PrintWhat kind of milk would you like with that?
Over in the question about weekday breakfasts, there's mention of both soy and silk milk. Honestly, I can't stand either of them, nor can I stand instant dry or rice milk. Goat's milk is ok (especially if you make cheese out of it), as are some other "real" milks I've tried for various reasons.
Personally, I prefer whole milk. I'll settle for 2%, but anything 1% or lower has a tendency to taste watery to me. My kids are the same way, especially since they're unlikely to get anything but soy or silk milks at their mom's house.
My wife and oldest stepson prefer skim, so we keep that around. However, if I accidentally give the skim milk to our female orange tabby in the morning, she'll take one sniff and just walk away!
Of course, whole milk made into a rich chocolate milk just plain rules. :-)
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18 Comments:
I've been drinking skim milk forever and now if I have anything other then that I think it tastes to thick. But I am with you on the soy and silk milk, have tried a couple of times and have never liked them.
Sarahrm at 5:51PM on 05/16/07
Whole cow's milk
JEP at 6:57PM on 05/16/07
skimmed.
used to HATE it. watery, blue horrible.
then i'd buy one carton of skimmed, one of 2% and mix them half and half. slowly i upped the percentage until 100% skim was fine. now i agree with sara, it's as if you can taste butterfat in whole milk now.
norman at 12:24AM on 05/17/07
Skim milk...I was raised on the stuff and didn't try whole milk until I was 16 or so.
Ash at 1:00AM on 05/17/07
I only want whole cow's milk, or goat milk. Non-fat milk is watery, too sweet and kinda gray. No thanks. However, my son will only drink non-fat milk so we always (almost) have both.
Calichef at 5:48AM on 05/17/07
I like semi-skimmed milk in tea, but otherwise I don't drink much milk. I was a vegan for years and I've never seemed to re-acquire the taste for it. I like soy milk in cereal, but not on its own. The lightly sweetened kind is better than the unsweetened, but I don't like the flavoured variety (vanilla, etc).
caley at 6:00AM on 05/17/07
My grocery store sells something called "deluxe skim" which is skimmed milk that is somehow processed to seem like it 1% or 2%. (a quick google search tells me that they add "insoluble dietary fiber and natural flavor and color improve skim milk's mouthfeel and appearance.")
Whole milk tastes like I'm drinking a glass of fat, and I only use it in sauces, if then.
DaveFaris at 8:50AM on 05/17/07
Whole milk ONLY for me, please.
DocChuck at 8:55AM on 05/17/07
soy milk only. i only use it for cereal and sometimes baking. before soy milk, i only drank skim- until i found out i had high cholestrol and so cut out most dairy products.
Stacy at 9:09AM on 05/17/07
Skinny Cow skim milk
ceforrester at 9:32AM on 05/17/07
i used to be a straight 2% milk girl..... but now i'm Lactose Free 2% Milk for cereals and the like. For Coffee, unsweetened soymilk.
Alm25 at 9:44AM on 05/17/07
Whole milk is a necessity for baking; would use nothing else. For drinking and cereal however, it now is fat-free. It took a long time to switch over, but now, like others here, whole milk taste too much like butterfat.
jsholar at 10:02AM on 05/17/07
except for baking (whole milk only), I use skim or 2%. Whole milk tastes too fatty for me.
winny at 11:06AM on 05/17/07
silk light soymilk, because it's not as thick as the regular. i use the vanilla, usually.
altosaxchica at 1:04PM on 05/17/07
2% milk for drinking, 1/2 & 1/2 for coffee & cooking/baking
mepolo at 1:26PM on 05/17/07
i usually drink skim cow's milk... although my boyfriend always buys 2% -- it's kind of a treat to drink.
wandabun at 3:17PM on 05/17/07
Whole milk. I don't mind eating skim or 2% with my cereal or oatmeal or even drinking it, but I always finish up my meal feeling oddly cheated (of all that butterfat, I suspect). On the other hand, I don't actually _drink_ milk much anymore, and I rarely eat cereal. Milk, in my use, gets used primarily for baking/cooking, probably because milk sometimes gives me stomach cramps (if there are degrees to lactose intolerance, I'm at the bottom but still hanging on).
I do like rice and soy milks, and even lactose-free milk isn't bad.
Christina at 8:53PM on 05/17/07
Almond milk is the best thing in the world. I don't like the taste of cow milk and most soy milk feels both watery and gritty.
mercuryhime at 11:44PM on 08/07/07