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lastlib

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5. Having grown up on a dairy farm.....

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Oct 30, 2024, 02:26 PM

Oct 30

I must be dead at my keyboard.....and all our barn cats must be down to their ninth life.

Now we did skim off the cream for various uses, like making butter, some cooking, etc.

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Raw milk is delicious but deadly. RFKennedy Jr. [View all] applegrove Oct 30 OP

I can testify: I didn't even have any unpasteurized milk product or be around bovines ... marble falls Oct 30 #1

That sounds awful. applegrove Oct 30 #2

It was awful. Coming just after cancer surgeries didn't help. It was heavy flu and and extreme tiredness 24/7 ... marble falls Oct 30 #9

I never cared for it.... getagrip_already Oct 30 #3

I spent two weeks on a farm vacation when I was a tween. applegrove Oct 30 #6

Sometimes Timewas Oct 30 #4

And that is the important part: It's done on the farm. It's when the product travels that lives are put to risk ... marble falls Oct 30 #10

True Timewas Oct 30 #19

Of course Cirsium Oct 30 #23

Please keep up with news re H1N1 in herds. TommyT139 Oct 30 #28

From what I have read Timewas Oct 30 #32

Seems like mostly cows, spreading rapidly TommyT139 Oct 30 #34

Ooops Timewas Oct 30 #44

Late edit: "mold" should be "mild" TommyT139 Oct 30 #36

Having grown up on a dairy farm..... lastlib Oct 30 #5

We didn't have any dairy cattle murielm99 Oct 30 #7

You likely drank the milk the same day it was pulled NickB79 Oct 30 #14

It makes good cheese. nt. Mosby Oct 30 #8

Makes great cheese until amateurs get into it. Regulation and inspection is key. marble falls Oct 30 #11

Lol, ill give you one guess where rejected milk goes? getagrip_already Oct 30 #16

Cheese makers have to have inspection cycles. They also pasteurize milk. marble falls Oct 30 #17

Well, that depends.... getagrip_already Oct 30 #25

Bacteria in milk Red Mountain Oct 30 #29

Does it? FreeState Oct 30 #13

New Jersey, Iran, Latvia and Spain. Mosby Oct 30 #15

So you have any studies to back up the claims FreeState Oct 30 #20

Aged raw milk cheeses are safe Red Mountain Oct 30 #30

Im talking about taste FreeState Oct 30 #33

From the last nih.gov article...... Red Mountain Oct 31 #49

Grandmother Rebl2 Oct 30 #12

A lot of "regulation" amounts to or is de jure banning. Igel Oct 30 #18

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 30 #21

Well Hi!! Your late today. GP6971 Oct 30 #22

Hard to believe Cirsium Oct 30 #24

Regulations are essential for a modern civilized society. Klarkashton Oct 30 #26

This is the correct answer Red Mountain Oct 30 #31

Spot on. TommyT139 Oct 30 #37

Thanks Cirsium Oct 30 #41

BIRD FLU. TommyT139 Oct 30 #27

I know a mom whose daughter is severely and permanently Sky Jewels Oct 30 #35

I grew up on a dairy farm. My parents would never allow us to drink raw milk. Sogo Oct 30 #38

meh jcgoldie Oct 30 #39

Say what? Cirsium Oct 30 #42

you do not know what you are talking about in this instance jcgoldie Oct 30 #43

Right Cirsium Oct 30 #45

prairie farms doesnt want to sell raw milk jcgoldie Oct 30 #46

Seriously? Cirsium Oct 30 #47

Large corporations lobby for regulations? LOL kcr Oct 31 #48

The only way I'd consider drinking the stuff is if a farmer would serve it to me like this. Xavier Breath Oct 30 #40