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mekdoonggiyesterday at 2:05 PM4 repliesview on HN

A sidenote about unhomogenized milk, it's delicious. I don't know if it actually tastes any different, but something about shaking it up before using it just makes it feel different.


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sreantoday at 6:36 PM

It absolutely is.

Toned homogenised milk is just a thin watery gruel colored white. For me Half'nHalf is about the right consistency but you can't get it unhomogenized.

That said, cannot not post this mandatory calvin and hobbes strip

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gus_massayesterday at 6:21 PM

It may have a higher % of fat. Have you tried to compare it with 95% milk and 5% dairy cream? (I'm not sure about the proportions.) Also, the pasteurization for long term unrefrigerated storage change the taste, so you can try with milk pasteurized for short term storage under refrigeration.

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DiffTheEnderyesterday at 2:12 PM

There's something to be said about variety of consistency/taste to excite the tastebuds I think!

lotsofpulptoday at 7:16 PM

I grew up with homogenized milk, and the mere smell of unhomogenized milk makes me want to vomit. Even boiled milk is awful. Unhomogenized cow milk was slightly more tolerable than unhomogenized ox milk.

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