do you drink milk from the milk tank

whelan1

in these bad times i was thinking of using the milk from the tank until a neighbour told me of some one who got lepto from the milk, whats your opinion

miketv

We did as kids and we turned out okay :pac:

whelan1

so do we but we stopped when there was a bad outbreak of tb i dont think lepto was around then

reilig

Same as that. We used to skim some of the cream off the top of it for whipping. Ghastly stuff!!!

We bought a pasteuriser for the last few years that we milked cows. Might be a good investment for yourself.

whelan1

i remember me mam using the pasturiser years ago , but we use 10 x 2 litres a week so we could save alot by using our own

reilig

whelan1 wrote: »

i remember me mam using the pasturiser years ago , but we use 10 x 2 litres a week so we could save alot by using our own

You can sometimes pick up a pasteuriser on ebay cheap enough. Also some of the veterinary suppliers lime magenta direct and Christies direct supply them (I think).

moe_sizlak

whelan1 wrote: »

in these bad times i was thinking of using the milk from the tank until a neighbour told me of some one who got lepto from the milk, whats your opinion

what harm would it do ya , farmers are made of stronger stuff than most

whelan1

i wouldn't be worried about me just the smallies

dryan

We were reared on the milk straight from the tank. One of my favourites was sitting down to the cornflakes in the morning, grabbing the jug and pouring out the milk, ice cold and lumps of cream - there was atein and drinkin in that stuff!!

mylittlepony

Aw, fond memories. it was fine for us.
We were reared up on fresh milk straight from the tank and when the jug was empty we took turns to pop across the road for more.

Dad got out of dairy. its a pity.
But there no money in it for small farmers.

powerfarmer

reilig wrote: »

Same as that. We used to skim some of the cream off the top of it for whipping. Ghastly stuff!!!

Ghastly stuff indeed!!!!!!! Used to work in a dairy processing plant a few years ago , the stuff was everywhere cream separators, cream pumps, cream tanks , cream pasteurisers , cream whippers,cream fillers the greasiest smelliest gunge of all time!

vincenzolorenzo

dryan wrote: »

We were reared on the milk straight from the tank. One of my favourites was sitting down to the cornflakes in the morning, grabbing the jug and pouring out the milk, ice cold and lumps of cream - there was atein and drinkin in that stuff!!

+1:D

wiggy123

agree with latter posts! say the milk wouldn't b as healthy as it was years ago for ppl!
like it was better comin straight from the teat into a bucket! not through pipes,etc...

vincenzolorenzo

wiggy123 wrote: »

agree with latter posts! say the milk wouldn't b as healthy as it was years ago for ppl!
like it was better comin straight from the teat into a bucket! not through pipes,etc...

Yep, there's a major preoccupation nowadays with everything being 100% clean and no bacteria, etc. Way over the top IMO

fastrac

For thousands of years people drank milk without any pasteurising. The food industry got hold of it and with the help of the advertising industry with their "medical" advisors had half the country allergic to milk and eggs.Salt and sugar kill way more people but they wont tell you that.We were at a party last week and there was a big bucket of milk straight from the tank on the table for your tea.If your fond of the big macs or currys a drop of fresh milk wont kill you at all

CJhaughey

As I see it, Milk is nowhere near what it used to be, in times past.
Most Farmers spread petrochemical fertilizers on their land, the grass grows lush from the fertilizers and the cows eat the grass.
So basically cows are used to process petrochemicals into milk.

foxhunter

My father worked on a dairy farm for years and the 6 kids were all reared on the milk straight from the tank.
I remember my mother making vast quantitys of rice pudding with it man that was good just like ambrosia creamed rice.
When he finished working there it took us years to get used to the bottled crap as we used to call it.