[Ghoser777]

I've been wondering - how much will people drink? Does everyone have a limit? How much will people tolerate?


Thanks!

[olePigeon]

I'm still trying to figure out why people drink Mountain Dew.

[Big Mac]

Who purposely drinks sour milk? Or are we talking about buttermilk here? I don't know why that product exists, quite frankly.

[Laminar]

It's one of the greatest questions of our time.

[turtle777]

Is this like drinking cheese ?

-t

[macforray]

There is a difference between "sour" milk and cultured milk products. Although I have never worked a day in this field, my degree is in Dairy Food Science. Most cultured or fermented products are an acquired taste. One of my college lab projects was to make a buttermilk "starter" and then make a batch of buttermilk. We had to transfer and test our starter every day, including tasting. I HATED buttermilk when we started, but after tasting it every day for weeks, I eventually acquired a taste for it. Cheese is no different. I remember as a teenager my father and uncle eating Limburger cheese on saltines with a bit of raw onion and washed down with beer. I tried it and liked it. I like most cheese to this day.
Milk + unknown bad bacteria + time = sour milk (bad)
Milk + known good bacteria + ideal conditions + time = Cultured milk products (good)

[Spheric Harlot]

I love buttermilk, and have since childhood. Especially flavored buttermilk drinks (perennial favorite is lemon).

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by Big Mac 

Who purposely drinks sour milk? Or are we talking about buttermilk here? I don't know why that product exists, quite frankly.

I don’t like buttermilk on its own, but there are four things that more than justify its existence:

1. Soda bread (and other things baked with buttermilk)
2. Koldskål
3. Home-made smoothies with berries, vanilla ice cream, and buttermilk (though yoghurt or other soured dairy products can work too, here)
4. Lassi

Edit: Technically, or perhaps rather historically, buttermilk isn’t soured. Only in fairly recent times have we started making cultured buttermilk. The traditional type is much better, if you ask me.

[ghporter]

Soda bread totally rocks!!!

With that said, when regular milk starts tasting "old," I pitch it. I don't touch buttermilk except in salad dressing or cooked (great biscuits and pancakes come from buttermilk!).

There's some very substantial difference between "sour" milk and cultured milk products (or traditional buttermilk, for that matter). I can't quantify it, but when milk starts to "turn," it has a very different taste from buttermilk. And I dislike bad milk enough that I am cautious if the milk has been around for any notable length of time.

[Atheist]

When milk goes bad I use it to make pancakes. Sounds horrid but tastes great.

[MrsLarry]

Originally Posted by olePigeon 

I'm still trying to figure out why people drink Mountain Dew.

Probably because it's fantastic. I'm sort of addicted. I just can't help myself!

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by MrsLarry 

Probably because it's fantastic. I'm sort of addicted. I just can't help myself!

I bet you love your chiropractor, too.

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by Laminar 

I bet you love your chiropractor, too.

Okay, I lol’d.

[The Final Dakar]

I was hoping the thread title was the name of some new edgy indie band.

Originally Posted by Atheist 

When milk goes bad I use it to make pancakes. Sounds horrid but tastes great.

It sounds bad if you use pasteurized milk. When raw milk goes bad, it's good for baking because it still has the good cultures left in it. People will have fond memories of their grandmother baking with milk that goes bad, but I don't think that works anymore. I could be wrong though.

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by Laminar 

I bet you love your chiropractor, too.

I'm trying to see if I can hate you to death.

[ctt1wbw]

Newcomers love sour milk.

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by olePigeon 

I'm trying to see if I can hate you to death.

No need. I don't believe in vaccinations so I'll most likely die from all sorts of extinct diseases.

[osiris]

I never had buttermilk, but have accidentally had some sour milk. Frickin disgusting. I'm not a big milk fan in general, I can't imagine why any human would want to consume another species lactation in any large quantity, I don't care how good it tastes. Ah, but give me a hunk of cheese the size of a car battery, now we're talking.

btw Dakar is right - Sour Milk would be a great name for a band.

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by osiris 

Ah, but give me a hunk of cheese the size of a car battery, now we're talking.

Mmmm. Coagulated and occasionally moldy lactation.

[osiris]

Originally Posted by olePigeon 

Mmmm. Coagulated and occasionally moldy lactation.

lol

Along similar veins, I've heard of a maggot cheese from Italy, not sure if anyone here ever had it... but when you cut the cheese (lol) there are living maggots inside.

[besson3c]

I'm afraid to drink sour milk now after seeing Troll 2, although come to think of it, they never really explained why the goblins were giving out sour milk and whether it also turned people into trees.

I have so many questions about that movie...

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by besson3c 

I have so many questions about that movie...

BEST WORST MOVIE | TROLL 2 DOCUMENTARY

[besson3c]

Originally Posted by olePigeon 

BEST WORST MOVIE | TROLL 2 DOCUMENTARY

Have you seen this yet? I'm looking forward to, someday. Does it explain the sour milk thing?

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by osiris 

Along similar veins, I've heard of a maggot cheese from Italy, not sure if anyone here ever had it... but when you cut the cheese (lol) there are living maggots inside.

Formaggio marcio! Goes great with baby mice wine.

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by besson3c 

Have you seen this yet? I'm looking forward to, someday. Does it explain the sour milk thing?

Missed it because of work, and they were doing a live screening in San Francisco.

I'll have to rent it.

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by olePigeon 

I'm still trying to figure out why people drink Mountain Dew.

How dare you...


In my office.

[The Final Dakar]

You work at IKEA?

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by The Final Dakar 

You work at IKEA?

Slowie. Someone made that joke about his office years ago.

Come to think of it, it was probably you.

[boy8cookie]

Maybe better?

[The Final Dakar]

Originally Posted by Oisín 

Slowie. Someone made that joke about his office years ago.

Come to think of it, it was probably you.

I only steal from the best.

[osiris]

Originally Posted by The Final Dakar 

I only steal from the best.

Good attempt at denying your own senility.