Irish Milk

Fabric Softener

Whenever I go abroad I am disgusted by their milk. In Spain I've been in shops that don't even refrigerate the milk. German milk is also disgusting, British Milk is probably the closest.

Have you ever drank milk in a foreign country that is nicer or as good as are own?

Captain Farrell

Jersey Gold top milk, best in the world by a mile.

iDave

Fabric Softener wrote: »

Whenever I go abroad I am disgusted by their milk. In Spain I've been in shops that don't even refrigerate the milk. German milk is also disgusting, British Milk is probably the closest.

Congratulations this is the most accurate statement ever in the history of the Internet.

SEPT 23 1989

we have the Supercows

Overflow

Actually Irish milk is ****e, especially from plastic cartons.

And to your question, yes, Norway: Tine Melk

Aglomerado

Fabric Softener wrote: »

Have you ever drank milk in a foreign country that is nicer or as good as are own?

No but that's because it's usually UHT milk and there's not much demand for that around here because it's shyte.

/* obligatory Fr Ted Quote */

Overflow wrote: »

Actually Irish milk is ****e, especially from plastic cartons.

+1, pure gank. I never buy 2l plastic containers for this reason, it tastes bloody rank out of them.

beano345

you should try the 2% milk that comes in bags in canada,pure watery shoite..makes irish milk seem like nectar from the gods

AnonoBoy

Best milk, best crisps, best pints, best songs, best craic.

Ireland...... we're the best!* :pac:


















(*except when economics and governing are concerned)

snubbleste

Adult mammals drinking another animals' milk
What's with that?

elefant

In the Netherlands you can't buy any more than 1 litre cartons of full milk. 2 litres+ containers of milk only come in half-full (semi-skimmed).

I really don't like drinking semi-skimmed milk, but I suppose the Dutch consider full-fat too unhealthy to sell in larger amounts than 1 litre. The 1 litre full-fat milk is pretty tasty though.

IvyTheTerrible

I buy fresh milk (not the UHT crap) over here in France and it's grand.

aidoh

Fabric Softener wrote: »

Whenever I go abroad I am disgusted by their milk. In Spain I've been in shops that don't even refrigerate the milk. German milk is also disgusting, British Milk is probably the closest.

Have you ever drank milk in a foreign country that is nicer or as good as are own?

Wouldn't see much of a difference between Irish and British milk now but we definitely have nicer milk than the real Europeans. Watery, sour auld poxwater.

CardBordWindow

Some milk lasts longer than UHT Milk!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhjGXCk-RVU

Maximus Alexander

snubbleste wrote: »

Adult mammals drinking another animals' milk
What's with that?

You can't be serious. Surely.

Legs.Eleven

I buy fresh milk here (Spain) just for my tea and baking. Tastes grand but goes off very quickly. Dunno why. Can any cuilches fill me in on that one?

AnonoBoy

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

I buy fresh milk here (Spain) just for my tea and baking. Tastes grand but goes off very quickly. Dunno why. Can any cuilches fill me in on that one?

Maybe it's not pasteurised?

I dunno. I used to get all my milk from the cow's nest on our front door step when I was young but now they farm the wild cows and you can only get it in shops.

snubbleste

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

You can't be serious. Surely.

I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.

SparkySpitfire

Fabric Softener wrote: »

Whenever I go abroad I am disgusted by their milk. In Spain I've been in shops that don't even refrigerate the milk. German milk is also disgusting, British Milk is probably the closest.

Have you ever drank milk in a foreign country that is nicer or as good as are own?

Your username gives me a soft and fuzzy feeling


Ew milk

Shenshen

I don't drink milk... disgusting stuff altogether.

Tabnabs

Overflow wrote: »

Actually Irish milk is ****e, especially from plastic cartons.

And to your question, yes, Norway: Tine Melk

Melk or Mjølk?

seamus

Fabric Softener wrote: »

In Spain I've been in shops that don't even refrigerate the milk.

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

I buy fresh milk here (Spain) just for my tea and baking. Tastes grand but goes off very quickly. Dunno why. Can any cuilches fill me in on that one?

Most of the milk sold in Spain is UHT, so it doesn't need to refrigerated until you open the carton. It means that in a hot country like Spain you don't need to spend huge amounts of money keeping the milk cold while transporting and storing it.

