ALL HAIL THE DAIRY LOBBY! |
Milk has been proclaimed
the official state beverage in each of the following states:
Delaware Louisiana Minnesota Mississippi New York North Carolina North Dakota Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Vermont Virginia Wisconsin |
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It seems that a few years back the New Zealand government
passed a retail law which prevented supermarkets from selling
"ordinary" milk, in an attempt to protect local corner shops
and home- delivery services. The big stores, however, were
allowed to continue selling "flavoured milk," presumably on
the grounds that this was considered to be a confectionery
rather than food.
The supermarkets hit back in the simplest possible way by producing and selling "milk-flavoured milk" - ordinary milk with milk powder added. This was so similar to "pure" milk that people happily bought it as such. A few months later the government was obliged to repeal the law.
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The word butter comes from bou-tyron, which seems to mean
"cow-cheese" in Greek.
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ICE CREAM |
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Farmers normally know that a cow is in oestrus when other
cows in the herd try to mount her. When a cow receives
unwelcome attention from other cows the piezoelectric
pressure sensor is triggered and a radio signal is sent.
Cows are only in oestrus for 10-12 hours each month. So the
patch will be a boon to farmers, telling them the optimum
time to artificially inseminate the cows.
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No fewer than 128,000 American bulls are rated on the list of
the Swedish- based agency according to the milk production records
of their daughters.
Visit Interbull at: www-interbull.slu.se
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The taste: poor to passable depending on the batch.
The milk was, oddly, too thick in texture and tasted of
sunflower seeds. Fat-free ice cream and beef were given high marks,
however.
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The problem, according to the Times, was that US airmen overseas
during World War II
couldn't get a regular supply of ice cream.
But they could get fresh milk. Problem solved.
The Yanks built a special canister for the ice cream mixture and
attached it to the tail gunner's compartment of the plane. The plane's
vibrations plus the icy temperatures at the high altitudes of a normal
mission turned the mixture into a creamy dessert by the time
they got back to base.
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They fend off hostile spirits by painting their animals in traditional hues.
The faces of calves, for instance, get painted magenta.
The udders of full-grown cows are covered in red, except
for their teats, which become a vivid green.
One exception. Cattle bred for meat must reproduce themselves
to ensure a constant supply for the future. So the only
parts of them to be daubed are, um, the genitals. These get
to be a brilliant and perhaps all-too-noticeable blue.
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Elm Farm Ollie, while watched by reporters, produced milk that
was put into containers and parachuted over St. Louis, Mo.
Welcome to the wonderful world of publicity stunts. |
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| Product | 1990 | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 |
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| Margarine | 83 | 84 | 76 | 73 |
| Regular Cheese | 79 | 54 | 52 | 56 |
| Butter | 46 | 37 | 39 | 42 |
| Lowfat Cheese | 38 | 50 | 47 | 36 |
| Ice Cream | 32 | 30 | 34 | 35 |
| Lowfat Yogurt | NA | 29 | 39 | 29 |
| Nonfat Yogurt | NA | 19 | 33 | 23 |
| Frozen Yogurt | 23 | 16 | 26 | 19 |
| Whole Milk | 26 | 24 | 20 | 19 |
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And how about those of us who don't drink milk?
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When in doubt, appeal to health. The McDonald Dairy of Flint,
Michigan, wanted their milkmen, who then went door to door and so
were in direct contact with the customer, to be able to prove the
claim that homogenized milk was better digested. So the company
hired men to drink milk. Half drank regular milk, half the
newfangled homogenized stuff. Then they vomited the partially
digested milk back up - and bottled the vomit so that the McDonald
milkmen could show that, indeed, homogenized curds were more
easily digested.
Only in America.
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