# What kind of milk do you drink? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [November 30, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430 "2010-11-30T18:04:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/1 "2010-11-30T18:04:04Z")
Just a simple question. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/2 "2010-11-30T18:07:01Z")
None. Not that I have anything against milk, but it’s just not my go-to drink. I’d rather have water, or just about anything else. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/3 "2010-11-30T18:23:53Z")
I really only use milk on my breakfast cereal. I can’t recall the last time I had a glass of milk. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/4 "2010-11-30T18:28:42Z")
I don’t actually _drink_ it, but I’ve taken to using almond milk in my tea and on cold cereal (which I seldom eat anyway). When I was still drinking real moo-juice, it had to be whole milk. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/5 "2010-11-30T18:30:56Z")
Didn’t we just have one of these? 1% Whole Foods brand organic. ETA: With a lactose pill, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/6 "2010-11-30T18:32:43Z")
Organic whole milk only if I’m buying cow juice, but I also like Almond milk and usually have both in the fridge. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/7 "2010-11-30T18:38:03Z")
I don’t actually _drink_ milk very often, but my kid does. I cook with it a fair bit, too. My usual is 2%, though occasionally, I can find “Super Skim”, which we actually prefer. It’s fat-free, but tastes closer to whole milk. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/8 "2010-11-30T18:42:43Z")
I take it with cheap coffee ( like at work), I would take it with cereal ( but I don’t eat cereal anymore ) and I’ll cook with it, but I won’t drink it straight. Haven’t since I was a little kid. For coffee, anything from full cream to 2%. Cooking/cereal I’ll go with whole or 2%. 1% always seemed gross and watery to me when I was young and was forced to use it. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/9 "2010-11-30T18:45:47Z")
I about equally drink chocolate soy milk and skimmed milk, but since there was no multiple option, I declined to vote. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/10 "2010-11-30T18:46:13Z")
Haven’t _drank_ milk since I was a kid, but at the time it was 2%. Nowadays I only take milk in non-liquid form. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/11 "2010-11-30T18:52:36Z")
I don’t drink it either, but use skim on my cereal. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/12 "2010-11-30T19:09:32Z")
I don’t drink milk or milk substitutes, but I drink a lot of heavy cream. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/13 "2010-11-30T19:16:04Z")
I started with whole milk; it was the only type I could stand. Then, when I was on my own and on a tight budget, I switched to 2%. Seemed pretty good. As I got older, I switched to 1%. Less fat, but no skim. Finally, I went to skim. The change from 1% was barely noticeable. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/14 "2010-11-30T19:19:32Z")
Whole milk is nectar of the gods. 2%? It even looks watery. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/15 "2010-11-30T19:22:42Z")
milk is for babies when you grow up, you have to drink beer ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/16 "2010-11-30T19:53:08Z")
Looks like I’m the only goat’s milk drinker so far. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/17 "2010-11-30T19:56:27Z")
I’m allergic to milk fat (not lactose intolerant. . .just allergic to milk fat). So, the less fat milk has, the less itchy I am. I buy fat free milk for my day to day milkings (cereal and such), but sometimes will buy the fattier stuff if I’m cooking for people and stuff. 2% tastes the best, in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/18 "2010-11-30T20:02:17Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I’m allergic to milk fat (not lactose intolerant. . .just allergic to milk fat). So… no butter?☹ How do you survive? ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/19 "2010-11-30T20:08:00Z")
the skim vote is disturbingly high ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/20 "2010-11-30T20:09:23Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > So… no butter?☹ How do you survive? Butter doesn’t make me itchy. One of my friends is a food scientist and explained to me why, but I don’t understand heh. Cheese doesn’t make me itchy, but it makes my tongue and lips swell up. Some cheeses are worse than others. Doesn’t stop me from eating it. Please feel free to quote this post in my obituary when I go into anaphylactic shock from cheese. 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430.md?page=2)