So what are the Dutch putting in their coffee?
And could you pass a drug test after drinking it?
It’s not safe. But if you know the cow, you also know that milk has not been mixed in with hundreds of other cows milk, thus increasing the chances by a hundredfold.
Thus, this is why most small family farmers and their families don’t have such a constant issue with milk borne diseases.
Not safe- safer. Safe enough for me anyway, given my extremely strong immune system, etc. Nor was it something I did or would do often, just once every few years when I go visit the family farm. YMMV of course.
Buying bulk raw milk from a dairy is too dangerous for me, however.
And, although I admit there’s a tad of danger, I have also “jumped from a perfectly good airplane” and gone into Great White Shark infested waters off the Fallarons. Not to mention eating a taco from a sidewalk vendor in Ensenada. Danger is relative, and informed adults can make choices for themselsve that are not 100% safe.
This is very true and an excellent point.
However, the problem with the whole raw milk trend is that people who have made an informed opinion tend to wax poetical about it, thereby accidentally convincing other folk who really haven’t looked into the issue to make a health decision on emotional grounds. Like this:
Guy A: “I drink milk straight from my personal cow who lives on my 5 acre farm and is fed fresh alfalfa I raise myself”
Guy B: “That is awesome! I don’t have a farm or a cow, but I want the real experience. I want to drink raw milk!”
And then Guy B decides that the raw milk is responsible for how awesome and in-tuned with the earth he feels, and tells all his friends that they should drink raw milk too.
It sets up for a dangerous situation.
Yeah, there was some article in the NYT a while back about how some bunch of city folks who follow the extreme organic movement are getting raw milk trucked in from the country. They’re raising their kids on it and stuff. Kind of like the people who aren’t having their kids vaccinated. It’s a “natural” choice. I’m a little scared and a lot of :rolleyes:
My guess isn’t unpasteurized milk.
I bet it’s more a difference in feed/pasture than anything else.
When I was in college(Texas A&M, big dairy science program), the university’s dining halls got their milk from the herds on campus for free.
There was a DISTINCT taste difference between summer pasture and winter feed, and it could have easily been described as a bit sour. So much so, that every time that the feed/pasture switched, they’d put signs up explaining why the milk tasted different.
The milk was definitely pasteurized though; it’s part of modern milk production, and was part of the curriculum on the test dairy on campus.
(also, we could buy terrific steaks and meat from the meat science department as well!)
Asparagus?
Well it makes my pee smell odd.
What is the big deal with drinking unpasteurized milk? I have had it all my life back when I was in India. The only thing we avoided was drinking cold raw milk.
Boil it – drink it warm, cool it and drink it cold – where’s the problem?
Though I have to say that having been brought up in India, my immune system was definitely geared up and strong.
Koffiemelk is just evaporated milk. It comes in full fat and various degrees of less fat. I think most restaurants use halfvolle which is 4% fat.
It is also homogenized and pasteurized.