I want to drink milk.....

[brettw22]

I have been wanting some milk lately and was thining about having some. I wasn't sure though if 2% was the better so I might get some 1% instead. I don't know which would be better for what I want, so what do you guys think?

[F1nut]

I prefer clotted cream.

[F1nut]

Then again, maybe I should start with a lower grade, like double whipped. I just don't know. What do you people think.....I'm serious, so please take this seriously.

[Dennis Gardner]

Skim is the cheapest @ 1/2% then the 1%, then the 2%, then whole. Are you sure you want to get a big collection of milks in your house, when you know that champagne is what you really want to drink?

What to do??????

[brettw22]

I don't know Dennis......I just know that I'm serious.....I don't know what to do about my milk crisis and I need to know what EVERYONE thinks.

[SCompRacer]

Whatever your decision, go with Oberweis Dairy. Simply the best IMO.

[Toxis]

You know what, if you're just gonna be a smart ass and not pick what I picked on milk choices, I don't want your suggestion!!! *insert random comment about a pill taking homosexual*

[brettw22]

I was gonna say..........

WTF is wrong with you Comp.....you didn't even mention Dean's and I know that they're one of the highest brand out there and you don't even mention it........

I'm serious about wanting to know here......jeez........

[F1nut]

I heard that the Chrome Dairy in PA has the best milk. Something about the big teets.

[SCompRacer]

I was gonna say..........

WTF is wrong with you Comp.....you didn't even mention Dean's and I know that they're one of the highest brand out there and you don't even mention it........

I'm serious about wanting to know here......jeez........

I won't comment about what milk to drink, but I'm into 2% myself.

Deans is like colored water compared to Oberweis. Local dairy since 1927, glass bottles, home delivery if you want to pay extra for that, no synthetic hormones in the cows, and wonderful ice cream.

[SCompRacer]

I heard that the Chrome Dairy in PA has the best milk. Something about the big teets.

If you know someone nearby with broadband access, I have this great video to send you....:D

[Toxis]

"I'm totally cereal!!!"

[SCompRacer]

"I'm totally cereal!!!"

Like, dry, or do you add a liquid? Have you tried every brand, or just look at the boxes as you stroll down the aisle?:D

[Toxis]

no I pick a brand and try every single flavor of every single cereal I can find... I want to get the full feel of the brand.

btw, I guess you didn't watch the last South Park? :D

[brettw22]

DAMNIT guys.......I'm not asking about south park or anything like that......I dont' think you're giving me good information so maybe you should stop trying to post in my threads......i'm serious..................

[Toxis]

Maybe I should just get a little high...

[mrbigbluelight]

I have been wanting some milk lately and was thining about having some. I wasn't sure though if 2% was the better so I might get some 1% instead. I don't know which would be better for what I want, so what do you guys think?

Cow, or goat ?

And why are you just "thinking" about it ? Are you one of those lactose intolerant guys ? I'll bet you're.....anti-dentite !! :eek:

[Kris Siegel]

Go for the Milk with the yellow label. That's what I do :cool:

[jcaut]

Glass bottles

[McLoki]

I think you should purchase every type of milk the store has (and every brand) - try it and decide for yourself. Don't forget to report back your results. (if you only end up with 9 gallons or so - better check out a larger store)

Michael

[Frank Z]

3 words...

Soy Milk.

[TroyD]

Look, I'm thinking....I want to drink skim milk. Everyone says it's better for you. Look at my showcase, I've got pictures of the skim milk that I'm going to drink and the glasses that I'd like to use.

Well, I haven't really BOUGHT skim milk yet. It's kind of expensive. I'm having a hard time making ends meet right now. What do y'all think about whole milk? I was thinking about drinking that for awhile and then maybe going to 2%. Right now, I'm drinking powdered milk. I mean, how would that work if I went from whole milk to 1%??? Would that taste good. I don't know. I do know that I'll be drinking 2% though. What do you guys think I should do???? I'm going to get skim eventually. I'm smart and I'll do it but I'll start with whole milk. How do you get those caps off? I have no idea what that little plastic ring is. CAN ANYONE TELL ME?? I'M SERIOUS!!

