Craig Welch wrote:
> I have a dilemma. If I open the bottle of milk first, I spoon out the
> cream and eat it.

Non-homogenized milk, I presume?

> Anyone else solved this problem? Buy milk in twos? Agree to share the
> cream? Odd and even cream days?

Buy heavy whipping cream. I like to drink that straight from the carton
every once in a while. About once or twice a year I get a craving for
milk, and cream usually solves that. Otherwise I never touch milk.

--
John Gaughan
http://www.johngaughan.net/

"Craig Welch" > wrote in message
...
> I have a dilemma. If I open the bottle of milk first, I spoon out
> the cream and eat it. If my wife opens the bottle of milk first, she
> removes the cream with her finger and eats it. So we tend to race
> each other to open milk bottles first.
>
> Anyone else solved this problem? Buy milk in twos? Agree to share
> the cream? Odd and even cream days?

She dips her finger in, you eat it. You spoon feed her. Trade off every
other day.

Suzan

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:46:10 +1000, Craig Welch wrote:

> I have a dilemma. If I open the bottle of milk first, I spoon out
> the cream and eat it. If my wife opens the bottle of milk first, she
> removes the cream with her finger and eats it. So we tend to race
> each other to open milk bottles first.
>
> Anyone else solved this problem? Buy milk in twos? Agree to share
> the cream? Odd and even cream days?

Buy homogenised milk. No cream on top.
--
Tim.

If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would
be so simple that we couldn't.

>I have a dilemma. If I open the bottle of milk first, I spoon out
>the cream and eat it.
------------------------------------
Love your story, but I haven't seen bottles of regular (not homogenized) milk
with the cream on top since childhood. Do you all live in England, or?????

In article >,
Craig Welch > wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:45:19 -0600, John Gaughan
> > wrote:
>
> >> I have a dilemma. If I open the bottle of milk first, I spoon out the
> >> cream and eat it.
> >
> >Non-homogenized milk, I presume?
>
> Correct.
>
> >> Anyone else solved this problem? Buy milk in twos? Agree to share the
> >> cream? Odd and even cream days?
>
> >Buy heavy whipping cream. I like to drink that straight from the carton
> >every once in a while. About once or twice a year I get a craving for
> >milk, and cream usually solves that. Otherwise I never touch milk.
>
> I eat cream every day in any case. The cream we get, whilst not
> called 'whipping cream', doesn't pour, it's so thick. It's
> delightful.

Ooohhhhhhh...
Mix it with strawberry preserves and smear it on wholewheat toast. ;-d

K.

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In article >,
Craig Welch > wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:50:58 -0800, "orion" >
> wrote:
>
> >> I have a dilemma. If I open the bottle of milk first, I spoon out
> >> the cream and eat it. If my wife opens the bottle of milk first, she
> >> removes the cream with her finger and eats it. So we tend to race
> >> each other to open milk bottles first.
> >>
> >> Anyone else solved this problem? Buy milk in twos? Agree to share
> >> the cream? Odd and even cream days?
> >
> >She dips her finger in, you eat it. You spoon feed her. Trade off every
> >other day.
>
> I like this answer best. Thank you.

Whip it, mix it with berries and spread it where it'll do the most good.
;-D

K.

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On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:46:10 +1000, Craig Welch >
wrote:

>I have a dilemma. If I open the bottle of milk first, I spoon out
>the cream and eat it. If my wife opens the bottle of milk first, she
>removes the cream with her finger and eats it. So we tend to race
>each other to open milk bottles first.

What you are fighting over is unhomogenized milk where the heavy cream
has risen to the top, and the rest is skim milk. Shake the bottle
vigorously for 'whole' milk, or buy cream AND skim milk in separate
bottles.

Craig Welch > wrote in
:

> I have a dilemma. If I open the bottle of milk first, I spoon out
> the cream and eat it. If my wife opens the bottle of milk first, she
> removes the cream with her finger and eats it. So we tend to race
> each other to open milk bottles first.
>
> Anyone else solved this problem? Buy milk in twos? Agree to share
> the cream? Odd and even cream days?
>

Buy two...no argument.

In article >,
Craig Welch > wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 04:14:39 -0600, Katra >
> wrote:
>
> >> >She dips her finger in, you eat it. You spoon feed her. Trade off every
> >> >other day.
> >>
> >> I like this answer best. Thank you.
> >
> >Whip it, mix it with berries and spread it where it'll do the most good.
>
> Will do. But what should I do with the cream?

Lick it up...... Duh. ;-D

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Craig Welch wrote:
>
> I have a dilemma. If I open the bottle of milk first, I spoon out
> the cream and eat it. If my wife opens the bottle of milk first, she
> removes the cream with her finger and eats it. So we tend to race
> each other to open milk bottles first.
>
> Anyone else solved this problem? Buy milk in twos? Agree to share
> the cream? Odd and even cream days?



