Milk - Page 2

Gorduz · 03-05-06, 04:47 AM

All milk in Norway is Pasturised. We use:

Red: Whole
Pink: 3,5%
Blue-Green: 2,5%
White: 1%(skimmed)

There seem to be a general tendency that red == whole and blue == light (2-3%)

Dowly · 03-05-06, 04:51 AM

Finland:

Red: Whole
Blue: Light (the most used)
Light blue: Low fat

Type941 · 03-05-06, 05:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kapitain

In england we have a colour coded system to tell us what milk is what like for example, Blue top is pasturised and green top is semi skimmed.

what do they use in other places of the world ?

Every brand has its own ways of distinguishing. We don't get generic milk here anyway (which kind of assumed from your question).

BTW, cow milk is not good for you. Humans by evolution don't have the necessary enzimes to digest it properly any more. :|\

Fish · 03-05-06, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sonar732

I prefer the whole milk...even better is when I could get it straight from the container at a dairy farm I worked at over a summer!!! It's not milk if you can't shake the cream. The skim milk is pink here and we even have 1/2% which is a mustard yellow color.

Use that milk for a chocolate drink!

XabbaRus · 03-05-06, 07:28 AM

Whole milk all the way. If I wanted to drink white water, ie skimmed or semi-skimmed, I'd drink soya milk.

Polak · 03-05-06, 08:07 AM

Sweden:
Blue: 0,5%
Green: 1,5%
Red: 3,5%

Poland:
NO COLORED MILK! WE DRINK DIRECTLY FROM COW!
(I used too, when I was younger)

Don't have any color labled milk packages.

jasondef · 03-06-06, 02:53 AM

All I know is brown cap is chocolate.

jumpy · 03-06-06, 05:02 AM

I only drink blue-top here in the UK, full fat!! none of this treehugger semi-skimmed/skimmed rubbish (green and white top respectively)... how are you supposed to make a decent cup of tea* with that watered down green/white crap?!

a rich dark brown colour, with plenty of bite to it

Dan D · 03-06-06, 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jumpy

I only drink blue-top here in the UK, full fat!! none of this treehugger semi-skimmed/skimmed rubbish (green and white top respectively)... how are you supposed to make a decent cup of tea* with that watered down green/white crap?!

a rich dark brown colour, with plenty of bite to it

Tea break here; I am about to send a complaint to Unilever UK in Grawley, England because on my PG Tips package it says that you can win 10.000 GBP in the Wallace & Gromit â€œinvent a cuppa-contraptionâ€ -contest but in the full terms and conditions it says it is for UK residents only. Disgusting!

Now, my milk-related question: what comes into the tea cup first, the milk or the tea?
I know that the Queen is the highest authority in tea formalities and that she lays down whether you fill in milk first and then the tea, or first the tea, then the milk.
So how does the Queen drink her tea?
Please, I need to know.

jumpy · 03-06-06, 07:38 AM

This site may help to determine the 'correct' way to make a cup of tea, if there is such a thing...
http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/

For me it's as follows:
1) add tea bag (yorkshire tea - I have to search all round my local shops to find this tea, maybe I'm just picky but I like the taste, and cannot abide having to drink tea that I don't like the taste of ie. tesco or co-op value tea that my mother buys. Hmph, floor sweepings more like [/tea nazi])
2) add two, that's TWO, heaped teaspoons of sugar.
3) add boiling water- stirr to disolve sugar, squeeze teabag to remove trapped air. Leave to brew for 2-4 minutes.
4) squeeze teabag then discard. Add milk whilst stiring, until the liquid goes a rich dark reddy brown.

Aah! fantastic, one cup of tea later and all is right with the world again

As an Englishmans' home is his castle, so an Englishmans' tea is his indicator that the world is in its propper place (somewhere under the teacoezy) and that he can relax and enjoy the stillness of the afternoon, safe in the knowlege that (as sure as night follows day) after teatime comes dinner...

Dan D · 03-06-06, 12:31 PM

Thanks. I actually read about "the Queen rules in tea questions (milk first or not)" in an English cookery book (fried eel in red wine good!). No one could tell me, so far. So it seems to be a myth.
I would love to know, how the Queen drinks her tea, just because then I could drink tea like her -and yes, I love such trivia

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03-05-06, 04:47 AM	#16
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XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Whole milk all the way. If I wanted to drink white water, ie skimmed or semi-skimmed, I'd drink soya milk. __________________

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Polak Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Poland/Sweden Posts: 808 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Sweden: Blue: 0,5% Green: 1,5% Red: 3,5% Poland: NO COLORED MILK! WE DRINK DIRECTLY FROM COW! (I used too, when I was younger) Don't have any color labled milk packages. __________________

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03-06-06, 05:02 AM	#23
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I only drink blue-top here in the UK, full fat!! none of this treehugger semi-skimmed/skimmed rubbish (green and white top respectively)... how are you supposed to make a decent cup of tea* with that watered down green/white crap?! a rich dark brown colour, with plenty of bite to it __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

03-05-06, 04:51 AM	#17
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Finland: Red: Whole Blue: Light (the most used) Light blue: Low fat

03-06-06, 07:38 AM	#25
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	This site may help to determine the 'correct' way to make a cup of tea, if there is such a thing... http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/ For me it's as follows: 1) add tea bag (yorkshire tea - I have to search all round my local shops to find this tea, maybe I'm just picky but I like the taste, and cannot abide having to drink tea that I don't like the taste of ie. tesco or co-op value tea that my mother buys. Hmph, floor sweepings more like [/tea nazi]) 2) add two, that's TWO, heaped teaspoons of sugar. 3) add boiling water- stirr to disolve sugar, squeeze teabag to remove trapped air. Leave to brew for 2-4 minutes. 4) squeeze teabag then discard. Add milk whilst stiring, until the liquid goes a rich dark reddy brown. Aah! fantastic, one cup of tea later and all is right with the world again As an Englishmans' home is his castle, so an Englishmans' tea is his indicator that the world is in its propper place (somewhere under the teacoezy) and that he can relax and enjoy the stillness of the afternoon, safe in the knowlege that (as sure as night follows day) after teatime comes dinner... __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

03-06-06, 12:31 PM	#26
Dan D Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: 9th Flotilla Posts: 839 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks. I actually read about "the Queen rules in tea questions (milk first or not)" in an English cookery book (fried eel in red wine good!). No one could tell me, so far. So it seems to be a myth. I would love to know, how the Queen drinks her tea, just because then I could drink tea like her -and yes, I love such trivia .