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

maguic24

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?

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scwazrh

I used to always have a pint of milk with my dinner until my Dad was over one day for lunch and said "that's why your fat" For some reason its one of the few things he's said to me that I've paid attention to .Dont know if he's right though.

hatrickpatrick

If you're eating anything that includes salty chips, there is literally nothing nicer than a pint of milk with a couple of ice cubes in it.
My mates all think it's pretty bizarre, as they tend to view meal times as another excuse to get a couple of beers in

Way I see it, there's plenty of time for booze afterwards

G.K.

I was having a curry with some people a few months back, and when one of my mates asked for a glass of milk the waiter literally said "What's wrong with you?"

thebomb

Can't remember the last time I had a glass of milk! My ex used to drink gallons of it rank..Can't stand the taste! And tea and coffee weird I know...

The Pheasant2

I don't know why but there's something almost sinister about a grown man drinking a glass of milk...like the Jew hunter in "Inglorius Basterds" or the milk bar in "A Clockwork Orange".

There's a purity and a sense of innocence associated with milk - I guess that might be why I think adults look strange drinking it...like seeing a man dressed up like a child; there's just something odd about it...

Aaaaaaand that's my stoned ****e talk quota for the month gone in one

freedominacup

Yoghurt87 wrote: »

It has the second best milk. Irish milk is great but Jersey milk is divine. I would drink it by the gallon.

Plenty of Jersey milk in Ireland. With my dairy farmer hat on keep up the good work ah boardies. Glad to hear a good number of ye appreciate the effort.

phunkymonk

If I could link the Anchorman picture of 'milk was a bad choice' I would but I can't...I believe Ron Burgandy not you!

iDave wrote: »

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

RustDaz

Did you got you go to coleslaw in Bejing or what? Bejingers don't be used to the cow juice. Thats the break in your flitter.

DesperateDan

I can't think of anything more disgusting than washing down a mouthful of chips with some milk sorry.

Ew.

Mr. Z

Drinking a pint of liquid produced by the mammary glands of a cow, necessary to feed and provide vital nutrients to young calves, with your dinner, is rather unusual. But in my opinion, it's no more unusual than eating the meat of a cow for your dinner, along with a pint of water.

Felexicon

A pint (or 3) of milk with your dinner is class. Usually get a strange look if I'm out and order it from a non native though. Too much can leave me feeling a bit bloated though.

seamus

Always seemed to be a GAA thing moreso than a culchie thing.

The only people I ever saw drinking milk with their meals were the same people who always had a hurl sticking out of their bag or who always had to leg it to football practice at 5 o'clock.

Nutritionally it's a bit insane unless you do quite a bit of training. There are more calories in a pint of milk than a pint of coke. It's nutritionally more complete, but if you drink milk by the pallet, you're as likely to become a fatty as if you drink a 2L of coke every day.

Teyla Emmagan

I would never have seen a glass of milk as unusual but I'm surprised still by how many of you are at it. I don't know if I'd drink a whole pint in one go though.

Didn't we all get milk for lunch in primary school? Maybe the habit stems from that. And also, being a dairy country, it is cheap, plentiful and nutritious. And also perishable, so you may as well not waste it.

Shane-KornSpace

The only time I order milk is when I'm suffering from bad heart burn!

Renegade Mechanic

Cant bate a good pint of cold milk with the dinner!

seamus

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Didn't we all get milk for lunch in primary school? Maybe the habit stems from that. And also, being a dairy country, it is cheap, plentiful and nutritious. And also perishable, so you may as well not waste it.

I don't think the milk in primary school was free

As a nutrition source, it's actually quite hard to beat full fat milk. It's got a lot of key nutrients. So as a food in Ireland, access to milk was probably key growing up because it's so cheap.
The current anti-everything food fads going around have demonised it a bit, but if you can get half a pint of milk per day into a child on top of their normal meals, you can basically stop worrying about most childhood nutritional concerns.
For adults, you need to be more careful, but it's still pretty good.

Knight who says Meh

The only thing to have with cod, chips and mushy peas from McDonaghs in Galway!

jimgoose

seamus wrote: »

I don't think the milk in primary school was free ...

Well, free at the point-of-use, IIRC.

amdublin

Nah. That's for culchies. Or babies.

Knight who says Meh

amdublin wrote: »

Nah. That's for culchies. Or babies.

Indeed. Dublin milk is made in a factory:D

jrmb

I lived with two South American guys who had never seen someone drink a glass of milk before. They thought I was crazy.

Precious flower

We always had milk with our dinner or lunch if it was at home, if we were out I wouldn't order milk though. I think we picked it up from my father as my mother doesn't have anything to drink at dinner but my dad will always have a pint of milk! It's delicious!:)

danniemcq

Milk with nearly every meal, including the ones in the chipper at 3 in the morning

Robson Lobson

The Pheasant2 wrote: »

I don't know why but there's something almost sinister about a grown man drinking a glass of milk...like the Jew hunter in "Inglorius Basterds" or the milk bar in "A Clockwork Orange".

There's a purity and a sense of innocence associated with milk - I guess that might be why I think adults look strange drinking it...like seeing a man dressed up like a child; there's just something odd about it...

Aaaaaaand that's my stoned ****e talk quota for the month gone in one

So you're saying men who drink milk are paedofiles?

homemadecider

I thought it was only children that drank milk with their meals. Apparently its children plus boggers.

kfallon

There is nothing better when you wake up with a hangover than a big glass/cup of really cold milk! You can feel the coldness slipping down through your body, heaven

Knight who says Meh

homemadecider wrote: »

I thought it was only children that drank milk with their meals. Apparently its children plus boggers.

OOOOhhhhhhhhhh City person trying to get a reaction alert!!!!!!!!!!!

kfallon

homemadecider wrote: »

I thought it was only children that drank milk with their meals. Apparently its children plus boggers.

What do you drink?

Tilly

kfallon wrote: »

What do you drink?

Infants blood.

Doylers

Love a pint of milk with a chinese they go together great and my face doesn't get burned off by the spiciness. Im about as city boy as you can get