The Raw Milk Debate
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It’s awesome. Last week we had a cheese party. A cool cheesemaster from DiBruno Brothers. came and gave a talk about cheese. We learned when buying cheese from a specialty place to always have a sample, because each wheel will taste different. Then we got to taste a bunch of samples. Half of the cheeses we tried were from raw milk. This started a really interesting discussion about the concerns and different state laws pertaining to raw milk.
Do you guys know anything about this?I know there are some food lovers here, so I would really like to hear what you think about it, even if you aren’t familiar with the debate. Does the idea of unpastureized milk products make you uneasy? Have you tasted both and prefer one over the other?
For more information about it, go here. and here.
P.S. Thanks John for the reminder about how to insert topics!
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First of all, that place your volunteer at sounds awesome.
Second of all, forced pasteurization on cheese younger than 60 days is a fucking travesty. Forced pasteurization on any milk, for that matter. Unless you happen to know of a super-small dairy farm that can slow-pasteurize your dairy, ever drop of milk you get is half dead. We, as Americans, don’t know what milk is supposed to taste like because they rapid boil every drop that hits our grocery store shelves and over half the active enzymes and proteins have been completely destroyed.
For all the shit the FDA lets the food industry get away with, it’s especially insane. As a general rule of thumb, all of the FDA/USDA food recommendations are to be treated with utter disdain (otherwise we’d eat nothing but overcooked food). If they’re so concerned with us ingesting harmful bacteria, I’d rather see the FDA/USDA enforce stricter standards on factory farming and sanitation.
I agree with John for once. I’ve had real milk. From a friggin’ milk man (hollah Kev & Mandy). It’s delicious and doesn’t give me gas like the crap we have here. Can I find real milk here?
My dad was a farmer, so he grew up on fresh cow and goat milk. The only fresh stuff I’ve had were fresh eggs and some pork from one of my uncle’s pigs.
Some studies have shown that people who are lactose intolerant show no intolerance to raw milk products. And if you think about it, most of us start out on raw milk from our mothers.
alycia said:Some studies have shown that people who are lactose intolerant show no intolerance to raw milk products. And if you think about it, most of us start out on raw milk from our mothers.
Sadly, my mother only produced powdered milk. I always had to add water.
alycia said:Some studies have shown that people who are lactose intolerant show no intolerance to raw milk products. And if you think about it, most of us start out on raw milk from our mothers.
As much as I want this to be true, I dont’ see how it’s possible. Lactose Intolerance is due to a lack of lactaise in the blood which is the enzyme required to break down lactose. Unless something happens to the lactose sugars in the pasteurization process that makes them harder to break down… I suppose it’s possible. Any chance you have a source? I wanna read about it.
Sammy said:alycia said:Some studies have shown that people who are lactose intolerant show no intolerance to raw milk products. And if you think about it, most of us start out on raw milk from our mothers.
Sadly, my mother only produced powdered milk. I always had to add water.
Oh Sammy that explains so much. Your mom has no problem producing raw milk for me now.
alycia said:Your mom has no problem producing raw milk for me now.
John said:alycia said:Your mom has no problem producing raw milk for me now.
Is that a bad face?
Something does happen. I don’t have any sources. I just know the milk here gives me terrible gas and discomfort. The milk in England does not. I’m lactose intolerant and America sucks at milk.
Well, the FDA’s policy is, expectedly, that there’s no difference: http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/lactose032508.html
However, this flickr page of a graphic from who knows what says otherwise: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ammichaels/3220142063/ Which, while almost completely unsourced and unsubstantiated, is interesting in that it’s something to look into (said “private Michigan study.”)
Well I just spent way too much time reading about raw milk. I have to actually do some work and I’ll write more later, but here’s something you should all have:
http://www.realmilk.com/where1.html
Where to get raw milk. Cause really, we should all be drinking it.
John said:alycia said:Your mom has no problem producing raw milk for me now.
No, that face seems pretty accurate.