Why don't one of you f%&kstiks just tell me what the plastic is for?? You a$$holes can afford skim, I can't. I got 4 kids and #5 is on the way. I can support them, you bet yo a$$. But, I gotta get skim milk. I got powdered now and it's the bomb-diggity. The powder was clumped together so I just threw in some oatmeal but it still works. Directions says I should mix in 8oz of water but I want to taste that shit so I put in +12 ozs because I want all the calcium and $hit.

Hey, I'm serious help me out. I want to drink skim milk. I can't afford it. I'm drinking powdered milk with half oatmeal. TELL ME HOW WOULD IT BE IF I WENT FROM 2% to 1%????

Ok, I'm serious now. I'll be quiet. Tell me what should I do????

BDT

[cfrizz]

Non Fat Milk = white colored water
1% = slightly better white colored water
2% = enough cream so that it doesn't taste like white colored water
Whole Milk = top of the line best when had ice cold

I use 2% but only in my coffee & in ice coffee. I very rarely have cereal.

I have become so accustumed to it, that when I drink whole milk now it practically taste like heavy cream.

There is your serious breakdown Brett, let us know which one you choose!:D

[Zero]

Chocolate Milk bay-be.

Wait? What? Where am I? I have no idea whats goin on - I'm so high right now..

[Willow]

FWIW, we drink skim. It's claims to tase like 1% cause seomtimes skim taste like water. Not this stuff. When I go to my dad's he drinks homo and that is 3% only 2% less than the low fat cream I would use in coffee. So for us it's skim.

[shack]

Trust YOUR tongue!

[dorokusai]

You should replace the tweeters and upgrade the crossovers in your milk ASAP.

[cfrizz]

Waaaaaaaaaaa!!!

[venomclan]

The long road to 5000 posts. ;)

[ND13]

Sweet acidopholous

[ND13]

3 words...

Soy Milk.


Who knew that a soy bean had teets:D

[Skynut]

You people are whack.
The original post does not indicate what the milk is for.
Are you looking for everyday milk or special occasion milk?
I mean if it is just for you then that is one thing but if this is mothers day milk or Labor day milk then it is a different story.

The only way to truely enjoy milk is when it is whole milk but we all know that no one can drink whole milk all the time or they will get totally spoiled therefore, I recomend 2% for most of the time and whole milk on special occasions.
Is this a special occasion?
Is it just for drinking or will you also be using it for cereal or cooking?

In the past I have actually re-homogenized my 2% and added real butter to the mix. This gives you the best buttermilk possible and is far supperior to the regular milk that has been recomended so far.

P.M. me if you want the recipe and I will let you know how exactly to make this buttermilk.

[McLoki]

Who knew that a soy bean had teets:D
I take offense at you degrading the most hard working of bean (soy of course) to nothing more than a sexual object. (although they do look very good in a nice bikini...)

Kindly retract your words or you will be added to my "ban the Shite out of them and I will never pay attention to anything they say ever again unless it gives me the opportunity to make a derogatory comment about them" list.

Michael :D

[steveinaz]

I'm a big fan of milk too, I'll only drink vitamin D whole milk; I don't like that watered down stuff...

[brettw22]

Are you looking for everyday milk or special occasion milk?I want to start off with something that will give me the taste of milk, but that I can also upgrade from at a later time. I don't want to go all out from the get-go becuase then I don't have anything to move up from, ya know?

[BIZILL]

drink yogurt. you only live once.

[steveinaz]

I want to start off with something that will give me the taste of milk, but that I can also upgrade from at a later time. I don't want to go all out from the get-go becuase then I don't have anything to move up from, ya know?

Gotcha....I think the upgrade path would be:
1. skim
2. 1%
3. 2%
4. Whole
5. Butter milk
6. Grab an utter and get to it!

[Frank Z]

Gotcha....I think the upgrade path would be:
1. skim
2. 1%
3. 2%
4. Whole
5. Butter milk
6. Grab an utter and get to it!Another so called expert. You think you know everything there is to know about milk and the "Proper" upgrade path. You need to quit just repeating what other, (wiser) people have already said elsewhere. You failed to address the most important aspect of milk upgrades....the source!

