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babysmama
True Blue Farmgirl
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Elizabeth
Iowa
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 Posted - May 02 2008 : 4:08:26 PM
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Okay, I can't tell if I am crazy or if it is true but I notice that when I buy different brands of milk some taste funny or smell different. I have come to only like the Fastco (store brand) 1% milk. If I buy the more expensive like Swiss Valley or even just the Wal-mart brand it just tastes/smells off to me. I don't know if it is just because I am pregnant or what but was wondering if anyone else who buys milk notices the same with different brands?
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Sagewood
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
South Carolina
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Posted - May 02 2008 : 4:26:28 PM
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I notice a difference in different brands. It's not just you. I wont say it tastes 'off' to me, but different in different brands. Maybe it's the cows they get it from or the processor. Who knows. There is one brand down here, an expensive top brand name (coburg) that I cannot stand..it tastes aweful to me.
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Posted - May 02 2008 : 5:30:16 PM
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I can't drink cow milk anymore without feeling sick after. I am so use to drinking soy now that cow tastes sour, no matter the fat content. The only one I an stomach is raw milk. funny huh?
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 02 2008 : 9:55:09 PM
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I rarely drink a glass of store milk..I don't like it very much.....but when Mona is in milk I drink a glassful every day..and the kids drink more too. Don't get me wrong..we still go through a gallon a day of store milk..but with fresh milk it zips up closer to 2 gallons a day.
To answer your question..yes...I can tell the difference in brands..just from the smell..and my kids notice too.
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emsmommy5
True Blue Farmgirl
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Angie
Buckley
WA
USA
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Posted - May 02 2008 : 10:38:00 PM
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I don't drink milk at all, but my dh says different brands taste different.
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - May 03 2008 : 07:32:50 AM
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Cows and goats on different feeds will taste different. Also there are several ways to pasteurize milk and each process can make the milk taste different as well. I have noticed this as well. Sometimes there is a really creamy taste and sometimes there is an almost grassy aftertaste.
I used to be allergic to milk and I can clearly remember when I was little when my family let me have a little at dinner one time just to see what I thought of it- It was maybe an ounce or less. I drank it and said "MMMM! Yuck!" That gallon of milk had the grassy after taste. I still am not overly fond of THOSE gallons!
I have noticed that even within one brand the milk varies.
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - May 05 2008 : 5:03:56 PM
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Commercial milk and ice cream made dd sick every time and for years we thought she was lactose intolerant. When I switched to organic milk last year, all of sudden, no more problem! I won't buy anything else. If I can't afford it that week, we go without. I will never go back to the commercial stuff again.
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
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Posted - May 05 2008 : 5:44:43 PM
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Personally I am Raw Milk Person - although I cannot remember the last time any of us drank a glass... We use it when we have cereal or something like that.... It is an interresting topic...if your interrested in more info on the real milk campaign or where to find raw milk in your area... check out www.realmilk.org or www.westonaprice.org both are very interresting....
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tziporra
True Blue Farmgirl
234 Posts
Robin
Seattle
WA
USA
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Posted - May 05 2008 : 7:35:50 PM
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Milk is our big splurge product -- I buy local pasturized non-homogenized whole milk which costs a ridiculous amount of money, but is like a dessert. I love having the cream available for cooking, I love the taste. We don't do much refined sugar, and this milk totally satisfies my sweets craving.
Anyway, it's been brought up that cow's feed will completely change the taste of milk, and in factory milk production "taste tests" are conducted to adjust the feed to produce the milk that tastes like what the consumer expects. When my husband was growing up, they would just skip drinking the milk when spring onions were on, since the milk from their cow would be too oniony for the kids :)
So it's definitely not your imagination.
Best,
Robin
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N Marie
True Blue Farmgirl
102 Posts
Marie
Seattle
Washington
USA
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Posted - May 06 2008 : 5:37:29 PM
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Originally posted by GaiasRose
I can't drink cow milk anymore without feeling sick after. I am so use to drinking soy now that cow tastes sour, no matter the fat content. The only one I an stomach is raw milk. funny huh?
Not at all. I know for a fact (it's not just in my head) that 2% conventional milk tastes like nonfat organic milk. I've heard rumors that conventional milk is always watered down. When I first started buying organic milk I made the transition from whole-fat conventional to 2% organic milk. The 2% organic was just as creamy, if not more so, than the whole-fat conventional. It's because the cows are so much happier.
By the way, Monsanto is trying to outlaw the "non rBGH" labels, claiming that it prevents farmers from "using the technology available to them." If this goes to a ballot, please vote no! We should be allowed to make the choice of whether we consume rBGH!
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Bfriday
True Blue Farmgirl
125 Posts
Jessica
Miles
TX
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Posted - May 07 2008 : 3:47:14 PM
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I know we all live in different parts of the country and in some areas products are common and in other areas don't seem to exist. So, here is my question, What is the name of the organic milk you buy at the grocery store? Have you heard of a brand named "Promised Land"? they don't claim organic on the label but instead claim 'no artificial hormones' and claim all their cows are pasture fed. I have to say it does have a better taste than regular brand milk. But is it believable?
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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Posted - May 09 2008 : 03:53:31 AM
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I stopped drinking cow's mile 4 years ago after discovering almond milk!
It's very mild. It comes shelf stable in 1/2 gallon paper containers, so there's no wastage. AND best of all, no sour milk smell with the last few drops in the bottom of my glass. |
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N Marie
True Blue Farmgirl
102 Posts
Marie
Seattle
Washington
USA
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
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Posted - May 09 2008 : 8:25:34 PM
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For those in the TriCities area.. there is a raw organic milk dairy in Touchet/College Place area called Wybenga farms...YUM!
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
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