Originally posted by FantasticMrFox Only getting the supermarket stuff here, I'm afraid. In Germany my family has fresh cow's milk delivered twice a week right from a farm, tastes much better, more 'creamy' and 'full'.
Originally posted by sherrvonne My cousin Susie has a milk cow. She has fresh milk every day.
When I was in my teens we had a couple of Jersey cows. Milked them by hand, twice a day.
I developed a strong grip.
Reached a point where there was more milk than we could consume, so mom sold it to friends and neighbors.
I loved it though. Fresh cream to make butter. Homemade whipped cream on homemade pie. Cream in my coffee or tea. Homemade cheese - way better than Velveeta. We skimmed most of the cream off of what was kept in the fridge to drink, but it still tasted a zillion times better that the stuff in the plastic jugs at the supermarket.
A lot of work though, and probably way more expensive than a trip to the corner grocery for a jug of white, milk flavored water filled with who knows what passed on from the overmedicated cows down at the local dairy factory farm.
Originally posted by Rupert I haven't had any goat milk in years! When I was 16 I had hepatitis A and had to watch anything with fat content for a couple of months. Goat milk became a regular staple. I got to like it, but haven't seen any around for years. You ever see it in stores?
I see it in the trendy hippie/yuppie granola crunching stores like Trader Joes. Sourced from local hobby farms.
And if you ask around at the local co-op store I bet they might know some in your area that have some for sale.