Amatuer.:rolleyes:

[steveinaz]

oh right, source then milk. Sorry, lost my head....

[Sami]

In the past I have actually re-homogenized my 2% and added real butter to the mix. This gives you the best buttermilk possible and is far supperior to the regular milk that has been recomended so far.
You added butter to buttermilk? I'd still use skim and get fat free buttermilk.

http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Fankhauser/Cheese/BUTTERMILK.HTM

[brettw22]

So do you think it would be a good idea to start with the skim tomorrow, then in a few months go for the buttermilk? Is that what you're telling me to do Steve? I think this sounds ok, but I want to know what everyone else thinks. I'm not sure if everyone agrees wtih you Steve, so that might make you stupid for not knowing what they know.....

What do you guys think? Is Steve smart enough to give me this advice?

[Skynut]

I want to start off with something that will give me the taste of milk, but that I can also upgrade from at a later time. I don't want to go all out from the get-go becuase then I don't have anything to move up from, ya know?


Skim is so bourgeoisie that I would not even go there. In fact if you start lower than 2% you are wasting your time and money.

The true upgrade path for milk is to start with pints. A pint of 2% then a pint of whole when the upgrade bug hits.

steveinaz

Gotcha....I think the upgrade path would be:
1. skim
2. 1%
3. 2%
4. Whole
5. Butter milk
6. Grab an utter and get to it!

A mention needs to be made about the utter. The cow itself makes a world of difference.

Ayrshire= decent starter utters but the desire to upgrade will remain strong.
Brown Swiss= good source for chocolate but you did not ask for choclate.
Guernsey & Jersey= almost interchangeable although some believe the medicinal value of Guernsey surpasses the Jersey.
Holstein- Friersian are truely top of the line in my opnion although I do like a good mix from time to time.
Bull= not very good milk and hard to get out of the utter although in some European countries Bull milk is considered a delicacy.


Interesting reading can be found here (http://www2.kenyon.edu/Projects/Farmschool/food/milkcowt.htm).

[brettw22]

Wait, are you equating my lack of decision making to still being at the age that I'm nursing off a teat? I think that's what you guys are saying........

What does everyone else think?

[steveinaz]

So do you think it would be a good idea to start with the skim tomorrow, then in a few months go for the buttermilk? Is that what you're telling me to do Steve? I think this sounds ok, but I want to know what everyone else thinks. I'm not sure if everyone agrees wtih you Steve, so that might make you stupid for not knowing what they know.....

What do you guys think? Is Steve smart enough to give me this advice?

OH, you were asking about MILK. My bad, disregard, move along nothing to see here...

[shack]

I'd start with skim....I don't think you can afford buttermilk...what with tight finances and such.

[Fireman32]

whole milk the only way to go.

[mrbigbluelight]

"More Ovaltine, Please !".

Although, there is always.......Bosco !

Which should I use ? I'm using Hersheys right now, and I'm happy with it, but not a lot of people on here use Hersheys.

[Skynut]

Hersheys has a bad reputation for the way it is hoarding the Hearshey name.
They believe they have exclusive rights to the name Hershey.

I hear they are going to sue the town of Hershey Pensylvania to change their name.

Rediculous and I won't support that kind of behavior.

[tonyb]

Come on SKY,you KNOW Hershey has the best choc. syrup.AS far
as milk goes,it's only whole milk,no bull crap additives,Oberweis is the best.
And they have choc milk to die for.:p

[kingkip]

Hey, I'm serious help me out. I want to drink skim milk. I can't afford it. I'm drinking powdered milk with half oatmeal. TELL ME HOW WOULD IT BE IF I WENT FROM 2% to 1%????


Holy crap that was funny:D

[heiney9]

Have you tried coconut milk? Gotta be the best. If you haven't tried it you can't say you don't like it. You should try it, seriously you'll like it better than the other choices. It's really the only logical choice at this point in your milk quest. Listen to me and try the coconut milk, get the coconut milk. It comes from coconuts, ya know on the inside of the nut after you open it. It hard so be careful. It's from a coconut and it good so try it. You drink it and it tastes like coconut milk. Really it's the choice. If you can't find it, don't stop looking until you find it!






:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

H9

[Skynut]

You put the lime in the coconut and drink it all up.

[PolkThug]

You put the lime in the coconut and drink it all up.

Yep, hair of the dog.

[Zen Dragon]

There have been many fine suggestions here, and ultimately it comes down to personal preference.

Remember the following things when considerring.
The milk is part of a larger equation. You will not get the most out of the milk if the other parts of the system are sub-par.
Good milk is always best from the source (teat) as previously mentioned. However as the source ages it loses some of the qualities that made it favorable in it's youth, and it can produce favorable results to upgrade the source components as they age. Many prefer to upgrade the source components to larger than original stock size. :D
Eventually you need to get off the pot and make some decisions. We would be happy to assist you with the final mix.
I've attached some photos of a very well matched system that I use. There are times this system is pure Nirvana.

[PolkThug]

White Russian

[Zen Dragon]

I can see Polk Thug uses a very similiar system. As you can clearly see in his photo, the source components are kept in pristine condition and are not in need of upgrade at this time.

Very nice.

[danger boy]

Brett, what's the big deal about finding the right grade of milk? why is it so urgent?

For dieting, doctors and nutrionists will always suggest skim milk. For everyone else 1% or 2% is probably all you need.

Buttermilk? UGH! Gross out.

[mrbigbluelight]

Soy milk ? Coconut milk ? 1 % ? 2 % !

Pshaw. I myself, a true afficionado of milk, have gone to the ultimate by studying the lowly ant.

Ants will herd aphids, those little bugs you find on roses.

They'll stoke the backs of the aphids who then secrete a milky substance that the ants find nutritional and delicious.

That's what I've been doing lately. Those aphids are a little tough to spot amongst the thorns, though. I've found that if you just pick a spot that looks good and start licking, 7 times out 10 you'll have positive results.

Watch out for crossover, though, from any nearby tomatoe plants. Those darn tomatoe worms not only don't taste too good, they bite.


So..... if you're a true milk fan like me, you'll only drink the milk from the back of aphids !

[Holydoc]

Also be aware of the interconnects from your source to your mouth. Plastic allows easy glide of the milk but seems to hold back some of the bottom end. Glass is nice but tends to cool down very quickly causing chills in the fingers and lips. I prefer crystal. Some people say that you cannot tell the difference in drinking milk from crystal as compared to say Walmart glasses. Well no matter what the tests tell you, let your LIPS BE THE JUDGE!

Of course you could go directly from the source. However you risk the chance of repercussions (i.e. a hoof to the face).

No matter what you choose, be sure to post pictures and give us that:
GOT MILK? smile.

*** I cannot believe I joined in this thread ***

[ESavinon]

Breast milk is the best. It's sweet,it's available from two cans, and it's free :D .

[Tour2ma]

EDIT: NM, misread the thread title... I thought brett had come to his senses and was asking about milf's...

[Skynut]

Soy milk ? Coconut milk ? 1 % ? 2 % !

Pshaw. I myself, a true afficionado of milk, have gone to the ultimate by studying the lowly ant.

Ants will herd aphids, those little bugs you find on roses.

They'll stoke the backs of the aphids who then secrete a milky substance that the ants find nutritional and delicious.

That's what I've been doing lately. Those aphids are a little tough to spot amongst the thorns, though. I've found that if you just pick a spot that looks good and start licking, 7 times out 10 you'll have positive results.

Watch out for crossover, though, from any nearby tomatoe plants. Those darn tomatoe worms not only don't taste too good, they bite.


So..... if you're a true milk fan like me, you'll only drink the milk from the back of aphids !


Aren't the reproductive organs of the aphid on their backs?
just curious about what exactly you and the ants are enjoying. :D

[Tide]

http://medialit.med.sc.edu/tyler.jpg

[dudeinaroom]

chocolate

[dudeinaroom]

chocolate chocolate (post 211)

[dudeinaroom]

and if that's not good enough get chocolate milk, add about 5 table spoons of herseys chocolate, then add 5 heaping table spoons of nestles quick, and you'll be strait. (post 212)

[riglehart]

I Gotta Have More Cowbell, Baby!!