Ask MetaFilter posts tagged with milk

My mother pronounces it "meee-yolk."

Ugh — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:00:35 -0800

Curiosity-filter: Why can't we drink primate milk? I was reading this ridiculous article when I came across this:

"They are not on the list of approved species such as cows and sheep, but they are also not on the list of the banned species such as apes and primates," Rolf Etter of the Zurich food control laboratory said."

Why are apes on the banned list? Seems like if they were our closest relatives, there would be no real harm in drinking their milk. Where is this banned/ approved list?

Getting milk out of computer keyboard

i_am_joe's_spleen — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:10:19 -0800

Crying over spilled milk - in Mac keyboard. My darling spilled a glass of milk over her keyboard. The milk has drained away, but the keyboard is not happy, with some keys not working and others apparently stuck on.

What is our best bet for salvaging it?

Can milk cause constipation?

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:59:24 -0800

Can [cold] milk cause constipation? My mother, grandmother, and great grandmother all swear that cold milk causes constipation, and my sister thinks so too, and I have definitely been having severe problems drinking milk (cold or warm, no difference). As far as I can search the internet, milk is supposed to be GOOD for constipation. Not the other way around. What goes?

Looking for Glass Milk Bottles near PDX

charlesroper — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:35:09 -0800

Where can I find some glass milk bottles? I'd like to store my milk in glass milk bottles but can't seem to find any place that still sells them. I live near Portland, OR and have tried calling several local dairies as well as searching online, and I can't seem to find anyone who still uses them.

There's always the option of going to an antique store, but then I run the risk of paying a lot more and not being able to find a cap for the bottle.

I think it'd be neat if I could find bottles that have a dairy label on them, such as this:

NORIS DAIRY BOTTLES

Rather than this:

STANDARD MILK BOTTLES

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

Estimating weight from breastfeeding

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:13:16 -0800

Fitness/Breastfeeding Filter: how do you estimate weight retention from breastfeeding? I'm an overweight woman and I am breastfeeding. I'd like to determine a healthy weight for myself, but I am unsure how much extra weight I have due to breastfeeding. Most calculators for BMI or anything like that are not meant for breastfeeding, of course. And none of the healthy weights charts are either.

My baby is older and on solids, but still nursing about six times a day, perhaps a bit more. How much extra weight would I have due to nursing? I would think there's a range, of course.

Just to clarify, I'm not looking to stop nursing. I just want to get a sense of where my weight is and where I should take it. I'm going to be nursing for at least another 15 months. I don't really want to wait till then to do the calculations. And I don't need to be totally scientific -- it's just that I find numbers motivating.

Is there a rule of thumb for estimating weight from increased breast tissue and milk? I have lost all of my pregnancy weight, fwiw. But I'm assuming that I have some weight due to breastfeeding, given that I've gone up 4+ cup sizes. I have a more than adequare supply or milk. And you would normally say that I have pendulous breasts, even when I am not breastfeeding (according to my doctor, who says that they probably make me weigh 15 lbs more than a typical person, when I am not breastfeeding).

Note: I am not looking to do anything unhealthy. It's just that I am motivated by numbers and percentages and things like that, when it comes to weight loss. Also, you are not my doctor, etc.

Thanks.

Where can I buy irradiated milk in "these United States"?

lukeklein — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:24:55 -0800

Where can I buy irradiated milk in the U.S.? Where online? My grandmother retired and moved to Mexico LONG before I was ever born. I loved going to visit her there, and one of the things I remember very vividly was how DELICIOUS the milk in Mexico was!

She stored it in her pantry, without refrigeration, until it was needed. I've heard it called, "irradiated milk", "long-life milk", and "shelf stable milk", but I've never seen it for sale in American markets and I can't find a place that sells it online.

This is not evaporated or condensed milk. It is a completely different product, usually sold in one of those soft-sided cardboard containers, like the ones in which rice-dream, soy-licous, or almond milk are sold (click here to see an example).

If anyone knows of a place to pick this up, I'd like to hear about it.

Exciting food combinations?

