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Originally posted by T Badd
Yeah, I can remember making fun of the Homo ads for milk back in the '70s too. I thought homogenization just meant that milk from lots of different cows were combined before pastuerization. I guess they figured that after all this time, we'd stop snickering at the labeling. They were wrong.
Homogenization means the milk has been processed so the fat particles are evenly distributed throughout, and the cream does not separate and rise to the top. I can remember when some of my neighbors in Tulsa still had milk/dairy/egg delivery to their homes as recently as about 1970 (Page, Glencliff, Meadow Gold dairies). They had an insulated metal chest on the front porch and the milkman would leave the products in the chest, milk in glass bottles that was not homogenized; the cream would rise to the top and you would pour that off and use it for cooking or for coffee. Raw milk sales are legal in Oklahoma at special licensed dairies, unhomogenized / nonpasteurized dairy. I wouldn't have any problem with unhomogenized dairy, but personally I wouldn't want to risk drinking nonpasteurized milk.
I don't think I have ever purchased milk at a QuikTrip. I have bought milk at Braums once or twice, but frankly I don't understand the big preference some people have for Braums milk. I usually buy Borden or Highland brand at Reasors grocery. I find that the Reasors store brand milk tastes fine but goes sour too fast. I rarely have the "going sour" problem with Borden Viva or Highland milk. I am single with no kids, so I never buy milk in anything larger that 1/2 gallon, and like everyone else, I paw through and dig to the back of the milk display, looking for the jug with the latest "sell by date!"
