# Whole milk or skim milk? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 11, 2000, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054 "2000-06-11T20:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054/21 "2000-06-12T20:18:49Z")
Soy chocolate milk. yummy! 🙂 otherwise, if it’s to be the real deal, whole whole whole. can’t stand watered down milk. but ever try soy milk with Capn’Crunch 😃 deeeeeeeeelicious! ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054/22 "2000-06-12T21:27:03Z")
soy milk with blue corn flakes! ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054/23 "2000-06-13T01:15:34Z")
Whole milk. If I can’t have the real stuff, I won’t bother. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054/24 "2000-06-13T01:38:49Z")
Whole milk for the kids. nonfat dry milk for baking and cereal…(shhh, hubby doesn’t know) Soy for me. ---
**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054/25 "2000-06-13T11:38:29Z")
I grew up on whole milk but have easily adjusted to 2%. I can’t drink skim milk (at least not without 1/4 cup of Hershey’s syrup to give some consistency) and 1% doesn’t really seem much better. I tried 1% for a while but finally went back to 2 not only for the taste, but also for the shelf life. I don’t know why, but the more fat content, the longer I have before my milk goes sour. My rate of consumption seems well suited to 1 gallon of 2% per week. The 1-2 fewer days of longevity of 1% milk means I often have to throw out the last pint or more. This always seems to happen Saturday mornings when my son is visiting and we want to sit down to cartoons (all modern 'toons suck, but I humor him) and some cereal: Cheerios for him and Apple Jacks or Fruit Loops for me. ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Fortune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054/26 "2000-06-13T11:46:31Z")
Whole milk, but I only drink it on rare occasions. Heavy cream in my coffee. Latte made with half and half can fill you up like it was a big breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Floompy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e56c9b/32.png) [@Floompy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floompy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054/27 "2000-06-13T12:15:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > I can drink the Skim “plus” stuff (or whatever they call it), but can’t find it around here. > \*\* The Skim “Plus” and the 1% “Plus” are actually really good. How do they do that? Make skim milk taste good? And yes, if it wasn’t for the fat content, I would certainly stick to whole milk, particularly in coffee drinks. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054/28 "2000-06-13T13:38:41Z")
Soy milk. I drink a pint at night to relieve the night sweats of menopause. ---
**Author:** ![Floompy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e56c9b/32.png) [@Floompy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floompy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054/29 "2000-06-13T16:26:03Z")
Let me amend my last post: I love soy milk! The only thing, is that I think it tastes disgusting in coffee. I would otherwise prefer it, especially on cereal. (Can you tell that my coffee is important to me?) ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054/30 "2000-06-13T17:26:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > > The Skim “Plus” and the 1% “Plus” are actually really good. How do they do that? Make skim milk taste good? And yes, if it wasn’t for the fat content, I would certainly stick to whole milk, particularly in coffee drinks. > \*\* Try [SDMB - Why is some Skim Milk thicker ?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25030) ---
**Author:** ![Floompy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e56c9b/32.png) [@Floompy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floompy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054/31 "2000-06-13T18:36:38Z")
Thanks funneefarmer, I’ll check it out! - KJ ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054/32 "2000-06-13T20:00:25Z")
**weirddave** wrote: > [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Homo milk tastes real weird to me. > > Silly! THAT stuff is for Esprix, Otto, NTG, Sqrl and the like. I saw an add in the paper that seemed targeted at lesbians. It said “Milk $1.99 gal homo”. Seemed to be an exclusive market. Why do you think I want to move to Canada? They have Homo milk and Gay butter! 😃 Well, my whole life has been 100% whole milk - none of that white water skim or 1% or 2% or any of that crap. Alas, my stomach has started to rebel (damn 30’s), so I have started drinking Lactaid milk (the red carton, which says fat-free, and it tastes that way, but I can’t figure out if it’s the _most_ or _least_ creamy of the line), but only with my morning tea - I can still stomach whole milk in small quantities (and I do drink it by the glassful, especially with NesQuik or Ovaltine), but I especially need to take a Lactaid tablet now when I eat ice cream (notably Breyer’s or Hagen-Dazs chocolate, or Ben & Jerry’s Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch). I hate getting old. :mad: Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054/33 "2000-06-13T20:18:49Z")
Me skim. El Hubbo 2% but only 'cause I forced him. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054/34 "2000-06-13T21:53:02Z")
I drink skim and like it. I just do not understand why Americans have let their taste evolve to where everything has to have loads of fat or they don’t like it. You can educate your taste and you will not miss the stuff. Just a few days ago I was with some friends and we went into an ice cream place and my friend’s wife (who could lose some weight) kept insisting I have some. She could not understand that it really does not appeal to me and kept insisting I could have it because I am not fat. I read a few days ago the per capita consumption of cheese in the US has quadrupled in the last 30 years!! I wonder what the figures are for ice-cream and other high fat foods. Believe me, you can eat a low fat diet and not miss the fat. I do. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054/35 "2000-06-13T21:57:29Z")
I absolutely cannot drink anything other than skim milk. Anything with fat, even 1%, tastes like I’m drinking half and half. Someone else said that whole milk tastes like it’s been sitting out for a while, and I totally agree. It also never seems to get as cold and thirst-quenching as skim milk. Whole milk is like drinking a milkshake, without any of the fun. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054/36 "2000-06-14T00:05:18Z")
I never drink the stuff anymore, but if I did drink it I would use whole milk. Why bother with skim milk? Might as well drink water. But in my house there usually is no milk in the refrigerator. I eat my cereal with yogurt, coffee is black and hot chocolate made with water. ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054/37 "2000-06-14T00:11:24Z")
Skim milk always seems to get SO cold and doesn’t leave that yucky thick saliva feeling in my mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054/38 "2000-06-14T03:06:58Z")
Whole is the best (I agree with pepperlandgirl 100%… I’ve had it still warm from the morning milking, and it was amazing-- This from a dairy with an average of 7%, mind you), but I usually drink reduced-- I can’t tell the difference between 1% and 2%, so I buy whichever is cheaper. Skim I can’t stand, except maybe on cereal if I’m desparate, or with a LOT of chocolate syrup. Enriched skim isn’t too bad, though. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054/39 "2000-06-14T04:32:25Z")
i usually drink the 2% lowfat milk. i cant drink whole milk anymore cuz it tastes like butter to me. then again, maybe i should check the expiration date more often… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-milk-or-skim-milk/22054.md?page=1)