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13-DEC-2007

13th december 2007 - milk on the doorstep

Actually he comes every other day and we have four pints, two of each, but for whatever reason four in the shot looked wrong. Dunno why.

It all looks a bit “old-fashioned” really – though I’d prefer to think of it as traditional!

Why did they decide to change the colour coding and make red top semi-skimmed in glass but skimmed in plastic? Why is semi-skimmed in plastic green? Couldn’t they have just kept the same colours throughout? I keep picking out the wrong bottle when I want skimmed. Perhaps I’m just pathetic?

I read somewhere recently that the wholesale move to the use of semi-skimmed milk is pointless because the fat content of so-called full fat is still technically low fat in nutritional terms. I have checked this little gem of nutritional information and this is indeed so – full fat milk is around 3.5% fat, which is classed as low fat for all nutritional guidelines/diet guidelines. So, some nutritionists now say, if you like full-fat milk, drink it because it’s really a drop in the ocean in fat terms compared to say, how much butter you put on your toast or how many burgers you eat.

Having said that, here is our milk order – two semi-skimmed and two skimmed – hmmmmm.

Last year, I was running the gauntlet of the traffic in Knightsbridge getting a shot of Harrods at night.

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Michael Todd Thorpe23-Dec-2007 02:11
I, too, remember having milk delivered when I was a kid, but that doesn't happen anymore. I'm lactose intolerant now but I really miss milk!
Dad 15-Dec-2007 16:42
Eric, I rode on the horse-drawn milk float in Hindley, ladled the milk in to customers jugs (if they were really posh, they had mini metal milk churns) and took it to their doors! It seems like a lifetime ago!!
sue anne14-Dec-2007 22:24
This looks so inviting - I love milk :)
Ric Yates14-Dec-2007 18:45
3 looks good to me - perhaps it's a rule of thirds thing!
Guest 14-Dec-2007 04:48
In 2007? How cool! V
Eric Hewis13-Dec-2007 23:41
Bill Burke, I can remember having milk delivered by horse and cart,you needed your own jug and it was ladled out from a churn.
If you were really lucky the horse would s**t and you'd also get something to put on the garden.
(and I've only just turned 36...,before I turned it it was 63)
nomadicdragon13-Dec-2007 23:17
Nothing quite like having your milk delivered to your door. I wish we could get that kind of service.
Guest 13-Dec-2007 22:11
Yup - to name it 'Full Fat' has kind of shot it in the foot. At 3.5% how can it be high fat? Mind I once had this argument at a dairy trade meeting and one all knowing fella reckoned if you dried the milk then it wouldn't be so low in fat! Like who dries it ;) Throw caution to the wind Linda and order whole milk - I believe it's better for you. But then there are those that say you shouldn't drink it :( Hey, I no longer care - I'm no longer a dairy farmer :) Happy Christmas to you....
northstar3713-Dec-2007 21:43
the milkman always rings twice...or is that the postman?
mikiruaq13-Dec-2007 21:41
I remember having milk delivered as a kid. Oh my!!
Johnny JAG13-Dec-2007 19:29
Three is definitely better photographically. And full fat is always my choice, it just tastes so much better.