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Yonnie3

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4. Nope, us kids weren't supposed to shake the bottle.

Reply to demosincebirth (Original post)

Sun Nov 10, 2019, 06:44 PM

Nov 2019

I recall that we had milkman shaped bottles delivered. Not homogenized, so the cream was poured off for coffee and other uses.

I had forgotten about this.

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Do any of you old timers still shake the carton of milk before pouring? [View all] demosincebirth Nov 2019 OP

Did you drink raw (nonpasteurized/nonhomogenized) milk? I can't imagine homogenized milk hlthe2b Nov 2019 #1

I literally shake everything before pouring! FM123 Nov 2019 #2

I usually wait to shake it off until I'm done. pangaia Nov 2019 #30

Absolutely snowybirdie Nov 2019 #3

Nope, us kids weren't supposed to shake the bottle. Yonnie3 Nov 2019 #4

Not only that but I scrape the wax off the carton and use it on my moustache. dameatball Nov 2019 #5

Carton?? SCantiGOP Nov 2019 #17

Lol about the mailman. Those guys get around. The OP said "cartons"....:) dameatball Nov 2019 #25

Oh, it was cartons SCantiGOP Nov 2019 #32

Great story. yonder Nov 2019 #31

no Skittles Nov 2019 #6

When I was very little I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2019 #36

You must have lived in a cold climate. trof Nov 2019 #44

No iamateacher Nov 2019 #7

Never! elleng Nov 2019 #8

Guilty. I was raised in the country and we had our own cows, so shaking was second nature. Arkansas Granny Nov 2019 #9

still do Timewas Nov 2019 #10

do you make butter in a blender? dixiegrrrrl Nov 2019 #11

Yes we do Timewas Nov 2019 #24

When my mom got fresh milk, she would pour it into OregonBlue Nov 2019 #37

Always have Dave in VA Nov 2019 #12

You got it! demosincebirth Nov 2019 #41

I shake the milk cuz I like the air in it. LakeArenal Nov 2019 #13

Choc. milk, 2 drops of vanilla, whizzed in a blender dixiegrrrrl Nov 2019 #48

Yes. Mmmm. LakeArenal Nov 2019 #49

Nope SonofDonald Nov 2019 #14

Me, either customerserviceguy Nov 2019 #38

I'm 60 SonofDonald Nov 2019 #39

I remember milk being delivered though nt SonofDonald Nov 2019 #40

Used to tell my first wife that her milk needed to be mixed before breastfeading. n/t 5X Nov 2019 #15

Funny demosincebirth Nov 2019 #42

No Lunabell Nov 2019 #16

Yes... 2naSalit Nov 2019 #18

When I was in elementary school -- until 1951. Millburn, N.J. 3Hotdogs Nov 2019 #19

By cracky, I do. democratisphere Nov 2019 #20

Lol grantcart Nov 2019 #29

How about blue milk? Midnight Writer Nov 2019 #21

Definitely. Had a lot of fresh milk from grandparent's dairy farm. Supposedly homogonized milk Hoyt Nov 2019 #22

Not a smoker, but I've been told they do it to pack down the tobacco. unblock Nov 2019 #34

Yep. Makes it smoke smoother and longer. More uniform. trof Nov 2019 #45

I have been using almond milk and have not until... recently read on the carton question everything Nov 2019 #23

Well I didn't know that. thanks. trof Nov 2019 #46

No, but I remember my parents getting it delivered to our house and put in the milk-box outside. JoeOtterbein Nov 2019 #26

Guilty. It's some kind of muscle memory, must be. WheelWalker Nov 2019 #27

Yup, I do it without thinking. demosincebirth Nov 2019 #50

Carton? Lol pangaia Nov 2019 #28

Always have shaken the carton. Just a habit from demosincebirth Nov 2019 #43

Nope..... fantase56 Nov 2019 #33

I'm not exactly an old timer I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2019 #35

In summer the milkman would give us chunks of ice out the back of his truck. trof Nov 2019 #47

Sure. If it rattles, I don't drink it. rickford66 Nov 2019 #51