# Hog cheese and milk **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [July 6, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hog-cheese-and-milk/502055 "2009-07-06T06:58:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hog-cheese-and-milk/502055/1 "2009-07-06T06:58:19Z")
The three most important livestock mammals are the cow, the sheep and the hog. The first two are commonly milked and their milk made into cheese. Sheep cheese is not as popular in the US but it is common in Europe. However, nobody to my knowledge makes cheese from the milk of the hog. Why is this? ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hog-cheese-and-milk/502055/2 "2009-07-06T07:08:19Z")
Just a wild-ass guess on my part, but because of their diet? Sheep and Cows eat (primarily) grains and grasses, while Pigs eat about anything put in front of them, and are often fed swill. I’d imagine their milk isn’t the best tasting stuff around. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hog-cheese-and-milk/502055/3 "2009-07-06T07:13:31Z")
It probably has milky tendencies. It may be sweet and taste like my ex-girlfriends tit, for all I know? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hog-cheese-and-milk/502055/4 "2009-07-06T08:23:03Z")
According to [pork4kids](http://www.pork4kids.com/AskAFarmer.aspx) > [@](#): > > Q: Why don’t we drink pig milk? > > A: That is a very good question. Sow milk is very nutritious and high in fat content. Sows produce a large amount of milk, providing a volume that is very similar to the production from cows. The reason that we do not milk pigs is because they are more difficult to restrain and they have several more teats than cows, making it difficult to milk them. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hog-cheese-and-milk/502055/5 "2009-07-06T08:27:30Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > Just a wild-ass guess on my part… talking of [asses](http://www.burleson-arabians.com/horse_milk.htm) > [@](#): > > Best of all, taste test show that consumers clearly prefer horse milk to dog and cat milk :dubious::dubious::dubious::dubious::dubious: ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hog-cheese-and-milk/502055/6 "2009-07-06T08:44:35Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > According to [pork4kids](http://www.pork4kids.com/AskAFarmer.aspx) > > Q: Why don’t we drink pig milk? > > A: That is a very good question. Sow milk is very nutritious and high in fat content. Sows produce a large amount of milk, providing a volume that is very similar to the production from cows. The reason that we do not milk pigs is because they are more difficult to restrain and they have several more teats than cows, making it difficult to milk them. So, it’s the old… milking a Cat, idioma. I still mess with my nephew sometimes and “Milk the Rat”. It’s similar to a Dutch-rub or an Indian-rub, or an Indian Handshake. Imagine milking a cat or a rat? Ben Stiller has done it. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hog-cheese-and-milk/502055/7 "2009-07-06T09:28:47Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > talking of [asses](http://www.burleson-arabians.com/horse_milk.htm) > > :dubious::dubious::dubious::dubious::dubious: That website made me laugh out loud; especially the “if a woman was built like a horse, this is what she would look like” illustration and the “Pussy Whip” container. Clearly that site is intended as a joke. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hog-cheese-and-milk/502055/8 "2009-07-06T09:51:13Z")
To clarify: “Milking the Rat” is simply curling the milker’s pinky finger into their palm and squeezing… gently, and intermittently. That’s what makes it so devious in a big brother torturing little brother sorta way.