Drinking Milk

[Zelig]

If you like them great, I'm happy for you, but if it doesn't come out of the mammary glands of a female mammal it's not milk.

What about male mammals who lactate from their mammary glands?

 

[_random_]

What brand of milk do you drink?

Kroger for unflavored, UDF for chocolate.

What container size milk do you drink?

16 oz. glass or bottle.

What animal type of milk do you drink?

Cow. I gave up human a while ago.

What flavour of milk do you drink?

Unflavored, chocolate, or Serious Chocolate.

What percentage fat milk do you drink?

Skim normally, unless I'm drinking Serious Chocolate, which is 1% IIRC.

What amount of organicness has the milk you drink?

I neither know nor care.

How much milk do you drink?

16 oz. a day most days.

What do you drink milk with?

Most dinners.

When do you drink milk?

At dinner time, between five and eight PM.

How have your milk drinking habits changed throughout your life?

They've probably made me taller than I would be otherwise, and taller people get more respect.

What food do you make with milk?

Pie.

Do you consider milk from non-animal sources to actually be milk?

Not really, but I pity the lactose intolerant too much to let them know otherwise.

What degree of pasteurization do you prefer your milk to have?

Quite a bit.

 

[Wolfbeckett]

What about male mammals who lactate from their mammary glands?

I GUESS it still counts but really who would want to drink it?

 

[jtb1127]

2% cow milk is what I go with

 

[zjl56]

I was a skim drinker until I moved until discovering soy milk. Silk ftw

 

[LucyDuke]

Yeah, same here. I can handle a glass or two before it gets really bad.

Over what period of time? I can't imagine drinking more than two glasses of milk in a sitting.

 

[Boundless]

Eugh drinking milk at all makes me feel ill!

 

[Smellincoffee]

Milk makes me glad I'm the biological product of a once-pastoral society. I take a glass of it with some foods, like a PB&J sandwich. My parents always bought 2%, but I have no preference for it or against whole milk.

 

[Disgustipated]

speaking of milk, maybe you'll find this article interesting. China is going to GE cows to produce human breast milk. I'm not sure about the link here if this is legit or some prank or hoax.

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/chi...ows-to-produce-human-breast-milk-20110608-ncx

BEIJING - Chinese scientists have genetically modified dairy cows to produce human breast milk, and hope to be selling it in supermarkets within three years.

The milk produced by the transgenic cows is identical to the human variety, with the same immune-boosting and antibacterial qualities as breast milk, scientists at China's Agricultural University in Beijing said.

The transgenic herd of 300 was bred by inserting human genes into cloned cow embryos which were then implanted into surrogate cows. The technology used was similar to that used to produce Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned by scientists, in Scotland.

The milk is still undergoing safety tests, but with government permission it will be sold to consumers as a more nutritious dairy drink than cow's milk.

Workers at the university's dairy farm have already tasted the milk -- and said it is sweeter and stronger than the bovine variety, according to Sky News .

"It's good," said worker Jiang Yao. "It's better for you because it's genetically modified."

The scientists have also produced animals that are resistant to mad cow disease, as well as beef cattle that are genetically modified to produce more nutritious meat.

The director of the research project, Professor Li Ning, said Western concerns about the ethics of genetic modification are misplaced.

"There are 1.5 billion people in the world who don't get enough to eat," he said. "It's our duty to develop science and technology, not to hold it back. We need to feed people first, before we consider ideals and convictions."

 

[Wolfbeckett]

This sounds fake. Aren't a huge amount of Chinese people lactose intolerant? Why would they even work on this?

 

[bhsup]

Even if it is genetically the same, it's coming from the PRC so probably has unsafe lead levels in it.

 

[warpus]

Unpasturized milk is DELICIOUS but I can't get it here in Canada So 2%

 

[mrt144]

This sounds fake. Aren't a huge amount of Chinese people lactose intolerant? Why would they even work on this?

I heard they're also working on altering the gene that shuts off enzyme that breaks down lactose.

 

[Wolfbeckett]

I heard they're also working on altering the gene that shuts off enzyme that breaks down lactose.

Well that'd be rad for lactose intolerant people if they can get it working safely. Lucky me I have no need of dubious Chinese science since I can already break down lactose, yay me!

 

[emzie]

Whoah, coffee milk?!? DO WANT

I've tried to talk Lucy into mailing me some, perhaps in exchange for poutine gravy mix.

 

[mrt144]

Well that'd be rad for lactose intolerant people if they can get it working safely. Lucky me I have no need of dubious Chinese science since I can already break down lactose, yay me!

I was joking but I wouldn't put it past somebody to do it.

 

[Wolfbeckett]

I was joking but I wouldn't put it past somebody to do it.

I'm actually disappointed, I was hoping after conquering lactose intolerance they'd start working on a gene modification for night vision in humans. Sigh, my dreams of superhuman powers once again crushed against the rocks of reality.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

Poll is missing coffee milk.

 

[_random_]

Unpasturized milk is DELICIOUS but I can't get it here in Canada So 2%

Is what they say about milk coming in bags there true?

 

[emzie]

Is what they say about milk coming in bags there true?

Yep. Want a picture?

TOO BAD YOU DON'T GET TO CHOOSE NO



With cheese curds because I was eating those when I took the picture.