Drinkin' more milk

[nscrbug]

I like milk just fine, but I tend to not drink it on its own(as a beverage). Instead, I prefer it with my cold cereal, when making oatmeal and smoothies, or for hot cocoa and chocolate milk. My DH, on the otherhand, has no problem drinking it with every meal. He usually goes through about 3 gallons per week. We both drink the fat-free variety, but I buy a separate half-gallon for myself that is lactose-free.

[Owlie]

I can't drink plain milk with meals. Only with a cookie or chocolate cake. The rest of my milk consumption is on cereal, in tea/coffee, or in the form of a chai latte or hot chocolate.
DBF, on the other hand, will go through a gallon and a half in a week.

[emily_in_nc]

I never drink milk alone. I like it, but just got out of the habit years ago. I use it in cereal/oatmeal and coffee. Oh, and when I make (very occasionally) hot chocolate. I'm not convinced that milk is that healthy a beverage for adult humans. In the US, I used almond or coconut milk on my cereal instead, but those are so insanely expensive down here that I've gone back to lowfat cow's milk.

[goldfinch]

I love milk. For years I drank skim milk. Then I said screw it, I want really good milk, and I started drinking whole milk. I love a cup of whole milk with a bit of a sugar substitute in it, like a Stevia sweetener. Um Um. I drink a cup to two cups a day.

[OakLeaf]

In the US, I used almond or coconut milk on my cereal instead, but those are so insanely expensive down here

Are coconuts plentiful there (generally - I know it's probably too early for them to be ripe this year)? I wonder if you could make your own coconut milk.

[Crankin]

Actually, I knew that.
With my family hx, osteoporosis was a given (thanks, mom).
Milk was never served with meals in my home. I think it was a vestige of my parents growing up in homes that were nominally (and I mean nominally) Kosher. I had milk in cereal, in hot chocolate, and with dessert. Maybe at breakfast. The thought of milk with meat actually feels quite disgusting to me.
I eat lots of plain, non fat yogurt and tons of cheese. I drink coffee black, with the occasional cappuccino with skim milk, or a mocha latte. Both require me taking a Lactaid tablet before. I don't eat cereal anymore, so no milk there. I've been taking calcium supplements for 27+ years (in preparation for getting pregnant with child #2).
I find it interesting that many of the posters mention brothers who drank gallons and gallons of milk a week. I wonder why guys do this, and women don't? My brother is just like me and hardly ever has milk. One of my sons is a big milk drinker and the other one is not. The big milk drinker started this after he left home. I have never bought more than one gallon of milk a week, even when there were 4 of us living in the house.

[shootingstar]

2% or 3% milk tastes too heavy for me. It is bordering on cream for me.

I don't mind.

I've had the skim milk in the U.S. and it seems quite different from the skim milk here in Canada ...to me.

[Anelia]

I drink milk as a recovery drink. Yesterday I drank a pint after the ride. Also I was hungry and instead of loading carbs, I ate the cream of the milk. I know about avoiding fats after physical exercise because they slow down the absorbtion of other things but this time I listened to my body.
I buy the milk from someone who raises cows in a village near my place, milks the cows and sells it out of his car in the morning. It's whole milk and not pasteurized. Still, we boil it at home and a very delicious and fatty cream skims at the top
I like all kinds of milk: sheep's, goat's...but they are difficult to find.

[emily_in_nc]

Are coconuts plentiful there (generally - I know it's probably too early for them to be ripe this year)? I wonder if you could make your own coconut milk.

Been there, done that. Is delicious but takes way too long to make for daily use. Getting the coconut water out is a breeze, but chipping all the coconut meat out of the hard shell is tough. Then it has to be blended and strained through cheesecloth. Life is just too short, even for someone retired with time on her hands!

[Catrin]

I like milk just fine, but I tend to not drink it on its own(as a beverage). Instead, I prefer it with my cold cereal, when making oatmeal and smoothies, or for hot cocoa and chocolate milk. My DH, on the otherhand, has no problem drinking it with every meal. He usually goes through about 3 gallons per week. We both drink the fat-free variety, but I buy a separate half-gallon for myself that is lactose-free.

I go through about 2 gallons a week. I drink it at all meals I have at home and, of course with hot/cold cereal. The skim milk took some adjusting to when I started drinking it but I am used to it now. Great protein and calcium source and my body tolerates it now. I hate taking supplements, and with no reproductive system or HRT, I get all of the natural calcium that I can. They just did a bone-density scan 2 weeks ago and the results couldn't have been better This is one of the reasons I use so much no-fat dairy for protein, it helps in two ways.