We drank raw milk all my life through to my teenage years. Used to skim the cream off the top for ice cream, shakes etc.
There was aa thought at one time .though that crohn’s disease and certain other bowel diseases might have been caused by raw milk, but I don’t think that ever panned out to be true
The bacteria count of fresh milk out of the bulk tank is LOWER than out of ANY of the new PLASTIC milk containers at the store.
We drank raw milk all my life through to my teenage years. Used to skim the cream off the top for ice cream, shakes etc.
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Me too. Nothing like waking up in the morning for breakfast and reaching for the quart Mason jar in the frig. with a half inch of cream at the top. A couple of swirls with a spoon and you had a real treat to add to your morning cereal - and the wholesome taste of that milk was beyond description. We separated all our milk, but before we began we would draw off a couple of quarts from the tank on the separator. I use to crank the old separator by hand. I had to go slow in getting the separator bowl (centrifuge) up to speed because the entire unit was not bolted down to the floor. It had a bell that would ring with each revolution of the crank as a way to inform you when you when the bowl was spinning at the proper separating speed. I haven’t thought about those days since I was a boy.
Same here, “raw” milk from a large 2-gallon glass “pickle jar” style container when I was younger.
About 95% of the food, I ate when younger was home grown/processed/butchered.
Milk, eggs, and bread my father bartered for with the Amish.
I spent countless summer days with my father as he would work on a small engine, etc. I would spend time with the Amish families children with their chores, as they thought me many useful skills.