john in la
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For the past few weeks I have been experiencing a off (bitter or sour) taste in my store bought milk.
It only happens when I buy from the local dollar store. If I buy a different brand at wal mart or such it taste fine.
So I ask the store manager and he said that a couple of people have complained about the milk or the past few weeks.
That leads me to believe that the store cooler or delivery truck are not cold enough.
So I asked my daughter if her store has had problems with the milk.
She sells the same brand but has a different deliver guy so different truck.
She also said a couple of people had complained about the milk taste over the past few weeks.
Since we have now involved 2 different store coolers; and 2 different delivery trucks; I could not figure out why this one brand of milk has a bitter taste but the wal mart milk does not.
Went to see my dad today so I ask him about it. He has a lot more dairy experience than I do.
He told me the brand sold at the dollar store is a local dairy; using milk from local pastured cows.
Yea I know that but so what.......
The wal mart milk is most likely from out of town; coming from a mega dairy where the cows are never on pasture.
OK dad but how does that change the taste of the milk?
You my son are tasting the spring wild onions in the pasture raised cows milk.
It gives the milk a slight bitter taste that most never notice but some do.
Now I would have thought running the milk threw pasteurization and homogenization process it would knock out these off taste but maybe not as I can sure taste a difference in the milk.
So I guess there is an advantage in raising cows in a barn where they never see green grass.
Your thoughts on the subject......
It only happens when I buy from the local dollar store. If I buy a different brand at wal mart or such it taste fine.
So I ask the store manager and he said that a couple of people have complained about the milk or the past few weeks.
That leads me to believe that the store cooler or delivery truck are not cold enough.
So I asked my daughter if her store has had problems with the milk.
She sells the same brand but has a different deliver guy so different truck.
She also said a couple of people had complained about the milk taste over the past few weeks.
Since we have now involved 2 different store coolers; and 2 different delivery trucks; I could not figure out why this one brand of milk has a bitter taste but the wal mart milk does not.
Went to see my dad today so I ask him about it. He has a lot more dairy experience than I do.
He told me the brand sold at the dollar store is a local dairy; using milk from local pastured cows.
Yea I know that but so what.......
The wal mart milk is most likely from out of town; coming from a mega dairy where the cows are never on pasture.
OK dad but how does that change the taste of the milk?
You my son are tasting the spring wild onions in the pasture raised cows milk.
It gives the milk a slight bitter taste that most never notice but some do.
Now I would have thought running the milk threw pasteurization and homogenization process it would knock out these off taste but maybe not as I can sure taste a difference in the milk.
So I guess there is an advantage in raising cows in a barn where they never see green grass.
Your thoughts on the subject......