Fresh milk in Spain probably goes off really quickly because those handling it take less care keeping it chilled, and also because you don't drink it within 24 hours of bringing it home. You can keep your fridge extra cold and you might get another day out of it, but it depends entirely on how much time it spends out of the fridge.
Protip: keep a small little milk jug and use that instead of putting the carton on the table at mealtimes. The milk in the carton will last longer.

Personally I can't really comment. For me, milk's purpose is really to cool down tea and make cornflakes soggy, so anything which isn't avonmore supermilk tastes really gross to me.

kneemos

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

I buy fresh milk here (Spain) just for my tea and baking. Tastes grand but goes off very quickly. Dunno why. Can any cuilches fill me in on that one?

The foreign cows have obviously never been hit with a ****ty stick.

osarusan

Koiwai Farm milk from Iwate is the best in japan.

When we lived in Ireland, my wife was always surprised by the quality of all our meat and dairy.

kfallon

Shenshen wrote: »

I don't drink milk... disgusting stuff altogether.

Best. Drink. Ever.

Legs.Eleven

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Maybe it's not pasteurised?

I dunno. I used to get all my milk from the cow's nest on our front door step when I was young but now they farm the wild cows and you can only get it in shops.

Yeah it has no mention of being pasteurised on the bottle. That must be it. Am I going to die as a result?

Fabric Softener

seamus wrote: »

Most of the milk sold in Spain is UHT, so it doesn't need to refrigerated until you open the carton. It means that in a hot country like Spain you don't need to spend huge amounts of money keeping the milk cold while transporting and storing it.

Fresh milk in Spain probably goes off really quickly because those handling it take less care keeping it chilled, and also because you don't drink it within 24 hours of bringing it home. You can keep your fridge extra cold and you might get another day out of it, but it depends entirely on how much time it spends out of the fridge.
Protip: keep a small little milk jug and use that instead of putting the carton on the table at mealtimes. The milk in the carton will last longer.

Personally I can't really comment. For me, milk's purpose is really to cool down tea and make cornflakes soggy, so anything which isn't avonmore supermilk tastes really gross to me.

Really, a tall glass of cold milk is beautiful.

Legs.Eleven

seamus wrote: »

Most of the milk sold in Spain is UHT, so it doesn't need to refrigerated until you open the carton. It means that in a hot country like Spain you don't need to spend huge amounts of money keeping the milk cold while transporting and storing it.

Fresh milk in Spain probably goes off really quickly because those handling it take less care keeping it chilled, and also because you don't drink it within 24 hours of bringing it home. You can keep your fridge extra cold and you might get another day out of it, but it depends entirely on how much time it spends out of the fridge.
Protip: keep a small little milk jug and use that instead of putting the carton on the table at mealtimes. The milk in the carton will last longer.

Personally I can't really comment. For me, milk's purpose is really to cool down tea and make cornflakes soggy, so anything which isn't avonmore supermilk tastes really gross to me.

Thanks for the tips. If I'm feeling up to it, I usually freeze half of it and it seems to be okay. Not like home but better than that UHT muck they pass off as milk here.

jester77

Fabric Softener wrote: »

Whenever I go abroad I am disgusted by their milk. In Spain I've been in shops that don't even refrigerate the milk. German milk is also disgusting, British Milk is probably the closest.

Have you ever drank milk in a foreign country that is nicer or as good as are own?

What are you on about

There is a very large range of milk in Germany, UHT and 0.5% fat upwards. UHT is muck and anything under 2% fat is practically water. You can get some beautiful bottles of creamy milk, better than anything I've tasted in Ireland. But the only milk I've tasted in Ireland is the supermarket carton variety so not really an equal comparison. I'm sure if I got a bottle of creamy milk in the supermarket in Ireland it would taste just as good.

gobnaitolunacy

Milk and a pizza, milk and a feed of schpuds, milk for lining before pints...milk goes with everything.

gg2

Nothing beats a proper Irish mammy dinner (eg sausages, turnip, spuds) with a hape of brown sauce and a pint of cold milk.... Mmmmm...

Hello_MrFox

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

I buy fresh milk here (Spain) just for my tea and baking. Tastes grand but goes off very quickly. Dunno why. Can any cuilches fill me in on that one?

Its to do with the bacteria contained in the milk. Spanish bacteria are worse than Irish bacteria in that regard, the heat makes them more thirsty so they have to drink more fluids faster.

Legs.Eleven

Hello_MrFox wrote: »

Its to do with the bacteria contained in the milk. Spanish bacteria are worse than Irish bacteria in that regard, the heat makes them more thirsty so they have to drink more fluids faster.

