• ThePantser@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      1.5gal is not that much. My 15 year old can drain a gallon in 3 days. This person said “kids” so its not that crazy to have that much. I buy 2 gallons a week.

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          3 hours ago

          The part that is weird is the 2 full half gallons. Why not just get a full gallon and save a few bucks.

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            Could be the fridge isn’t big enough to conveniently hold whole gallons. Or maybe they walk/bike to the grocery and the half gallons are more convenient to carry back from the store. Or maybe some member(s) of the household can’t lift whole gallons of milk. Or maybe they’re like my family which will drain a gallon in two days then go 2 weeks of barely touching the milk before suddenly devouring milk again. Or maybe 2 members of the house independently decided to pick up a fresh half gallon of milk on the way home on the same day and now they have a gallon of unopened milk

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        21 hours ago

        I drank so much milk as a kid. it’s fucking delicious. for whatever reasons, I don’t drink it much as an adult

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          20 hours ago

          I once told my exes family (who is Jewish, context is important as im caker), sometimes there is nothing more refreshing than a cold glass of milk on a hot summer day. The only one who got it was the other brother-in-law who was also cake.

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      22 hours ago

      It’s crazy to think about how much milk Americans consume. Especially that’s it’s usually full cream. I think my milk consumption is measurable in cups per week.

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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        21 hours ago

        Especially that’s it’s usually full cream.

        ?

        no it’s not full cream. Cream, heavy cream, whipping cream - it’s all the same - is ~36% milk fat. no one’s drinking that.

        whole milk is 3.5 percent milk fat. 2% is - you guessed it, 2% milk fat.

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          20 hours ago

          Yes, where I am from that is called full cream milk. As opposed to skim milk.

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            15 hours ago

            they call whole milk full cream? how do they differentiate it from half and half and other cream, heavy cream whipping cream etc?

            fascinating! where’s that?

            also, you have a perception that everyone is drinking loads of milk… kids maybe but adults often have to be pressed to get enough to just maintain bones and teeth. my mom, for example, got her milk in her coffee or tea or not at fucking all lol.

            The only time I drink milk is with chocolate chip cookies, and I only get that kinda treat a few times a year.

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        There’s nothing quite as refreshing as a glass of cold milk after a long hot day working outside. I know it sounds crazy, but it’s packed with basically everything your body expends through a day.

        It basically prevents me from waking up with leg cramps. Electrolyte solutions do usually work, but not all the time. The milk always works