Buy homogenized milk.

gloria p

Man, I'd KILL to be able to get un-homogenized milk. My mom would get
it that way when I was a kid. She'd pour off the top milk & save it in
a separate jar. When she had enough to do whatever she used it like
"whipping cream" Once in a while it would just barely begin to turn
sour. That's when I liked it best - home made creme fraiche!
When we could get "farm" cream we got it directly from the farmer in
quart mayonnaise jars. This stuff was so thick you couldn't tell it
from the mayonnaise! Also it wasn't dead white but truly "cream"
colored. Spooned onto fresh sliced peaches with a tiny bit of brown
sugar . . .

Lynn from Fargo
missing farm cream, brown eggs and free range chickens!

Wayne Boatwright > wrote in message >...
> Craig Welch > wrote in
> :
>
> > I have a dilemma. If I open the bottle of milk first, I spoon out
> > the cream and eat it. If my wife opens the bottle of milk first, she
> > removes the cream with her finger and eats it. So we tend to race
> > each other to open milk bottles first.
> >
> > Anyone else solved this problem? Buy milk in twos? Agree to share
> > the cream? Odd and even cream days?
> >
>
> Buy two...no argument.

at Thu, 15 Jan 2004 04:46:10 GMT in <7l6c009a6rf3n1819hmi9f9rjoqtb60jfg@
4ax.com>, (Craig Welch) wrote :

>I have a dilemma. If I open the bottle of milk first, I spoon out
>the cream and eat it. If my wife opens the bottle of milk first, she
>removes the cream with her finger and eats it. So we tend to race
>each other to open milk bottles first.
>

Obviously my approach to milk is a bit different, but I shake the milk
until the cream is fully mixed in again. I'd prefer rich, whole milk any
day to eating the cream separately and then having to live with watery,
partially defatted milk. So, if you shake the bottle of milk before either
of you open it, problem solved. OTOH, if you're really after the cream, why
not just buy double cream and be done with it?

--
Alex Rast

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"Lynn Gifford" > wrote in message
om...
> Man, I'd KILL to be able to get un-homogenized milk. My mom would get
> it that way when I was a kid. She'd pour off the top milk ...

<snip right there!>

Tonight I made a pudding from a recipe that is so old it called for "top
milk" so I'm happy to hear someone else remembers it.

Felice

Craig Welch > wrote:
>I have a dilemma. If I open the bottle of milk first, I spoon out
>the cream and eat it. If my wife opens the bottle of milk first, she
>removes the cream with her finger and eats it. So we tend to race
>each other to open milk bottles first.
>
>Anyone else solved this problem? Buy milk in twos? Agree to share
>the cream? Odd and even cream days?

Buy homogenized milk for milk purposes, and cream for cream
purposes.

Or offer to pour it on her and lick it off.

--Blair
"It's up to you where."

at Fri, 16 Jan 2004 03:22:14 GMT in
>, (Craig
Welch) wrote :

>On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 02:39:11 -0000,
>(Alex Rast) wrote:
>
>>Obviously my approach to milk is a bit different, but I shake the milk
>>until the cream is fully mixed in again. I'd prefer rich, whole milk
>>any day to eating the cream separately and then having to live with
>>watery, partially defatted milk. So, if you shake the bottle of milk
>>before either of you open it, problem solved. OTOH, if you're really
>>after the cream, why not just buy double cream and be done with it?
>
>Because the milk that's left after eating the cream that has risen
>is rich and creamy, not watery.

Must be a difference in preferred level of creaminess. To me, the
creaminess of "whole" milk where you've skimmed off the cream on top is
unsatisfying, watery. No, it's not skim milk (which, being fair, has its
uses - in bread and icing, especially), but it doesn't have the absolutely
silky mouthfeel of shaken whole milk. Have you tried it with the bottle
shaken?

>We do buy cream. Not 'double cream', just 'cream' that is so thick
>it won't pour ...

More like clotted cream, then? When I want cream so thick it won't pour, I
settle for nothing less than real clotted cream. Absolutely divine. To me
the ultimate use is to use as icing for cinnamon rolls. Here in the USA,
people seem to have taken to "cream cheese frosting" - something that I
dislike quite a bit. I've introduced a few people to the pleasures of
clotted cream for cinnamon rolls - and had them agree after tasting it that
cream cheese frosting is a poor substitute.

--
Alex Rast

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In article >,
Craig Welch > wrote:

> On 15 Jan 2004 10:07:29 GMT, (Nancree) wrote:
>
> >>I have a dilemma. If I open the bottle of milk first, I spoon out
> >>the cream and eat it.
> >------------------------------------
> >Love your story, but I haven't seen bottles of regular (not homogenized) milk
> >with the cream on top since childhood. Do you all live in England, or?????
>
> No, semi-rural Australia. The milk and the cream come from a local
> dairy, from Guernsey cows. Although it's available at a number of
> stores, we buy it at the dairy ... if there's no-one at the office,
> we just take it from the cooler and leave money in the 'honour box'.

It's also available in New Zealand, in 600ml ("metric pint") glass
bottles.

Miche

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