of milk. Wolverine eat your heart out!

In case any milk drinkers reading this think they're a 'mutant' I should point out that all of our traits (both good and bad) are ultimately the result of mutations.

Mind you a lot of people who post here don't seem to believe in evolution anyway.

[ChadTower]

In case any milk drinkers reading this think they're a 'mutant' I should point out that all of our traits (both good and bad) are ultimately the result of mutations.

While true, when combined with the origin of the mutation, one can learn a hell of a lot about why one race has it in nearly everyone and the rest of the Earth does not.

[missioncontrol]

I don't drink milk

[Sephroth57]

wow 2% is pretty popular, i wouldve figured people would either be hardcore whole milk or hardcore skim. lot of compromisers out there.

in other news, Danny Galaga still looks like a hippy. see below picture for proof, notice the afro-like hair and bellbottom pants

[Daniel270]

I still drink milk, but between the wife and me, we MIGHT go through a half gallon to a gallon a week.... I used to go through 2 gallons a week as a kid (much to my grandparents chagrin)...

I use it more for cooking now than actually drinking (at least without the Hershey's syrup).....

[DrewKaree]

I'd like to take this opportunity to point out that I started the "Rock the "Danny is a hippy" vote".

I'm DrewKaree, and I approved THAT message 

Although I've heard that he's had a cutting implement taken to his locks, I'm going to have to stick with the "He's a hairy hippy straight off the Stench Ranch" theory until I see otherwise 

And if you like, Google "Stench Ranch" and do your part to help out a worthwhile charity (although if you can figure out what charity it is, you prolly already know what Stench Ranch is, who started it, and where it's from)

[GameOver]

Real mutants drink whole milk...mmm  mmm good.

[GameOver]

Mutant?  I've been drinking whole milk my 'whole' life & I turned out fine...

[GameOver]

And my brother turned out ok...plays good basketball...

[GameOver]

Sorry - here's a better pic of him...

[maraxle]

When I spent some time living in Brazil, all of our Brazilian friends laughed at my other American roommates and I because we wanted milk to go with some chocolate cake.  They asked if we were children.  There, instead of milk, they sell this nasty stuff that looks like baby formula, and doesn't have to be refrigerated.  They use it in coffee, in cooking, and on cereal, but don't normally drink it straight.  At least in Sao Paulo, about the only place you can find regular milk is in a bakery.

[danny_galaga]

you didn't put in soy milk! and yes, i voted for danny galga (sic) looks like a hippy...

[DrewKaree]

Isn't that the evil dude from the Smurfs?  Danny Galga-mel? 

Hey danny, fwiw, I'm pulling for you to win in the poll

[Bones]

I like milk. Milk is good.

I like milk after a meat pie with tobasco & tomato sauce.

Mothers milk is also good.

Edit: Didn't vote for danny. Everyone looks like that around here. I may have seen him hugging a tree though....

[danny_galaga]

'melk moet, melk doet y' goed'

how'd i go, patrickl?

[DrewKaree]

I may have seen him hugging a tree though....

He's the one eating dirt and licking a frog....in his solar powered car


Save the whales.  Collect the whole set!

[danny_galaga]

I may have seen him hugging a tree though....

He's the one eating dirt and licking a frog....in his solar powered car


Save the whales.

[Bones]

Yeah but that doesn't count. You live in the top end & it's all downhill. 

[GGKoul]

I drink Skim milk. 

I usually have a bowl of ceral every other day for breakfest.

Was drink Soy milk for a month of two, but my taste buds for Soy milk was ruined when I tried using Soy milk to make KD.

[Sephroth57]

i tasted soy milk once... its gross.

whats KD?

[SirPeale]

i tasted soy milk once... its gross.

There are a lot of different ones...some are *much* better than others.

Sun Soy is pretty good.  Soy Dream is better.  White Wave is okay, but don't even bother with 8th Continent. 

[DrewKaree]

i tasted soy milk once... its gross.

whats KD?

I have NO desire to EVER try soy milk, and was wondering the same thing - what the heck is KD? 

Is that a Canadian thing?

And finally - how do you milk a Soy?