What is wrong with milk these days? It's not milk

Worthy said:
Awww, I was going to ask you if you'd still try some so I could see what you thought of it.

That's one heck of a rant by the way. Some people like tomatoes, and some don't. We're all different.
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Hmm, I actually trimmed back the part about robotic cows.

Worthy said:
I actually didn't realise I'd bought Cravendale the first time I tried it. I just grabbed a big bottle of semi-skimmed. It was only when I tasted it that I thought "Wow!" and looked at the bottle. So no marketing influence here, sorry to burst your bubble.
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I don't know, I think the dark lords at Cravendale et al have put a lot of work into human psychological research. They probably read Sun Tzu and Machiavelli.
 
Lysander said:
That's understandable, but my issue is that this is not milk. But people not only think it's acceptable, but that it is milk. It's literally revisionist history and goes beyond dairy farming into something far more worrying.
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I can't belive it toonyou 6 pages to try gold top.


There's only 4 different tops!


All the other variations are just attempts to make milk "more consistent" I've learned people these days hate any variance.

I tried to explain large sea salt flakes and was old that no fine table salt and its stabiliser are better as this way "all the chips are the same".

So many people want every mouthful to be the exact same


Oh and beige why always beige?
 
Is it gold top or silver top? I though it was more like silver top.

Tefal said:
I can't belive it toonyou 6 pages to try gold top.


There's only 4 different tops!


All the other variations are just attempts to make milk "more consistent" I've learned people these days hate any variance.

I tried to explain large sea salt flakes and was old that no fine table salt and its stabiliser are better as this way "all the chips are the same".

So many people want every mouthful to be the exact same


Oh and beige why always beige?
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I think you see the problem. It's just normalising culinary bastardisation to the point where people can't accept any difference in anything and then they can't remember how things were before anyway. It's the Mandela effect. It benefits the large companies mostly whereas the consumer has been sufficiently duped into thinking that they like something which isn't like the thing they're told it's like.
 
Lysander said:
Is it gold top or silver top? I though it was more like silver top.



I think you see the problem. It's just normalising culinary bastardisation to the point where people can't accept any difference in anything and then they can't remember how things were before anyway. It's the Mandela effect. It benefits the large companies mostly whereas the consumer has been sufficiently duped into thinking that they like something which isn't like the thing they're told it's like.
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It's gold! (Well brass may e)

And there is no silver top!

  • Blue – full-fat milk.
  • Green – semi-skimmed
  • Red – skimmed.
  • Gold – Jersey & Guernsey milk.
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Its from extra creamy cows, and unmessed with but pricey and not great for baking I should warn you as the fat is higher than the recipe expects and would need a good whisking to mix it all in too.


Cravendale is for people who don't want to buy milk often but don't like UHt and who only use milk for something like cereal or tea where it will become flavoured.
 
Tefal said:
Its from extra creamy cows, and unmessed with but pricey and not great for baking I should warn you as the fat is higher than the recipe expects and would need a good whisking to mix it all in too.


Cravendale is for people who don't want to buy milk often but don't like UHt and who only use milk for something like cereal or tea where it will become flavoured.
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Well, this pretty much explains it, thanks. It'll take creamy cows over bovine robots.

EDIT: Oh I see, silver top is now blue top. They changed it.

Milk in the UK has its labels and bottle tops colour-coded:

  • Blue – full-fat milk
  • Green – semi-skimmed (or raw milk)
  • Red – skimmed
  • Gold – Jersey & Guernsey milk
The old colour scheme in the UK was:

  • Silver – full-fat milk;
  • Red – semi-skimmed;
  • Blue – skimmed;
  • Gold – Jersey & Guernsey milk
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https://www.cooksinfo.com/milk
 
Tefal said:
Cravendale is for people who don't want to buy milk often but don't like UHt and who only use milk for something like cereal or tea where it will become flavoured.
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Why can't it be just because they just like the taste of it? I personally drink it straight from a glass just as much as I use it for other stuff and love it.

Christ I sound like some Cravendale defending obsessive now. It's not about the milk as such, more about this turning into another one of those threads where people cannot accept that different people may like different things. Variety is the spice of life!
 
Worthy said:
Why can't it be just because they just like the taste of it? I personally drink it straight from a glass just as much as I use it for other stuff and love it.

Christ I sound like some Cravendale defending obsessive now. It's not about the milk as such, more about this turning into another one of those threads where people cannot accept that different people may like different things. Variety is the spice of life!
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I find it a but watery to drink, but I do like the longer life span.

It tastes more like the milk in europe to me, normal blue top I liked best for general use.

European milk always tastes oddly sweet? Also I don't trust milk that comes in a white bottle, it feels deceptive!

Variety is the spice of life
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Cravendales selling point is its ultra homogenisation!!!:p
 
Worthy said:
Christ I sound like some Cravendale defending obsessive now. It's not about the milk as such, more about this turning into another one of those threads where people cannot accept that different people may like different things. Variety is the spice of life!
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I think they practice voodoo.
 
I remember as a teen, delivering on my paper round, there was someone who had a milk bottle with a gold crown top and needed a bottle opener to open it. What was that milk?
 
Tefal said:
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It's gold! (Well brass may e)

And there is no silver top!



Its from extra creamy cows, and unmessed with but pricey and not great for baking I should warn you as the fat is higher than the recipe expects and would need a good whisking to mix it all in too.


Cravendale is for people who don't want to buy milk often but don't like UHt and who only use milk for something like cereal or tea where it will become flavoured.
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There's also orange top (1% fat).
 
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