Raw Milk-Irony And Illness

[+ glennnn]

I remember visiting some of my relatives for the first time in upstate New York as a very young child.. think rural small town farm country.

Up to this point, I have always had pasteurized milk. I had unpasteurized fresh from the cow milk during breakfast on a Sunday morning. Its good they said. Its healthy they said.

I started to feel unwell, but the family was going to church. They wanted me to meet the Pastor/Preacher, who was a good friend of my Uncle.

I remember walking into the church at the exact same time the Pastor was saying "Satan get thee gone!"

I threw up all over the floor.

Yes. you can imagine the looks on the faces of everyone in the church. My mom rushed me back to my Aunts house. My relatives stayed behind to apologize and try and "explain".

To this day my cousins do not let me live that down. I'm the devil child.. even more so since my sister outted me to my relatives one year.

so pretty much, unless you grow up on unpasteurized milk... stay away!!!

 

This is a wonderful story. I mean, i know it wasnt wonderful for you at the time, but it so cinematic I can see it in my mind. Do you still have such great timing?

[+ azdr0710]

I remember walking into the church at the exact same time the Pastor was saying "Satan get thee gone!"

I threw up all over the floor.

[+ quoththeraven]

This is a wonderful story. I mean, i know it wasnt wonderful for you at the time, but it so cinematic I can see it in my mind. Do you still have such great timing?

 

His lovers can only hope so!

[+ quoththeraven]

I don't believe I've ever had raw milk, which is just as well, as I'm mildly lactose-intolerant - a possibility I wish my mother had considered when she fretted over how to get me to drink more milk. Even weirder, my father was lactose-intolerant, although maybe he kept mum about it back then.

 

In the last couple of years, I've switched to lactose-free milk (either the less-expensive store brand or Farmland's Skim Plus on sale), and it's made a noticeable difference. Fortunately, my ability to eat yogurt, ice cream, gelato and cream-based sauces is unimpaired. Other than drinking milk, eating certain types of cheese is the only act that seems to trigger my lactose intolerance.

[seaboy4hire]

I don't believe I've ever had raw milk, which is just as well, as I'm mildly lactose-intolerant - a possibility I wish my mother had considered when she fretted over how to get me to drink more milk. Even weirder, my father was lactose-intolerant, although maybe he kept mum about it back then.

 

In the last couple of years, I've switched to lactose-free milk (either the less-expensive store brand or Farmland's Skim Plus on sale), and it's made a noticeable difference. Fortunately, my ability to eat yogurt, ice cream, gelato and cream-based sauces is unimpaired. Other than drinking milk, eating certain types of cheese is the only act that seems to trigger my lactose intolerance.

 

A friend is lactose intolerant. He tried raw milk with zero issues.

 

Hugs,

Greg

[+ quoththeraven]

A friend is lactose intolerant. He tried raw milk with zero issues.

 

Hugs,

Greg

 

I'd rather not experiment, which I think is understandable under the circumstances. I don't use milk a lot anyway except to cut the acid and bitterness in my coffee. It used to be that I couldn't drink coffee without milk; otherwise it gave me indigestion. Go figure...

[MikeyGMin]

I like unsweetened vanilla.

 

Same here. Best taste/calorie option -- especially for protein shakes. God I miss dairy!! Milk has always been one of my favorite thing and dairy used to be a huge portion of my diet until my body finally said "enough!" There are some pills called "Enhanced Super Digestive Enzymes" (Amazon) that I carry around in my car, pocket, computer case, etc for eating out and minor amounts of dairy. (We're talking a single slice of cheese on a sandwich or blue cheese dressing on a salad.) They work a lot better for me than those Lactaid pills which always do their own kind of number on me.

 

I will never be a vegan, but I find myself ordering vegan dishes now just to be on the safe side. It sucks!!!

[bigvalboy]

history nerd that I am.....

 

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Great pics azdr...I still can remember these old milk trucks chugging up the drive way, and leaving six bottles (yes bottles) of milk in a wire basket on the front porch.

[klifhangar]

I had an organic farm up until a few years ago (divorce). We produced organic cow and goat milk. In my state, raw milk is both legal to sell and highly desirable. It's ridiculous what one can make selling it.

 

I found that it improved my health markedly. A friend of mine who was terribly intolerant, tried raw milk and had no problems. Makes sense that pasteurized milk would lose the enzymes our body needs to digest it.

[MikeyGMin]

I had an organic farm up until a few years ago (divorce). We produced organic cow and goat milk. In my state, raw milk is both legal to sell and highly desirable. It's ridiculous what one can make selling it.

 

I found that it improved my health markedly. A friend of mine who was terribly intolerant, tried raw milk and had no problems. Makes sense that pasteurized milk would lose the enzymes our body needs to digest it.

 

I did not know that. I would totally risk the other issues in order to get milk back in my life. Will be Googling raw milk in Austin immediately.

[klifhangar]

Mikey, you might also try goat's milk but beware, it can taste like the business end of an actual goat if it is not processed the right way. I milked all of my animals by hand, through a filter into a frozen jar and brought the temperature down immediately. Our goat milk tasted like melted soft serve ice cream. I miss and crave it.

[klifhangar]

I wouldn't buy raw milk from a farm without visiting and watching how they milk and process. I watched a woman at her farm and decided that I could never, ever drink anything from her place. Blech.

[seaboy4hire]

I did not know that. I would totally risk the other issues in order to get milk back in my life. Will be Googling raw milk in Austin immediately.

 

Don't tell germaphob Gar, he may call the feds and send a swat team to your place.

 

Hugs,

Greg

[MikeyGMin]

It's not easy to find. Goat's milk was a little easier, but the nearest cow milk is 30 miles from my house. This is Austin for chrissake. Home of Whole Foods. I wonder if they would have it?

[seaboy4hire]

It's not easy to find. Goat's milk was a little easier, but the nearest cow milk is 30 miles from my house. This is Austin for chrissake. Home of Whole Foods. I wonder if they would have it?

 

WF quit doing raw milk a bit ago.

 

Hugs,

Greg

[MikeyGMin]

Guess I'm stuck with the overly sweet lactose-free crap they sell at the supermarket.

[seaboy4hire]

Guess I'm stuck with the overly sweet lactose-free crap they sell at the supermarket.

 

Coconut milk is quite yummy

 

Hugs,

Greg

[rvwnsd]

Guess I'm stuck with the overly sweet lactose-free crap they sell at the supermarket.

Try the house brands. They add lactase enzyme rather than process the lactose out of the milk.

[+ honcho]

They add lactase enzyme rather than process the lactose out of the milk.

 

Adding lactase enzyme splits the lactose into glucose and galactose. Some of us can digest the

latter two sugars, but not the former. The presence of those two sugars in place of the same number of molecules of lactose might make the milk taste sweeter, or even overly sweet, in of itself, even without adding anything articificial sweeteners.

 

Some people might think of that as a process which removes lactose from the milk, since there

shouldn't be any left after you add the right amount at the right temperature.

[sincitymix]

This is a wonderful story. I mean, i know it wasnt wonderful for you at the time, but it so cinematic I can see it in my mind. Do you still have such great timing?

lol I wish! its funny to look back at it and laugh.. but at the time.. mortifying.

[LADoug1]

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A great blast from the past!

[AdamSmith]

A great blast from the past!

I just noticed who the actress is in that ad...

 

[BabyBoomer]

"Della Street"

 

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