Rinku — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:57:51 -0800

Grapes in milk... now what? Recently, someone recommended that I try putting grapes in milk and drinking / eating it. It was more delicious than I expected. Are there any other unusual / unexpectedly delicious food combinations that might make our super boring dining hall more of an adventure? A delicious adventure?

so much milk, so little time

k8lin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:39:26 -0800

What should I make with all of this milk? I've got a half a jar (maybe a little over a quarter-gallon?) of Oberweis skim milk - which, incidentally, is really very good. Unfortunately, I'm leaving for a week-long trip in 3 days, and there is no way that it will be finished before the house is empty for a week. The milk is set to expire the day I return.

I don't want to freeze it, as was the topic of this thread, but I do like to cook and would like to make something that will freeze easily or keep well that uses a good amount of milk. I thought of ice cream, but I don't have an ice-cream-maker. Butter - but no churn or patience.

Bonus points if the ingredients are easily obtainable from a standard grocery store. Comments on other things to do with a bunch of milk (besides freezing) are also welcome.

He's got scratch arms

anazgnos — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:56:25 -0800

"He's got scratch arms." Help me identify the sociology video that contains this unforgettable dialogue from a four year old child. All I know is that this was a film apparently produced as a supplement to college sociology courses, or for community college cable-TV based courses. A friend of mine was shown it as part of a class at Saddleback Community College in Mission Viejo, CA, and related the dialogue to me; I was later fortunate enough to see it myself on local cable, entirely by chance. It couldn't have been made later than the mid 80s. One of the things depicted was a young boy describing a drawing he had made which depicted a policeman, and a monster with long claws. He spoke thusly:

"He's got scratch arms,
to kill you, and to wake you up.
But policemans, can give you only milk.
But monsters, can give you hundreds.
To buy you cars, and dinners...
a whole bunch of dinners!"

I'm reasonably certain that's a close transcription. I've never forgotten it. I'm assuming that the policeman represents authority and adherence to social norms, but also boring, unpalatable results (milk), while the monster, however threatening, represents the imagined great rewards to be had by throwing off societal restraints to behaviour (and diet).

Even if I knew where it came from, I don't know how I'd go about 'consuming' it again. But it'd be nice to have some lead. I've been googling bits of it for years with no luck. I'm afraid this'll just be too dang obscure, but any help is appreciated.

You'll get no Napolean Dynamite quotes out of me

showbiz_liz — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:01:12 -0800

Where can I buy cafeteria-style individual milk cartons? I use milk maybe once a week, for oatmeal, cereal, or cooking/baking. I don't really ever drink, it unless there's chocolate cake involved. Because of this, I'm constantly buying half-gallons of milk (the smallest size at Harris Teeter) and then having to get rid of them half-full because I don't use them fast enough.

I had this idea- if I could get a bunch of those little one-cup milk cartons like they used to have in elementary school, I could just freeze them and thaw them out one at a time. (I know they can be frozen because half the time, they still had ice chunks in them when lunch rolled around.) They're the perfect size. But I've never seen them for sale anywhere. Can individuals buy them?

Is congealed milk solids the norm for glass-bottle milk?

shivohum — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:35:07 -0800

I bought some Meadowbrook Farms whole milk in a glass bottle a couple of days ago. Expiration date: Jan 21. I noticed today when I opened it and poured milk out that some of the milk solids had congealed on the inside of the top of the neck of the glass jar (and some of that came out with the poured-out milk). Is this a sign of rottenness, or of some kind of extremely wholesome milk? I can't tell from the smell.

Help me find an online reminder

leigh1 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:05:46 -0800

I need an online reminder which will send me an email reminder for one task one 4 different dates: tomorrow, after 7 days, after 15 days and after 30 days. I tried Remember the Milk, but it seems it only works with one date.

I have no evidence for this hypothesis.

clockzero — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:55:01 -0800

Is it possible that lactose intolerance is correlated in some way with the consumption of pasteurized milk? Or, maybe with some other feature of modern milk?

