# A poll: Do you drink Milk? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 6, 2007, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609 "2007-08-06T11:08:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Daffyd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daffyd/32/8923_2.png) [@Daffyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daffyd)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/81 "2007-08-07T04:02:02Z")
Haven’t had milk in years since I went on Atkins… Although I’ve had 35% Cream almost daily - in coffee, whipped for dessert, etc… does that count? ---
**Author:** ![berff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@berff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/berff)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/82 "2007-08-07T04:40:15Z")
When I used to drink large quantities of alcohol, I went through a quart or two every day. Sometimes I would wake up in the middle of the night extremely thirsty and dehydrated, and there was nothing that tasted better than a whole quart of skim milk in one big gulp. Now I pretty much just use it with my cereal, although I can easily go through a half a box of cereal in a day as well. Also, banana flavored milk and strawberry flavored milk are both wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Trollhaugen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Trollhaugen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trollhaugen)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/83 "2007-08-07T05:41:48Z")
berff, that reminds me of Rudy’s house of flavored milk at the Minnesota State Fair. When I was a milk drinking kid it was one of my favorite places. He would have the normal chocolate, strawberry, vanilla and banana; but then it got interesting with various fruit flavors and I think there was even peanut butter. My favorite was blueberry. I moved away from Minnesota in 1989, and have not been to the MSF since. But if Rudy is still there, you love milk, and you happen to be in St. Paul during the fair, look it up. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/84 "2007-08-07T18:11:43Z")
I do, but only ice cold, and only with certain foods. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/85 "2007-08-07T18:36:50Z")
Yes. Tasty, & a nice snack. Plus, there’s my secret stash of Ovaltine… ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/86 "2007-08-07T19:01:15Z")
Yes. 2% – higher or lower % tastes wrong. And it’s a bit too chalky if I’m not drinking it along with eating something. But every morning for cereal (Raisin Bran Crunch!) and with dinner. Plus maybe yogurt at lunch. I can easily understand why some people might not like the taste of milk. What I _can’t_ understand is how some people like the taste of _coffee_. Blech. If I wanted bitter and nasty I’d just go chug down some of the reagents at work. Even wonderful milk can’t save that. ---
**Author:** ![Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/87 "2007-08-07T19:03:55Z")
Soy milk only, usually the vanilla stuff, and even then just on cereal. I’ll have a glass of chocolate soy milk every now and then. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/88 "2007-08-07T19:06:42Z")
[QUOTE=Missy2U] I do, but only ice cold, and only with certain foods. [/QUOTE] Yeah, milk’s gotta be ice cold. I don’t like it even 20 degrees below room temp. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/89 "2007-08-07T20:02:28Z")
Chocolate milk, chai, and milk heavy coffee drinks, yes. Plain milk? no. I find it unpleasant tasting. Plus, I’m moderately lactose intolerant, so there really is no upside to having a glass of the stuff. As to the cereal question? I do put milk on cereal when I eat cereal. But since I don’t eat breakfast every morning, and if I did, it wouldn’t necessarily be cereal, I don’t buy cereal because the milk would go bad before I used it all and that would be wasteful. ---
**Author:** ![Surok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/90 "2007-08-07T20:07:18Z")
Nope, not anymore. I used to love the stuff, and drink maybe a litre a day. Then I moved to Moscow, where the vast majority of milk is UHT (= chemicals in a box) and had to give it up. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/91 "2007-08-07T20:15:34Z")
Why do you ask? See, another seemingly mundane question that can be added to the secret dossiers being compiled on us. Milk? What’s milk? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/92 "2007-08-07T20:22:41Z")
I love milk, especially a glass of whole milk with a PB sandwich or big brownie. But I’m trying to cut calories, so I drink a lot less of it now and when I do, it’s 1% or skim (and no PB or brownie ☹ ) ---
**Author:** ![Chasing\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@Chasing\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chasing_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/93 "2007-08-07T23:06:02Z")
I drink two glasses of skim milk a day. Once at breakfast and another glass in the evening, typically after a hard day of cycling. I find that it helps me recover after hard exertions and is a quick way to fill the stomach. I’ve found that it helps me to lose weight since my appetite goes way down after I down a glass. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/94 "2007-08-07T23:53:39Z")
Just over a gallon per week ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/95 "2007-08-08T00:28:52Z")
Nope. I don’t drink it, but I do cook with it. I just don’t like the flavor of milk or ice cream. I do love and worship cheese. My not liking milk has _nothing_ to do with the fact that it comes from cow boobies, either. ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/96 "2007-08-08T00:30:58Z")
I like it, but I don’t drink it. Back when I had my first son, I didn’t have much money for a while, so all the milk was for him. Now I’m in the habit of “the milk is for the kids,” so my husband and I almost never drink it. We could afford to now, but it’s just habit, and we feel guilty, as if we’re taking milk away from our children. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/97 "2007-08-08T01:53:03Z")
No… I’ve been successfully weaned! 😃 I’ve disliked it since I was a kid, and now (perhaps as a result?) I’m lactose intolerant. I do pour lowfat soy milk over cereal. I’ve never drunk coffee any way but black since my teens. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/98 "2007-08-08T08:25:54Z")
[QUOTE=me, in post #2] Only in coffee or cereal. Got out of the habit of drinking it straight after I left home for college, and when I tried it again several years later, I found the taste unappetizing. [/QUOTE] Although I just realized today I really enjoy drinking lassi, especially when I’m having curry. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/99 "2007-08-08T09:56:42Z")
[QUOTE=cowgirl] I’m not lactose intolerant, because I can eat cheese, but it aggravates my hay fever so I largely stay away from that too. You can have my probiotic yogurt when you pry it from my cold, dead hands, tho. [/QUOTE] Real Cheese doesn’t have lactose left, it’s the part that’s fermented. ---
**Author:** ![RedRosesForMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/100 "2007-08-08T10:02:23Z")
No, although I’ll put it on cereal. And I occasionally have a glass of Ovaltine. More often than not, I drink soymilk. I hate the taste of it and always have. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609.md?page=6)