Forgotten how good full fat milk is

[viv1969]

I've gone off full-fat milk since we went onto semi-skimmed - I guess I've got used to it. Fully skimmed is just yuck though!

Interesting fact: All milk sold in the UK (excluding from the farm gate) is fully skimmed as part of the processing and they add the fat back in for "semi" and whole" -

I remember when younger we had an elderly lady as a customer (mum and dad owned a grocery store) who bought 4 bottles of sterilised milk every Saturday and Wednesday without fail. She didn't own a fridge (those were the days) and I remember they had the lethal metal caps on that used to cut your fingers when getting them out of the crate.

Tasted nothing like milk either.

Really?
I did know that all but raw milk is homogenised now, which is why the cream no longer rises to the top (even in the high fat "gold top" or "jersey" milks sold in supermarkets)

 

[Buck]

Yep, a spooky fact - something to do with the processing being easier this way and the fat is then added back in at the homogenisation stage and the fat is then distributed evenly throughout the milk and as you say, means no more cream at the top anymore

 

[Tigger.ufo]

Really?
I did know that all but raw milk is homogenised now, which is why the cream no longer rises to the top (even in the high fat "gold top" or "jersey" milks sold in supermarkets)

Happy to report that the Tesco Finest Gold Top has loads of cream on top and is unhomogenised...

...as it should be!

Lovely on cereal but not in tea thank you!

 

[viv1969]

Happy to report that the Tesco Finest Gold Top has loads of cream on top and is unhomogenised...

...as it should be!

Lovely on cereal but not in tea thank you!

Good to know

 

[Deleted member 49549]

Happy to report that the Tesco Finest Gold Top has loads of cream on top and is unhomogenised...

...as it should be!

Lovely on cereal but not in tea thank you!

That got me looking, and I've just found Ocado also do unhomogenised milk. Cheers!

 

[jonbeeza]

Got a big bottle of fresh milk yesterday, the date says use by the 7 December. In the old days you were lucky to keep the mornings milk from going off, by tea time.

PS

Wonder if this should have gone in the Out Of date Stuff Thread ?

 

[Deleted member 49549]

Got a big bottle of fresh milk yesterday, the date says use by the 7 December. In the old days you were lucky to keep the mornings milk from going off, by tea time.

Its amazing how long milk lasts for now. 'When I was a lad' I used to be quite unhappy on Sundays that there was no fresh milk delivered.

 

[Gremlin]

Forget all that imitation stuff you buy in supermarkets, this is the real thing and the farm has to have a licence to sell it in max 1 litre containers
not that pricey at £1.20 a litre

it even comes with a health warning

 

[jonbeeza]

Forget all that imitation stuff you buy in supermarkets, this is the real thing and the farm has to have a licence to sell it in max 1 litre containers
not that pricey at £1.20 a litre

it even comes with a health warning

Now that is pretty apt, RAW milk .

 

[Alastair]

Now that is pretty apt, RAW milk .

not a cheesy jpg?

 

[jonbeeza]

not a cheesy jpg?

lol

 

[FlyingShrapnel]

I've gone off full-fat milk since we went onto semi-skimmed - I guess I've got used to it. Fully skimmed is just yuck though!

Interesting fact: All milk sold in the UK (excluding from the farm gate) is fully skimmed as part of the processing and they add the fat back in for "semi" and whole" -

I remember when younger we had an elderly lady as a customer (mum and dad owned a grocery store) who bought 4 bottles of sterilised milk every Saturday and Wednesday without fail. She didn't own a fridge (those were the days) and I remember they had the lethal metal caps on that used to cut your fingers when getting them out of the crate.

Tasted nothing like milk either.

didnt know that might as well get the full fat stuff to get my monies worth