Ordering a pint of milk with your lunch/dinner - Unusual?

maguic24 · 24-04-2014 03:53PM #1

I am just wondering if people find this odd/unusual, as when I was in college I'd go to the student bar for lunch/dinner and order a pint of milk. The staff would always look at me as if I had two heads when I ordered a pint of milk. They never knew what to charge me and would have to go looking for milk.

A few of my friends in college also thought it was strange. I come from the sticks and grew up with an elderly relative. We would always have pints of milk with our dinner growing up. My uncles are the same, real farmers who always have pints of milk with their dinners.

Anyway, I was in Liverpool with my uncle over the weekend and when my uncle asked for a pint of milk, she made him repeat what he was saying about 3 times. Then she looked at him and laughed and said 'You want a pint of milk? Really?'.

Is this odd to some people? I always have a pint of milk with my dinner, always.

Is there something you eat that people think is weird, that is perfectly acceptable where you come from?

AnonoBoy · 24-04-2014 03:54PM

It's a culchie thing, they wouldn't understand.

rainbow kirby · 24-04-2014 03:54PM

Only ever saw culchies do it...

uch · 24-04-2014 03:54PM

No

24-04-2014 03:55PM

Gross.

jimgoose · 24-04-2014 03:55PM

No, not at all. Mind you I had a robust, rural upbringing.

pundy · 24-04-2014 03:55PM

im from the city - and i do it all the time.

milk is delicious - especially when it's ice cold!

Tokyo · 24-04-2014 03:55PM

Did it growing up, used to do it in college too. Much better than a half litre of coke or similar.

[edit]Come to think of it, I'm fairly sure you could buy pint cartons of milk in the college canteen with your dinner.

Dravokivich · 24-04-2014 03:55PM

I've done it a few times, no harm. But wouldn't generally go for it when it's obvious it's not expected to be stocked, like a small student canteen.

turnikett1 · 24-04-2014 03:56PM

I only do it if I'm having a hearty lunch like a stew or a roast! Otherwise it's a bit weird. Stir fry and a glass of milk? Nah. Tomato soup and a glass of milk? Nooo...

maguic24 · 24-04-2014 03:56PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Gross.

Milk, I fricking love milk!! Om nom nom nom! Guzzle, guzzle, guzzle, guzzle, guzzle.

Mr Freeze · 24-04-2014 03:56PM

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Only ever saw culchies do it...

As a Culchie, I wouldn't order a pint of milk with dinner. And I wouldn't have it at home either.

That said, I have seen many people do it over the years, and not just Culchies.

jamo2oo9 · 24-04-2014 03:56PM

I get the same reactions. I always have a pint of milk or a carton of milk with my lunch in college and people do look at me as if I am an alien.

Tilly · 24-04-2014 03:56PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

It's a culchie thing, they wouldn't understand.

I'm a Dub and always get one.

iDave · 24-04-2014 03:57PM

Usually prefer water with my lunch but adore milk with a Full Irish.
All things considered milk is fecking brilliant.

MadYaker · 24-04-2014 03:58PM

Thats kinda disgusting. I think id vomit if I drank a whole pint of milk.

Sir Arthur Daley · 24-04-2014 03:58PM

I find a pint of Heineken compliments a lunch very nicely.

jester77 · 24-04-2014 03:59PM

By any chance when you say dinner, do you mean a plate of triangular ham sandwiches?

MadYaker · 24-04-2014 03:59PM

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

I find a pint of Heineken compliments a lunch very nicely.

Depends on what you're eating.

iDave · 24-04-2014 03:59PM

Actually I find milk does wonders for a hangover. Its much better at rehydration than its given credit for.

Zaph · 24-04-2014 04:00PM

I always ordered a pint of milk in a particular place I used to regularly go to for lunch. Their menu actually offered the choice of a glass or a pint of milk. And this was in Dublin city centre, as far from culchie territory as you could get.

Davarus Walrus · 24-04-2014 04:00PM

It's nice with bacon and cabbage and a feed of spuds. Even better if giving out about 'jackeens' at the time.

kowloon · 24-04-2014 04:00PM

I also like milk.

elefant · 24-04-2014 04:01PM

I drink copious amounts of milk. Delicious.

24-04-2014 04:01PM

maguic24 wrote: »

Milk, I fricking love milk!! Om nom nom nom! Guzzle, guzzle, guzzle, guzzle, guzzle.

Ugh, you're just making it worse.

Mongarra · 24-04-2014 04:01PM

Was brought up in Dublin and moved to country when I was 30. Living there about 35 years and when not having wine with my dinner (usually at home in the evening rather than 1.00 or 2.00 pm) I will invariably have milk. Maybe not a pint but a good glass. Better than any fizzy stuff or plain water imo.

Have asked for it in restaurants on numerous occasions and have not had the "two heads" look from any waiting staff.

jimgoose · 24-04-2014 04:02PM

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

It's nice with bacon and cabbage and a feed of spuds. Even better if giving out about 'jackeens' at the time.

I like to invite the little fella from a couple of doors down, so I can glower at him at the table and say things like "Sure whishkey is your dinner Bird, you little ferret! When was the lasht time you et a pound of beef?!?" :pac::pac::pac:

Nerdlingr · 24-04-2014 04:02PM

Cant bate a cold pint a milk. Daycent tack.

SpaceTime · 24-04-2014 04:03PM

You need to order a 'Jug of Porter' like a normal urbanite (It'll be Guinness in Dublin or Beamish in Cork (Don't order Murphy's in Cork, it's associated with farmers apparently).

Morpork · 24-04-2014 04:03PM

Was doing a GOMAD diet (Gallon of Milk a Day) for a couple of months in an effort to gain weight. So I had a pint of milk with everything. Might have been the best 2 months of my life. :pac:

cloud493 · 24-04-2014 04:04PM

Lovely cold milk delicious

Ordering a pint of milk with your lunch/dinner - Unusual?

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