raw milk anybody?
I like!
No thanks!
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J A said, (102 days ago)
yeah, i'm doing some research on it and am getting tons of conflicting info.
each side points to their own findings.
i bought a small bottle and it does taste different. just a little though. i'm not
sure if it's worth switching over to though.
JasAsian v2.0 said, (102 days ago)
Well, as microbiology major who spent a few years studying the finer points of bacteria, I come down on the public-health benefits of pasteurization side of the argument.
I found that this guy's article pretty well summed up how I feel about it:
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=454805
Take note that the guy writes for a Seattle alternative weekly, and if anyone was going to be pro-raw it'd be a guy who writes for a hippie paper like "The Stranger."
Lastly, I think you might want to ask yourself this: Are you the kinda guy who thinks its no big deal to drink milk a day or two after the expiration date? Or are you one of those people that feel like you just drank rat poison if you accidentally sipped from a jug that's one day past expiration? If you're in that latter category, I can assure you it's FAR more dangerous to drink raw milk than milk 1 day past the expiration.
J A said, (102 days ago)
i'll check out that article. thanks.
i may hit you up again sometime for further discussion.
J A said, (101 days ago)
i'm gonna give it a try. i'm pretty sure all the backlash is something monsanto cooked up.
what are your thoughts on genetically modified plant seeds?
Molly Malone said, (98 days ago)
holy crap i've been researching raw milk lately too.
the most convincing thing i've found is that i've yet to find a negative piece written by someone who HAS tried it. so that has to mean something, right?
unfortunately raw milk is illegal in Canada, so unless i buy myself a cow i'm pretty screwed.
JasAsian v2.0 said, (97 days ago)
@ JA - well, I haven't done a ton of reading about Gen crops, but in general I don't really have a problem with them. Farmers have been selecting for the traits they want in plants since the inception of agriculture, they just had to do it one harvest-cycle at a time. Doing it in a lab is just faster and arguably much more precise. People who want "natural" vegetables are deluding themselves if they think they are eating the same corn that the American Indians ate 500 years ago.
All things being equal, I'd rather eat a genetically modified veggie that's more naturally resisting to bugs/fungus than the "regular" vegetables that are doused in fertilizer, pesticide and herbicide before they get to the market. People act like genetically modified crops have some sort of additive...like there's a dude standing there pouring something in the veggies. There's a fair argument to be made that if they can get gen-crops to work, there will be much less extra junk in there than there is now.
@ Molly Malone - actually, the article I linked up there is a negative piece by someone who tried raw milk.
As in unpasteurized?