When I was a wee lad (born in '56), the old people (maybe they were 60 at the time and I thought they were ancient...lol, not so ancient as I thought now that I near 60 :shock: )...always referred to milk as "sweet milk". Why? Was there sugar added to the milk back then? Could the regular milk be called sweet milk as opposed to "butter milk"? I will admit that I have added a teaspoon to my milk occasionally when I wanted a sweet taste without eating a bunch of junk food. Just wondering. thanks.
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Bruce from Can.
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- Woodville, Ontario, Canada
Because "sour milk" had gone bad. Sweet milk was
fresh.
fresh.
Tom in TN
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- Southern Middle Tennessee
Amongst all of my "Rebel" friends, "Sweet milk" distinguishes it from "Buttermilk". Buttermilk is pretty popular around here, so they make that distinction.
I love them both.
Tom in TN
I love them both.
Tom in TN
ShadetreeRet
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Bruce from Can. has it. Fresh milk was "sweet milk", but since few country folk had the means to refrigerate it, it quickly soured, thus the difference in name. Now, in the fifties and sixties when you were growing up, yes, most house were modernized, but the expression concerning the milk goes way back to the time when people had a "spring house" with a box that cool spring water ran through, and they would set milk crocks or jars in this cool water. Or, more modern folk had an"ice box" in the house, where a large block of ice would be placed and it helped keep things cool.
old
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Bet I am older then you!! I to was born in 1956. Got a laugh from a gal that the feed store a while back. She did something and said a senior moment and told me when I got the be as old as her I would understand. I asked her what year she was born and she said 1956. I told her I bet you I am older then you are so she told me her birth day. I am in fact older by 9 days. LOL
Chuck (CA)
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Born in 1948. I remember the ice man coming down the street, (Oakland CA) with his truck and tongs. Us kids would follow him and he always had broken chunks of ice to give us. Always thought that was cool. We got our first real refrigerator around 1955. The freezer section was big enough to hold a couple of ice cube trays and maybe a quart of ice cream and that was about it.
Chuck (CA)
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Oh yeah! The milk was delivered and we always had to shake it up to get the cream back down into the milk.
You young kids.....
If you were born in '56 you are NOT old. Not yet.
I was born in '37 (not 1837), and by the time you were born I was trying my darndest to de-flower anything in skirts. We thought push button AM car radios were cool, and heard about FM radio but it was mostly a rumor.
A fox tail on the antennae, red reflectors on rear license plates and mud flaps, with a plastic gizmo on the front "wing" windows to blow the air down to our feet, with anything dangling from the rearview mirrow, a V8 with 3 on the stalk; "way cool"!
LA in WI
If you were born in '56 you are NOT old. Not yet.
I was born in '37 (not 1837), and by the time you were born I was trying my darndest to de-flower anything in skirts. We thought push button AM car radios were cool, and heard about FM radio but it was mostly a rumor.
A fox tail on the antennae, red reflectors on rear license plates and mud flaps, with a plastic gizmo on the front "wing" windows to blow the air down to our feet, with anything dangling from the rearview mirrow, a V8 with 3 on the stalk; "way cool"!
LA in WI
BushogPapa
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Back at the turn of the (Last) century, Sugar was not even common and Sorgum was the "Sweetener" in most homes..(unless you had Honey).
You had to stir your Peanut Butter, to re-mix the oil with the peanuts.
Hot coffee was served with a saucer under the cup, to pour some in, to cool faster...
And, Feather Ticks felt SO GOOD when you got into bed..!!
(not that I am getting older)...!!!!!
Ron.
old
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Bet well no I know my mom has you beat but then she was born in 1924 and matter of fact less then 2 weeks since her birth day. My handle here has little to do with my age but more where I learned what I know
37chief
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Back in the 50s I remember my Grand Mother pouring coffee in the saucer. She was from Minot North Dekota. I have never seen anyone else do that, on the west coast Stan
Papa,
Yes! Stirring the Skippy peanut butter to remix it. Grandma and everyone else put hot cups of coffee on saucers, then you poured some on the saucer, blew across it, then drank from the saucer.
Saturday night baths...in a big wash tub. Men & boys first, then women & girls, then babies...in same water. Water by then got so clouded it was an easy mistake to "throw out the baby with the wash water".
And Rock candy on a string! Now we're really living.
Saturday nights were "egg and daughter" night; the family went to town so wife could sell the eggs and use that money to get groceries same trip, while daughter would join her friends as they walked the sidewalks for a couple hours, all the while us young bucks were sizing them up while driving by. If daughter had a ride home with a guy that night, mom and dad were content. Sunday school next morning at 9AM, church service at 10AM.
LA in WI
Yes! Stirring the Skippy peanut butter to remix it. Grandma and everyone else put hot cups of coffee on saucers, then you poured some on the saucer, blew across it, then drank from the saucer.
Saturday night baths...in a big wash tub. Men & boys first, then women & girls, then babies...in same water. Water by then got so clouded it was an easy mistake to "throw out the baby with the wash water".
And Rock candy on a string! Now we're really living.
Saturday nights were "egg and daughter" night; the family went to town so wife could sell the eggs and use that money to get groceries same trip, while daughter would join her friends as they walked the sidewalks for a couple hours, all the while us young bucks were sizing them up while driving by. If daughter had a ride home with a guy that night, mom and dad were content. Sunday school next morning at 9AM, church service at 10AM.
LA in WI
Tom in Tenn got it right: in the rural South,
where I found the world in the early 40s, there
was "sweet milk" and there was "buttermilk". The
distinction was necessary because both were
usually available in the "ice box". Some folks
drank buttermilk straight; others, like myself,
enjoyed it with cornbread crumbled into it.
where I found the world in the early 40s, there
was "sweet milk" and there was "buttermilk". The
distinction was necessary because both were
usually available in the "ice box". Some folks
drank buttermilk straight; others, like myself,
enjoyed it with cornbread crumbled into it.
ShadetreeRet
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That's the first time I have heard anyone mention those air deflectors in a long time! And don't forget the "blue dot" tail lights. About 1960 I bought a 52 Caddy that had a "wonderbar" radio. It was only AM but it had five sensitivity settings. All you had to do was tap the bar and it would automatically move to the next station. High sensitivity pulled in only the high powered stations.
john in la
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In old recipes you can find sweet milk (fresh whole milk) soured milk (milk that has soured by the addition of a acid) clabber (another form of sour milk) and buttermilk (the liquid left after making butter)
Spoiled milk is milk that has gone bad naturally.
Spoiled milk is milk that has gone bad naturally.
Traditional Farmer
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When I was young I thought 60 was 'over the hill' unfortunately I've found out first hand I was exactly right(LOL)
fixerupper
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My dad was born in 1924 in town. He was telling me about helping the ice man deliver ice when he was 9 years old. Ice man would buy him breakfast if he showed up at 6:00 if I remember right. Today hiring a 9 year old would put a man in jail for the rest of his life! Dad said he enjoyed it because he got to go to ride around town and into the country.
He was born Sept 11 1924 and a friend of his was born Sept 12 1924. The friend would some times call dad 'old man' LOL.
Speak of Ice, my brother-in-law's mother lives in the house she was raised in and by the back entry door there is a smaller door the ice man used to deliver ice to the ice box. Not many houses in this area still have that setup. It hasn't been used for probably 80 years but it's still there ready to be used.
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