Can you suggest a steam-powered milk frothing machine?

hot soup girl — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:04:46 -0800

My friend wants to buy a steam milk frother as a gift for his mother. The tricky part? She drinks only instant coffee, so doesn't require an espresso machine, JUST the milk frother. Does such an appliance exist, and if so, can it be purchased for under £80? Bonus information: my friend's mother already has one of those little Turkish milk jugs in which you heat milk over the stove, as well as one of those little whizzy milk frothers that aerate the milk (they're rubbish). She doesn't want either of these - she's after, essentially, half an espresso machine. He's happy to get a small espresso machine if that's the best solution, but I understand that the smaller domestic espresso machines sometimes don't create enough steam pressure to froth milk as well as one might like.

Can anyone suggest a product? We're in London and the budget is £80.

Help! My MacBook is now a MilkBook.

gazole — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:02:16 -0800

Spilled milk in my MacBook's keyboard, and the technician at Apple suggested I bend the rules to get it fixed or replaced. What does my warranty cover, anyway? While I was away at work today, my 3 year old (bless him) spilled about 1/2 cup of milk into the keyboard of my new MacBook (purchased this past Sept.) It immediately powered off.

Then, my wife (bless her) unwittingly made things potentially much worse by attempting to turn it on several times and plugging it in, then using a hair dryer to attempt to hasten drying the milk. (It won't turn on.)

She called the Apple phone support 800 number, and the tech told her there's nothing they can do, that the warranty expires in 6 days, and that what she should do is buy the Apple Protection Plan, then send it in without telling them about the spill.

I found this information odd, to say the least. A little research online reveals that phone support is the "warranty" that expires next week, and the regular limited warranty is good until next September.

So my course of action to (hopefully) recover my computer or at least its data (what seems like my entire life) depends on a few things.

- Does the actual warranty status change 90 days after purchase of a MacBook? Would ponying up for the Apple Protection Plan change this?
- If we send it in to Apple for repair or replacement wouldn't they find it obvious there was a spill, and tell us we're out of luck?
- Is there any point to us taking the machine to the local Apple Store for a second opinion?

Where do we go from here? Thank you, MeFi, for any help you can offer.

Have you ever tasted your wife/girlfriend's breast milk when she was lactating?

MrTangent — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:36:58 -0800

Have you ever tasted your wife/girlfriend's breast milk when she was lactating? 1. Guys, have you ever tasted your wife/girlfriend's breast milk when she was lactating? (if so, how and why)

2. Girls, have you ever had a boyfriend/husband taste yours? (if so, what did it make you feel)

I think it's more common than most people would like to admit, and it's a potentially embarrassing question but this is virtually anonymous so why not. I've never done it (besides when I was an infant), but for some reason I'd like to try it (not sexually though, honestly). Call me weird. There is no shame though. I don't think it's that unusual and most couples probably have tried it (I bet most expectant/new mothers have tried their own, for instance... curiosity is a strong thing, after all).

I asked a friend who has had children if he had, and he said he had. He mentioned that it's a bit more bitter (and obviously warm) than the milk you get at the store.

I have a morbid curiosity, but I am honestly wanting feedback on this issue.

Steamy milk, coming right up.

mrhaydel — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:50:29 -0800

What's the best tool (besides an espresso maker) to generate some nice, foamy milk for cafe au laits? The girlfriend and I love our cafe au laits.

Now, traditionally, they're made with steamed milk, but I'm under the impression that the only way to get steamed milk in the home is to have an espresso machine, something which I'm not keen on purchasing just for that purpose.

So, I figure the next best thing would be frothy, foamy milk (right now we just heat up the creamer/milk in the microwave to almost near boiling).

What about those "milk frothers" I see? I know they come in both manual and electric varieties, from all different kinds of brands. Does anyone have any experience with them? Any particular model you might recommend?

Alternatively, if there are truly just milk steamers out there that you can buy separately, I'm open to that too.

