# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/21 "2010-11-30T20:13:19Z")
Whole raw milk here. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/22 "2010-11-30T20:20:31Z")
Buttermilk! ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/23 "2010-11-30T23:23:34Z")
I prefer the taste of skim milk. I don’t like the richness of milk fat, and find it hard to drink whole milk. Yeah, I’m weird. ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/24 "2010-11-30T23:48:52Z")
None. Milk is vile. I can hardly stand to look at it, and I definitely feel sick if I see someone drinking it. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/25 "2010-12-01T00:04:57Z")
On the rare occasion I drink an actual glass of milk, it’s 2% ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/26 "2010-12-01T00:34:10Z")
I honestly can’t remember when I last had a glass of milk. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/27 "2010-12-01T00:46:57Z")
2%. We go through about six gallons a week with 2 kids. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/28 "2010-12-01T01:28:27Z")
Other than half-and-half in my coffee and occasional buttermilk, I don’t drink milk. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/29 "2010-12-01T01:33:16Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Finally, I went to skim. The change from 1% was barely noticeable. I find that final transition to skim to be intolerable. I even tried that stuff that’s supposed to taste like 2%. I still have trouble with1%, but for my health, I must. ---
**Author:** ![Makeitstop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@Makeitstop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Makeitstop)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/30 "2010-12-01T01:38:36Z")
I drink Skim. Not because I decided to be healthy or anything, but my family only drank skim muilk while I was growing up, so drinking any other type of milk feels wrong ito me. I just can’t stand 2%, 1% is OK but not great, and I like store-bought chocolate milk only becasue skim makes really bad Hershey’s Syrup chocolate milk. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/31 "2010-12-01T03:28:40Z")
I don’t drink milk, but I buy whole milk for cooking. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/32 "2010-12-01T03:40:44Z")
I mostly use it only for cereal. I don’t really have a preference. I just buy whichever kind has the latest expiration date, because I often don’t use up an entire half gallon in a week. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/33 "2010-12-01T08:41:30Z")
Lactose-free, preferably skim but will have low-fat. The brand I usually buy is now advertising chocolate shakes, but my supermarket doesn’t carry them yet. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/34 "2010-12-01T08:48:21Z")
I love milk, though I usually only drink it once a day, on average. Whole milk, always, because I want to. It’s particularly nice post-chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/35 "2010-12-01T08:53:12Z")
I’ll drink any cow’s milk except skim. I buy 2% by default, but I like whole, and can abide 1% too. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/36 "2010-12-01T09:35:59Z")
I answered 1%, which is what I put in my cereal and my tea, but when I make smoothies, I like to use soy milk, which is somewhat thicker and sweeter than cow’s milk and thus ideal for that purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/37 "2010-12-01T11:30:57Z")
Whole milk for me. But for a long time I had to restrict myself to evaporated milk. And I’ve used a coconut-based milk substitute to great effect. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/38 "2010-12-01T12:29:54Z")
I buy 1% in the store, but the lowest I can get at work is 2%. I don’t usually drink it, but sometimes after pouring 1/2 the container on my cereal, I’m struck by an irresistible urge and quickly down the rest of the bottle, enjoying it immensely. I musta needed a calcium shot. They make 1/2%? Huh. Never saw that one. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/39 "2010-12-01T12:39:08Z")
Since the lady who lives two houses down from me is lactating, I decline to participate in the poll. No, seriously I don’t drink milk very often but if I do, it’s always “skim/fat free”. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430/40 "2010-12-01T14:19:12Z")
I don’t drink it. I only use it on cereal, and use skim milk for that. On rare occasions I’ll have a glass of chocolate skim milk. My excuse for never taking up auto racing is that if I ever won the Indy 500, they’d expect me to take a swig of that vile liquid from a glass bottle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-drink/562430.md?page=3)