I too remember the little milk cartons at school. I also remember taking Nestles QuiK (strawberry or chocolate) to flavor it with because it was never cold enough to drink straight. Thank goodness my Mama understood and let me do that.

One year some guy paid a debt to my Dad with dairy equipment and a cow. That summer we had it all — whole milk, cream, almost fat free… etc. Because he couldn’t sell the fat free stuff, that’s what we got to drink. Yuck, and yuck. Gagging and throwing up convinced my mom not to make me drink that awful stuff. There was just enough of the good stuff to not make me a hater of milk. Thank goodness Dad sold that equipment after a few months.

Today I buy ultra pasteurized heavy cream to use in scrambled eggs and a few other dishes. I drink black coffee and will use the cream when I occasionally eat oatmeal.

For recipes that don’t accomodate the heavy cream, I keep a few cans of evaporated milk on hand.

How can anyone eat Oreo cookies without a cold glass of milk??
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When our family was part of a mostly Hispanic church congregation in the nineties, one of the sisters told me that drinking milk would make the chili-pepper heat on my tongue go away. She was too kind to comment on my lack of intestinal (actually lingual) fortitude.

I have other friends who are chocophobic. Sad!

When I used to work, I’d have a small carton of skim milk before breakfast. The idea was that the milk would gently ease my blood-sugar level upward to gently ease me into alertness and prepare me for the day’s activity. I have no idea if it actually did that, but that was the theory.

Since then I usually drink either 1% or 2% milk. Some foods require milk–cereal, cookies, cake, some sandwiches, to name a few. My wife likes a glass of whole chocolate milk as a dessert, and I often join her.

Waidmann

Nope, still the same test. My youngest daughter is extremely lactose intolerant. She had the same test as a junior in high school with the same result as you, Neo. She’s now junior in college.

http://www.blackcow.co.uk/

“Situated on England’s West Dorset coast we produce the world’s only Pure Milk Vodkaâ„¢ made entirely from the milk of grass grazed cows and nothing else. Fresh whole milk makes an exceptionally smooth vodka with a unique creamy character.”

Two things that Neo won’t drink, united in one. Does a double negative make a positive?

Now, if we could pass this out to school children … it might go over big in Wisconsin, especially during Packers games. Get the kids started early.