Thanks Hive Mind!

crying while driving over spilled milk

buttercup — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:22:31 -0800

I just had this unfortunate incident where I was cleaning up from a meeting and someone placed the open quart of half&half in a bag which tipped over in the trunk of a new Prius (which is, of course, rented). I've been soaking it up with towels, lots of water (being careful to avoid the batteries) and even used some "Nature's Miracle" odor remover. What's the best way to continue cleaning up this mess and hopefully be able to preempt any negative effects (i.e. horrible smell).

Help my toddler enjoy milk

Xazeru — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:40:15 -0800

How can I get my toddler to drink milk? My son is a happy and healthy little guy, but for some reason he won't drink cows milk. Although he eats cheese and yogurt, I'm concerned that he isn't getting enough calcium.

We've tried giving regular milk, organic milk, rice milk, soy milk, strawberry milk, chocolate milk, skim milk, 2% milk, whole milk, cold milk, warm milk, milk and cereal, and milk in a silly cup with one of those twisty straws. At most, he will take a sip, make a face, and then ask for juice.

Any ideas for getting him to partake?

How to Make One Menu Choice Assign Three Variables in an HTML Page?

WCityMike — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:47:23 -0800

I have what is to me an extremely complex thing that I would like JavaScript on a webpage to do. It's related to this question I asked previously, but I've added a new complication. I understand that this may sound fairly customized. I have a feeling, though, that for someone who programs Javascript, these issues are probably both extremely common and extremely simple, which is why I'm asking here ... since perfecting this quirk could really help my efficiency. I manage my to-do list on a web application called Remember the Milk. Using their Quick Add bookmarklet as a guide, I built a larger-scale version for my personal use that would let me select various tags I wanted to use consistently from menus, rather than have to remember these tags wholesale.

The question mentioned above managed to help me with one requested improvement: the ability to not need a "concatenate" button to concatenate all the tags into the "tags" field, but instead for the page to do it automatically.

However, the other aspect of what I'd like it to do is slightly more complex.

I have a number of goals -- these could also be considered projects. Ideally, what I would like to do is make one selection: that of a goal (currently the "g" variable in the document). I would like the page to then do three things (preferably updating automatically, as it currently does, if I make a change) based on that selection.

I would like it to:

(1) Add " {SelectedGoalName}" (currently the "t" variable) to the end of the task's name.
(2) Add a tag to the task's tag list (currently the "tx" variable) that corresponds to the goal.
(3) Select the appropriate destination list ID (currently the "l" variable) that corresponds to that goal.

The SelectedGoalName would be the same as the text on the menu corresponding to the item chosen. The tag would be similar but not reliably identical to "SelectedGoalName" -- for example, it might be "Mowing" versus "g-mowing". The list ID is a seven-digit number used by Remember the Milk to identify lists.

An anonymized version of the page is at this URL. It's structurally identical; I just anonymized the locales and goals.

I know this is a complex one -- in fact, I'm unsure if this falls outside the bounds of what Ask Mefi does. But I also know that Mefites encompass many talents, so I'm hoping someone has this talent and can help me out? (I'm too poor at the moment to pay RentACoder.com.)

My google fu has failed. I am not worthy of my cable modem. =(

damnjezebel — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:53:09 -0800

Don't ask me why, but this question reminded me to ask this - help me find a possibly nonexistent song from a MILK commercial in the 90's! In the mid nineties, there was a cutesy MILK commercial. Remember those? Trying to get kids to drink milk? Yeah, well this one featured an old timey 1920'sish sounding song. The star of the commercial was a cute gingerbread cookie about to get eaten. The person trying to eat him attempts to shove him into a glass of milk, but the cookie gives him attitude and tries to get away. In the background, this song (that sounds like it's on an old record) plays:

(please note that most of these words are correct - i've seen that commercial at least 100 times and I can sing it almost perfectly)

Sugar and spice, and everything nice.
Nibbling on your neck is my only vice.
Gotta tell ya, cookie - I'm sweet on you.
Lucky little cookie, I'm sweet on you.
You're my sugar plum,
my cookie crumb,
the apple of my eye,
I tremble/crumble at the thought of you...
Gotta tell ya cookie - I'm sweet on you.
I'm sweet on you.....

