🥛🥤🍼It’s National Milk Day🥛🍼🥤

11 Jan

Written By TOT

Milk is something we all eat or drink in one form or another, so it is no wonder it has its own special day.

The idea is that today was created to celebrate the first time it was delivered in glass bottles, and this, they think, dates back to 1915 in the US.

It soon caught on, and now it is a day just dedicated to milk itself, its health benefits, and the farming industry that produces it.

Milk is now readily available in cartons and, unfortunately, plastic bottles in most shops. There are still a few milkmen left, but they are few and far between. When I was young, we had fresh milk delivered every day, including Christmas Day. It was left on the doorstep, and the milkman also kept an eye out for people whose milk had not been taken in the next day and used to try and make sure all was well.

People think of milk just coming from cows, but there are alternative sources, such as goats and sheep, and milk is good for cheese.

Some people are allergic to cow’s milk due to intolerance problems, but there is plenty to choose from, and although cow’s milk is about 85% sourced all over the world, you could try one of the others.
I have had goat’s milk straight from a goat after milking it, and it was quite nice, but that was fresh.

Almond Milk – a highly preferred milk substitute made from this tree nut
Coconut Milk – made from the juice that is extracted Oat Milk – made from rolled oats blendfrom inside the soft coconut center
Soy Milk – made from soybeans that are ground, boiled and strained
Rice Milk – like soy milk, this is made when the rice grains are ground, boiled and strained

Milk is used in a lot of other things, apart from a bottle of milk, custard, yogurt, shakes, cheese, butter and put in hot drinks, to name a few. In fact, some coffees are just hot milk.

Babies thrive on it, and our pets love it.