Where to buy goats milk?

chillywilly

I drink a lot of cows milk but it causes me to break out in spots so I decided to give goats milk a try.

I was a bit weary of it at first but it tastes fine and I find there isnt much of a difference in taste to cows milk! I bought a litre in Superquinn but it cost me something like €2.50 :eek:

So does anyone know where I can get cheaper goats milk? (Im in South Dublin btw)

cmyk

Cavistons in Glashule do it, but really doubt it'll be any cheaper. I'll check over the next few days.

rylie

It's a similar price pretty much everywhere, would you try soya milk? It's more expensive than cows milk but way cheaper than the goats milk.

chillywilly

rylie wrote: »

It's a similar price pretty much everywhere, would you try soya milk? It's more expensive than cows milk but way cheaper than the goats milk.

Ive read that soy milk can lead to infertility in men:eek: so im not too keen on that! Thanks for the suggestion though. Goats milk is really what i need as it contains less/different hormones to cows milk which im told reduces acne and its easy to digest too. It also has more protein and the same cals. Pity its so dear though.....

metamorphosis

Any processed soy interferes with vitamin and mineral absorbtion. There's rice milk as another option. Yeah - goats milk is more expensive, lovely though and a lot of people who cannot tolerato cows milk, seem to tolerate goats milk. Iv only seen two brand of goats milk and both were 2e+

rubadub

Shows as 2.59 & 2.75 per litre in tesco. Its expensive relative to cows milk but I think cows milk is very cheap for what it is, like when you compare it to people buying bottled water which could be over 2.50 per litre in 500ml bottles.

There is lactose free cows milk out now, might be worth a try to see if you get the same reaction.

Lantus

Milk is an odd thing really, and I do drink it, years of conditioning I suppose. But basically it's breast milk. Because thats the only reason a female cow, goat, rabbit or whatever produces it. To feed it's young in the first few days, weeks and months just like a human female would do. Of course we wouldn't drink our own, would we?,not unless it becomes Bord Bia approved that is... ?!?

Most cows are forced to produce milk year round through chemicals and hormones quite unlike their human counterparts just so we can enjoy sugary cereal.

Whenever you point this out to people they get quite disgusted, so why do we drink so much?

chillywilly

Im not disgusted by that, any food which comes from an animal sounds a little off putting when described where it comes from but it doesnt bother me. i drink it because of the health benefits such as protein, calcium and added calories to my diet.

spyderski

ULstudent wrote: »

Yeah - goats milk is more expensive, lovely though and a lot of people who cannot tolerato cows milk, seem to tolerate goats milk. Iv only seen two brand of goats milk and both were 2e+

Goats milk is only ridiculously expensive in the Republic of Ireland, theres a surprise. Its €2.75/litre in Dunnes, Tesco and Super Valu here, in Asda in the north its around £1.15stg. So pretty much double the price for the exact same product.
If Goats milk was a more mainstream product, there would be a lot more said about the crazy price down here.

Sapsorrow

I'd imagine the price difference is down to (a) scale of production versus cows milk, it's only a small specialist area of farming and so probably costs more partly for that reason and (b) I doubt goat milk production has all the political and economical complications that factor into the price of cows milk. I'm interested in sheep dairy products now after trying the sheeps milk yoghurt in work, it's really excellent stuff.

El_Dangeroso

Lantus wrote: »

Most cows are forced to produce milk year round through chemicals and hormones quite unlike their human counterparts just so we can enjoy sugary cereal.

Nah, they are selectively bred to produce milk year round in the EU anyhow. Can't legally use hormones in dairy cattle in the EU. They are so bred to produce milk now that they'll die unless milked, which is kind of gross I suppose. But lots of food products are sort of gross but nutritious, black pudding for instance.

I'd love to try sheep's milk but haven't come across it anywhere. Fun fact: the most commonly drank milk in the world is camel's milk.

rubadub

Lantus wrote: »

To feed it's young in the first few days, weeks and months just like a human female would do. Of course we wouldn't drink our own, would we?,not unless it becomes Bord Bia approved that is... ?!?

Most cows are forced to produce milk year round through chemicals and hormones quite unlike their human counterparts just so we can enjoy sugary cereal.

Whenever you point this out to people they get quite disgusted, so why do we drink so much?

Doesn't disgust me either, some women do go beyond a few months too. AFAIK if you did keep milking humans they would continue to produce milk.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,311824,00.html

Some Australian women are breastfeeding their children until they are 7-years-old, a new study has found.

Children enjoy the taste of the milk, the comfort it brings and the closeness to their mother, according to research about to be published from the University of Western Sydney.

Academic Karlene Gribble studied 107 women who breastfed their babies from age 2 to 7. Some were feeding up to a dozen times a day and one of the women was feeding three children at a time.

Now THIS disgusts me... there was a picture too which I will spare you
http://entertainment.stv.tv/showbiz/161459-breastfeeding-teen/

A US woman still breastfeeds her 14-year-old son to "comfort" him.

Jocelyn Cooper, 36, allows her teenage son Billy to suckle on her breasts for 10-15 minutes each day - because it keeps them close.

She said: "Billy was a sickly baby and breastfeeding was the easiest and cheapest way to comfort him. I decided I'd carry on doing it for as long as he wanted - in some way I guess I was trying to compensate for him growing up without a dad."

Despite enjoying the time they spend together, Jocelyn said she will stop when he turns 15.

She said: "People might think it's disgusting, but I don't care - to me it's the most natural and enjoyable experience you can imagine."

Blatter

There is a really intersting thread debating the benifits/caveats of milk, dating back to 2005, here.
Just thought some of you might be interested.:)

sh1tstirrer

Lantus wrote: »

Most cows are forced to produce milk year round through chemicals and hormones quite unlike their human counterparts just so we can enjoy sugary cereal.

Try to broaden your knowledge and stop relying on youtube videos. Cows in Ireland are fed grass to produce milk.