Guest guest Posted February 8, 2003 Report Share Posted February 8, 2003 " Feral <terebinthus> " <terebinthus> wrote: > I know this sounds like a " duh " question, but I have always been a bit baffled with the flavored soy milk rage. I drink mostly water or > tea when I want a drink... not to mention coffee. I can honestly say I never get a hankering for milk or shakes or the like. Yeah, that's sort of what I always think when I see all the " alternative " milks at the grocery store too (and my local Stop & Shop has dozens of different ones). I like plain old regular skim milk. I've never been a fan of flavoured/sweetened milk. I was probably the only kid around that didn't stir that chocolate powder into milk, or pour that strawberry syrup in. I LIKE how milk tastes, all on its own. I can't imagine that I'd find much use for mango, or blueberry, or vanilla flavoured milk. Do alternative milks taste really awful on their own, and need the additional flavouring? What I do enjoy, occasionally, is a mug of steamed skim milk with a drop of almond syrup in it, more for the luscious scent than anything else. Btw, P_T, I made that pasta carbonara you posted for dinner last nite, and wow it was yummy. I could feel my arteries hardening with every bite, but if I'm gonna die, I might as well die happy, hm? -- Sherri " Sweet is pleasure after pain. " - Dryden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 I must admit i don't really like the taste of cow's milk, even though i used to drink a LOT- i would only do so to wash down my food. so it was very easy to give it up. cheese on the other hand is proving to be more difficult. silk tastes very bitter. vitasoy / most of the other brands we've mentioned are pretty good- but they don't taste exactly like cow's milk. you could do as dave-o suggested and water down your soy milk. i have heard from someplaces that skim milk really has half a gram of fat and they just " round down " ; don't know if this is true. but there are various risks from cows milk besides fat- the hormones (naturally in it) are suspected of increasing risks of breast cancer. they usually make soy milk in smaller portions than cow milk- like 1/2 gallon, a quart, or even less. also it's an acquired taste. i used to drink strictly 2%. , Sherri <sherria@o...> wrote: > " Feral <terebinthus> " <terebinthus> wrote: > > > I know this sounds like a " duh " question, but I have always been a bit > baffled with the flavored soy milk rage. I drink mostly water or > > tea when I want a drink... not to mention coffee. I can honestly say I > never get a hankering for milk or shakes or the like. > > Yeah, that's sort of what I always think when I see all the > " alternative " milks at the grocery store too (and my local Stop & Shop > has dozens of different ones). I like plain old regular skim milk. > I've never been a fan of flavoured/sweetened milk. I was probably the > only kid around that didn't stir that chocolate powder into milk, or > pour that strawberry syrup in. I LIKE how milk tastes, all on its own. > I can't imagine that I'd find much use for mango, or blueberry, or > vanilla flavoured milk. > > Do alternative milks taste really awful on their own, and need the > additional flavouring? > > What I do enjoy, occasionally, is a mug of steamed skim milk with a drop > of almond syrup in it, more for the luscious scent than anything else. > > Btw, P_T, I made that pasta carbonara you posted for dinner last nite, > and wow it was yummy. I could feel my arteries hardening with every > bite, but if I'm gonna die, I might as well die happy, hm? > > -- > Sherri > > " Sweet is pleasure after pain. " - Dryden > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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