Plus, it’s an effective source of calcium, probably better than taking supplements.
There’s some evidence that calcium supplements can increase risk of heart attacks as it can build up in arteries, so always better to get it from food sources (as a middle aged woman terrified of osteoporosis, I am big on this topic).
And you can prise my cheese out of my cold, dead hands.
we're the only species to drink milk directly from other species.
How could that possibly be an argument for anything? We are the only species to cook our food, have medicine or drive cars as well.
It's an appeal to "natural." Weirdly it works for a lot of people. The anti-chemicals argument is basically a "natural" argument. But yeah, it's ... not good reasoning.
Plus, it’s an effective source of calcium, probably better than taking supplements.
There’s some evidence that calcium supplements can increase risk of heart attacks as it can build up in arteries, so always better to get it from food sources (as a middle aged woman terrified of osteoporosis, I am big on this topic).
And you can prise my cheese out of my cold, dead hands.
I’m with you. I’m not a big fan of drinking milk, but the folks who go on about the human race never having been weened or whatever can come and try to take my: - Cheese including Cream Cheese and Cottage Cheese - Sour Cream - Butter - Yogurt
- Cheese Cake - Cookies And other baked goods - Buttermilk Fried Chicken - Whipped Cream - Creamy Sauces - Creamy Soups - Milk Chocolate
At some point the question should be asked: Milk is a liquid made by a cow or other animal to feed its young; we have to squirt it out of the cow’s udders to obtain it. Should humans be drinking this? When it comes to mammals, we're the only species to drink milk directly from other species.
so the alternative is to ...milk Humans? I guess we can try that, works well enough for babies. How much for a gallon of the 2% for my Frosted Flakes? And when I buy the "Mom's natural butter" brand I guess that's a literal description?
You thought the 3rd world sweatshops for clothing manufacture were bad, wait until this takes off...
The only bagged milk I've seen is like the one below (hope the picture comes through) - it's served in school cafeterias. $ saved on packaging compared to the traditional carton!
I work in dairy so am admittedly a bit biased against the nut "milks" out there. The link below is a blatant example of anti nut-milk propaganda from the dairy industry but it is kind of funny and entertaining. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJCTIPWPNtw
As my son’s roommate said, this is my son and me. We guzzle skim milk. Sometimes I’ll drink almost a gallon in a whole day. Man, I love me some skim milk. My son is otherwise vegetarian bordering on vegan, and I would probably follow suit if the rest of my family would go along, but there is no way I’m giving up milk.
The only bagged milk I've seen is like the one below (hope the picture comes through) - it's served in school cafeterias. $ saved on packaging compared to the traditional carton!
I work in dairy so am admittedly a bit biased against the nut "milks" out there. The link below is a blatant example of anti nut-milk propaganda from the dairy industry but it is kind of funny and entertaining. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJCTIPWPNtw
The only bagged milk I've seen is like the one below (hope the picture comes through) - it's served in school cafeterias. $ saved on packaging compared to the traditional carton!
I work in dairy so am admittedly a bit biased against the nut "milks" out there. The link below is a blatant example of anti nut-milk propaganda from the dairy industry but it is kind of funny and entertaining. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJCTIPWPNtw
I have to admit, the first thing I thought of when seeing this pic was the impending disaster of not being able to get the straw inserted correctly and chocolate milk spilling out everywhere (I may or may not be triggered by a Capri Sun incident ) But the second thing I thought of is the recycling (or lack of) of these plastic bags.
It probably saves a lot of $ in packaging cost. There is a lot of $ invested in trying to make lighter milk containers. Since milk is a commodity there is not a huge profit margin in making it so people are always looking for ways to make it more cost-effective to produce. I think Canada is onto something! I read a bit about these and apparently they come in bags of 3 individually bagged Liters and you open one at a time and hold it in a pitcher so it doesn't just flop over and leak everywhere. And the unopened milk stays fresher longer.
@Michelle - Yes! I had same thought that these bagged milks in schools would cause only huge mess but they work pretty well. You just stick the straw in anywhere. It's weird and I think they look kind of unappealing but they do the job. It probably is less recyclable than the paperboard cartons but the overall amount of waste-packaging produced is much less. There is always a trade-off in everything.
I was in Walmart a few days ago, and in Superstore the other day and decided I should check to see if they have bagged milk (I noticed Walmart has a lot of the plastic pitchers for bags of milk). And indeed, both places had a small selection of them (maybe 10% as much as the jugs).
So to answer my own question, I guess you can buy it here.
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It's an appeal to "natural." Weirdly it works for a lot of people. The anti-chemicals argument is basically a "natural" argument. But yeah, it's ... not good reasoning.
- Cheese including Cream Cheese and Cottage Cheese
- Sour Cream
- Butter
- Yogurt
- Cookies And other baked goods
- Buttermilk Fried Chicken
- Whipped Cream
- Creamy Sauces
- Creamy Soups
- Milk Chocolate
so the alternative is to ...milk Humans? I guess we can try that, works well enough for babies. How much for a gallon of the 2% for my Frosted Flakes? And when I buy the "Mom's natural butter" brand I guess that's a literal description?
You thought the 3rd world sweatshops for clothing manufacture were bad, wait until this takes off...
I work in dairy so am admittedly a bit biased against the nut "milks" out there. The link below is a blatant example of anti nut-milk propaganda from the dairy industry but it is kind of funny and entertaining.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJCTIPWPNtw
Where I'm from, we first process the milk, and put it in containers.
Drinking it directly from the cow is frowned upon.
@Michelle - Yes! I had same thought that these bagged milks in schools would cause only huge mess but they work pretty well. You just stick the straw in anywhere. It's weird and I think they look kind of unappealing but they do the job. It probably is less recyclable than the paperboard cartons but the overall amount of waste-packaging produced is much less. There is always a trade-off in everything.
So to answer my own question, I guess you can buy it here.