If I didn't have such a shit voice, I'd sing the song for you and link to it. And I don't have a 5 year old that can do it to make it sound cute, so just work with me.

My google fu has failed me. Seriously. I've tried every possible combination of the lyrics. I've tried the main words and gingerbread, cookie, milk and commercial (no comma's)... this is one of those great mysteries that, when i find the answer, I'll kick myself, I KNOW IT!

At the very least, help me find the commercial. At the very most, help me find if the song is real and - if it is - who sings the damn thing and where I can find it!

Putting the Moo Back in Muesli

Xurando — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:17:45 -0800

I want to either buy or make muesli that looks, tastes and feels like the muesli that is available for breakfast in most European hotels. I became addcited to muesli after several stays in Europe. Nothing in the world is better than the lightly sweet, creamy texture of good muesli.

I've purchased several US domestic products that claim I just need to "add milk" but are either too crunchy or just mush after doing so, and taste nothing like the muesli I remember.

Does anyone have a great muesli recipe or recommendations for purchasing off the shelf muesli? In reaseaching this question, I went to the wikipedia Muesli site and found their recipe containing lemon juice and condensed milk intriuging, but am a little skeptical about combining the two ingredients.

Why is there no more milk delivery in the US?

gleuschk — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:01:22 -0800

Why is there no more milk delivery in the US? It used to be common, now it's extremely rare. Why is that? The only previous question I could find was more about the glass bottles.

Milk does my body bad

cashman — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:23:21 -0800

Why does cows milk & ice cream make my eyes cross and make me sick? I drank ridiculous amounts of milk as a child and teen. But no longer. I've since developed some kind of problem where I can't drink it. Not even a drop.

If I have it (or even soy milk or lactose-free milk), first my eyes cross. Then I get disoriented and dizzy, then I vomit and writhe on the floor with extreme stomach pain for a good 36 hours. Same thing with ice cream. I had an Aero bar in 2005 and had the same issues.

Yet, I can eat other dairy. I eat cheese daily and have all kinds of non-Aero chocolate. I am not allergic to milk though, apparently. I had a doctor give me the test in 2006 and it came back negative.

I've been to several doctors in different states, been hospitalized a couple of times, and nobody seems to know what this is.

I love the taste of milk and really miss eating ice cream. I hope this rings a bell for someone. For a brief period of time I thought it was Milk-Alkali Syndrome due to a previous habit of eating Tums like they were candy back when this first started years ago. But I am pretty sure that isn't it, because that is purported to be asymptomatic, and what is described doesn't match what I've just told you.

I'm hoping there's some explanation that is treatable.

Cheap milk replacement for cereal? In a bulk dry mix?

loquacious — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:53:41 -0800

Wanted: Extremely cheap non-milk replacement for cereal eating. Part A: I'm tired of milk. It's gross, it's expensive, it's not portable.

I would like to know if there are any milk replacements suitable for hot and cold cereal eating that cost less than cheap generic milk.

I like soy, rice and almond "milk", but I find it too expensive for the sheer bulk quantities of grains that I eat in the form of hot and cold cereal. I prefer rice and almond milks over soy milks.

I have eaten plenty of oats and cold cereal with what amounts to plain water, or water with a dollop of yogurt, but that usually was just because I was out of milk and too lazy to go get some or I was broke, not because it was tasty.

Part B: Why can't I buy bulk dry "mix" for soy, rice or almond milks like I can buy powdered milk? Is there any way to get a tolerable milk-replacement mix? This would be incredibly awesome for things like travelling, camping, and living good and cheap.

I list all of this to indicate exactly how far away from "milk" I'm willing to go. It doesn't have to taste like cow-milk. It should just taste much better than water and be cheaper than milk, hopefully with equitable nutritional values, with huge bonus points if I can buy powdered mix in bulk.

Tags: Milk Soy Almond Rice SoyMilk AlmondMilk RiceMilk Breakfast Cereal Vegan Vegetarian BachelorChow