My strawberry patch is yielding about a handful of strawberries every other day. Not enough for much jam but enough to add to a salad, make a strawberry milk shake or throw some in my oatmeal. A lovely little addition that adds zip to a simple meal. Plenty of berries never make it out of the garden. It's too hard to resist popping a couple in your mouth as you go about gardening duties.
I have recently discovered that my lactose intolerance is completely cured by consuming raw, unpasteurized milk. I had not had a glass of milk with my cookies or milk with my cereal in years. Ice cream was a lost lover, achingly missed but avoided like, well, a literal case of the runs. After reading "Nourishing Traditions" by Sally Fallon, I decided to give raw milk a try. I read all the warnings from the USDA et al but hey, you only live once. Giving up ice cream and cookies and milk for the rest of my life seemed like too high a price. Quality of life issue!!! I've been consuming raw milk products for about 3 weeks now. Voila! A new lease on milk drinking life.
I'm not sure if I want to join the raw milk evangelists. There are genuinely good reasons that milk is pasteurized. E coli, listeria etc. For me personally, I think the benefits out weigh the risks. I just love raw milk with my strawberries.
What do you think?
For more on the raw milk debate click here:
Against raw milk http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2009/01/raw-milk-debate-helping-parents-wade.html
Raw milk compromise http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2010/04/the-raw-milk-debate-dont-have-a-cow/38730/
In favor of raw milk http://www.raw-milk-facts.com/index.html
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