Re:High beef prices and the destruction of independent cattl...
by conradev on Monday January 03, 2022 @07:07PM
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and, thankfully, "cream on top" milk is now more available in US supermarkets
brands like Straus are generally available on the west coast, not sure about other regions
Re:High beef prices and the destruction of independent cattl...
by cheese_goddess on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @05:26AM
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That's good. Homoegenised milk is also no good for making homemade cheese :)
That's probably because supermarket milk is typically homogenised, meaning it's been put through a very narrow funnel with great force until the fat globules break and become more evenly distributed throughout the milk. That's why supermarket milk doesn't have "cream on top". The fat stays suspended in the milk liquid and doesn't rise to the top (as is normal with milk that hasn't been homogenised). Homogenisation also usually standardises milk to a certain fat content while the excess goes to make butter, so you can expect homogenised milk to be just exactly 3.5% in fat (for cow's milk) while the milk you get from your local farmer is going to vary a lot above and below that, depending on season, feed, reproductive cycle and activity of the animals etc.
I suspect that the fishy smell in US chicken is because of a chlorine wash. There was a bit of a scandal about it recently in Britain.