Type of milk you drink regularily

[tharley]

Oh my. I'm not a big fan of milk, nor is of me if I'm drinking it. I don't really eat anything besides occasional mac&cheese or soup that requires it. Ice cream on the other hand is fantastic!

[Blueberry]

I voted for my "milk version," but I rarely "drink" it. Usually, I just enjoy whole milk in tea. Once in a long while on a bowl of cereal. Most of my calcium comes from yoghurt (which I make) and cheese

[tctrek]

I don't really love milk, but I know I need it, so I drink skim milk, but I warm it up and put one of those International Coffee flavors in it, like Swiss Mocha or French Vanilla. That's yummy and great before bed to make me sleepy :-).

[MommyBird]

We are big fans of blue milk. It seems to be colder than any other variety to us. The more fat the warmer it tastes which is a real turn off. Only 0% will do for my family.
I seldom drink milk with a meal but the guys will. My milk routine will change periodically. Sometimes I drink a glass+ each day and at other times I will go days without milk.

During the last summer Olympics I was on my elliptical watching one of the morning shows and they had a segment on a "Recovery" pack the athletes were using post event. The guy said each pack costs about $5. Then he said that store bought 1% chocolate milk had about the same nutrient makeup and would basically have the same benefit as one of these packs.
I put it on my shopping list. The guys felt so special. Then I told them about the show and now they expect it in the fridge at all times!

[pardes]

Half and Half here.

At 62 I said, "What the hell." A good cup and a half of Half & Half in my monster morning coffee I drag around all day.

If I want to just drink milk (which I have loved since the breast) I down a couple of cups of whole milk as rich and natural as I can find it.

[GLC1968]

shootingstar - fresh, unpasturized goat milk tastes like cows milk...but almost less 'milky'. It's hard to explain. Its so fresh and delicious and full of flavor. When we switch back to store bought milk, I can't get over how flat and blah it tastes.

That said, older goats milk can be NASTY. And we've never tasted any store bought goats milk that tastes good, either. I've heard that's from the pasturization process, but I don't know that for certain.

[shootingstar]

shootingstar - fresh, unpasturized goat milk tastes like cows milk...but almost less 'milky'. It's hard to explain. Its so fresh and delicious and full of flavor. When we switch back to store bought milk, I can't get over how flat and blah it tastes.

That said, older goats milk can be NASTY. And we've never tasted any store bought goats milk that tastes good, either. I've heard that's from the pasturization process, but I don't know that for certain.

Imagine asking a farmer after getting fresh milk: "Is this old goat milk?"
I would try the young goat milk in small steps.
By the way, the goats milk gelato: my dearie loved it. I didn't even ask what the flavour was: there was no flavour sign! So I was targetting all the other flavours because of the colours. I noticed the cafe had a large bin of it compared to the other flavours. I hope he does sell it. He likes making different flavours...fresh fig, pomegranate, etc.

When we go to Europe in a few months, this should be interesting, depending on where we go. I could never forget the time when we were in the Netherlands, it was a whole milk. Rich, tasty ...and slight yellow-tan colour.

As for the blue tinged skim milk (at least in some parts of the U.S.), wonder if there is pasteurization process that causes this or the regulations are different in U.S. compared to Canada? Really, the skim milk I have from a well-known chain dairy in our province, does not have this blue tinge at all.

[moonfroggy]

I voted almond but these days I drink pumpkin seed milk more. I rarely drink any milk like drink though. I always make it myself from raw nuts or seeds when I do drink it. I get my calcium and protien by eating plenty of vgetables and nut or seed milk is an ocasional treat.

[MommyBird]

Light scattering by fat globules and casein micelles causes milk to appear turbid and opaque. Light scattering occurs when the wavelength of light is near the same magnitude as the particle. Skim milk appears slightly blue because casein micelles scatter the shorter wavelengths of visible light (blue) more than the red.

[smilingcat]

my partner dictates what kind of milk we buy. Soo its fat free organic milk. I'm not finicky about milk for my chai. If it weren't for my chai, I wouldn't drink milk.

Cheese on the other hand. I luuvvve goat cheese in my omlette, on a hot toast, on my pizza, sprinkled on my spagetti... I also love hard cheese of all kind. I could go on and on... Pan seared goat cheese medallion...

There is something about goat cheese.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I love milk, always have, and I drinks lots of it.

[badger]

GLC, how do you process goat's milk properly? I hear pasteurization kills off most of the goodness, but I don't think I'd want to drink it straight out of the animal in case it's contaminated with something, you know?

And I'm glad to know that "goaty" is actually a term. Better than saying "farmy".

[Bike Chick]

I love milk, always have, and I drinks lots of it.

Me too! My post-run/ride recovery drink is a glass of chocolate milk or a Carnation Instant Breakfast with skim milk.