"Here comes the science bit...."



*Whoooooosh* Too complicated and sciency for me to get my head around. Right over my head. Can you explain that in layman terms?

bodice ripper

Dunno about milk, but Irish butter is where it's at.

Dutch butter doesn't taste like anything. Their cows clearly don't love them.

looksee

I prefer Soya.

Osgoodisgood

All milk is revolting. Unless you're a calf. Then it's a quality beverage. Why any human want to drink it is beyond me. It makes me uncomfortable even thinking about it.

mike65

Most Johnny Foreigners can't do dairy produce (apart from those who can).

AnonoBoy

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Yeah it has no mention of being pasteurised on the bottle. That must be it. Am I going to die as a result?

Yes you are.

And painfully.

But if you're lucky you'll get to give a moooving deathbed speech. :pac:

josip

Hello_MrFox wrote: »

Its to do with the bacteria contained in the milk. Spanish bacteria are worse than Irish bacteria in that regard, the heat makes them more thirsty so they have to drink more fluids faster.

But what if a Spanish bacteria ended up in Irish milk in Ireland, eg, while it was over for a few weeks studying languages, would it still be thirsty?

Or if I brought some Irish milk with me on holidays and the Spanish bacteria mistook it for local milk, would they still drink as much of it?

To summarise: do Spanish bacteria have good taste buds and do they know when they're "out foreign"?

Ahhhhh its grand

Only UHT shyte here, but its grand for tea and coffee. Even if they did have fresh milk I'm not sure I'd trust it.

Miss having a cold pint of milk with my dinner

iDave

I accidently drank soya once, jesus it was one of the worst experiences of my life. Up there with when I had a vegetarian curry.

Milk really is the dogs b0llox. Great schtuff altogether.

Maximus Alexander

Osgoodisgood wrote: »

All milk is revolting. Unless you're a calf. Then it's a quality beverage. Why any human want to drink it is beyond me. It makes me uncomfortable even thinking about it.

Does this mean you also avoid cream, cheese, ice-cream or any milk-based product? I'd rather be dead! :eek:

iDave

Osgoodisgood wrote: »

All milk is revolting. Unless you're a calf. Then it's a quality beverage. Why any human want to drink it is beyond me. It makes me uncomfortable even thinking about it.

It tastes great and is good for you. Cant see the problem myself to be honest.

gobnaitolunacy

iDave wrote: »

It tastes great and is good for you. Cant see the problem myself to be honest.

The calcium thing was drummed into us going to school, so it was either milk or that rubbery door-stopper of a cheese called Calvita.

The_Pretender

Can't stand it on its own. Savage with a few scoops of Nesquik in it

seamus

Fabric Softener wrote: »

Really, a tall glass of cold milk is beautiful.

Can only drink it on its own if it's been laced with some kind of flavouring like banana or chocolate. Am I 12? Probably.

In my defence I didn't even taste milk until I was about 14. We were all lactose intolerant as children, so grew up drinking soya milk. Which isn't as gross as you'd think, it's all about what you're used to. I used to love soya milk. Now it's gross, too sweet. If you don't grow up drinking milk you realise it's actually not that tasty. Especially full-fat milk. It a bit like drinking cream, without the sugar in it.

mike65

seamus wrote: »

Can only drink it on its own if it's been laced with some kind of flavouring like banana or chocolate. Am I 12? Probably.

Loved Nesquik as a child!

BraziliaNZ

There's some weird motherly incestuous relationship a lot of Irish men (it's usually men) have with milk, I've never seen grown men drink glasses of milk in any other country.
It's nice in coffee and hot chocolate etc, on it's on would never do it for me, not since I was 8 years old or so.

ruthloss

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

we have the Supercows

Thank you Sir/Madam., I'll pass on your comment to the girlies when I am hosing down the slatted unit this evening.

iDave

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

There's some weird motherly incestuous relationship a lot of Irish men (it's usually men) have with milk, .

Alun

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

There's some weird motherly incestuous relationship a lot of Irish men (it's usually men) have with milk, I've never seen grown men drink glasses of milk in any other country.

You've never been to the Netherlands then? They (both men and women!) drink gallons of the stuff there, especially for lunch.

elefant

Alun wrote: »

You've never been to the Netherlands then? They (both men and women!) drink gallons of the stuff there, especially for lunch.

I haven't noticed this at all.