Grass Fed Milk

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone,

I love the idea of organic grass-fed cow milk (whole, or 2% is fine). Expensive, but I would go for it if I could get it to work for me.

A while back, I bought the carton at Whole Foods, but at the time, it didn't have a plastic top on the carton (just opened the old-fashioned way, and you have to shake it before use or it's separated. So after it was open, the only way to shake was to squeeze it shut and then when you shake you'd have leakage. And even after my mild shaking, it was never combined again. So I gave it up.

Now they've got the little plastic top on the carton, so I bought it again. I can shake it hard, to my heart's content. However; it's not recombining. So the kids don't like it, and even if I put it in my hot coffee, it doesn't really recombine, just melts into globlets and floats on the top. I guess I could stir and that would take care of the coffee issue, but

1) is there anything else I could be doing, or
2) is there another brand that doesn't have this issue?

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

look for milk that's homogenized

or just buy regular milk instead of buying into the hype.

[Anonymous]

Trickling Springs (the brand in glass bottles) has cream-top and homogenized milk.

[Anonymous]

We buy grass fed milk from mom's. They have self branded that comes in plastic homogenized. One gallon for $6. Worth making the special trip for price. Just avoid the cream top because then you will have the separation issur. We buy two gallons at a time. Lasts us one week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trickling Springs (the brand in glass bottles) has cream-top and homogenized milk.

I get this too and really like it.

[Anonymous]

OP here. First, thank you. Second, I'm new in the area--what is the full name of mom's?

[Anonymous]

We buy grass fed milk from mom's. They have self branded that comes in plastic homogenized. One gallon for $6. Worth making the special trip for price. Just avoid the cream top because then you will have the separation issur. We buy two gallons at a time. Lasts us one week.

We do this too. If you don't like the clumps, you need homogenized, but you can get grass fed homogenized.

Trickling springs is great too, but $6/gallon beats $5/half gallon.

[Anonymous]

MOM = My Organic Market. That was the original name, but everyone called it MOM's and I think they finally may have just changed the name to that.

[Anonymous]

The MOMs branded milk is actually the Trickling Springs milk. Look closely at the label.

[Anonymous]

Also, if you don't like the clumps... don't shake. Stick a tiny spoon in there when you first open the carton, and get the clump, and drop it in your coffee the old fashioned way.
Voila, fewer clumps in the rest of the milk.

[Anonymous]

If you're at whole foods, get the Natural by Nature carton. Grass fed, homogenized, and 4 or 5 bucks for the carton. Tastes great!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The MOMs branded milk is actually the Trickling Springs milk. Look closely at the label.

Yes! I forgot about that. It's the most cost effective route I have found. I hate when I forget or run out of time to go to moms and end up buying paper half gallons that leak and cost $5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trickling Springs (the brand in glass bottles) has cream-top and homogenized milk.

I get this too and really like it.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:look for milk that's homogenized

or just buy regular milk instead of buying into the hype.

You sound cheap.

[Anonymous]

Also, if you don't like the clumps... don't shake. Stick a tiny spoon in there when you first open the carton, and get the clump, and drop it in your coffee the old fashioned way.
Voila, fewer clumps in the rest of the milk.

My dad grew up on a farm, and they got their milk straight from the source. One time when we were having coffee together I said that must have been wonderful having fresh cream like that. His response was, are you crazy? We couldn't afford to keep that. The price for cream was so good we had to skim it and sell it. We drank what remained. (i.e. fresh skim milk).