tvashtarkatena Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 I used to hang with a kid in my neighborhood whose family had a milk cow. While he was teaching me how to milk ole Bessie one day she stepped in the pail with her dung encrusted hoof. He just calmly lifted it back out and kept milking... Quote
JayB Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 Not sure which is more insane: the law enforcement effort dedicated to policing raw milk sales or the folks who proselytize on behalf of raw milk. Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 Not sure which is more insane: the law enforcement effort dedicated to policing raw milk sales or the folks who proselytize on behalf of raw milk. Science: we believe in it only when it suits us. Quote
Off_White Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 Not sure which is more insane: the law enforcement effort dedicated to policing raw milk sales or the folks who proselytize on behalf of raw milk. Which do you think does more harm? I'm not a proselytizer, small batch pasteurization is a pain in the ass. Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 I used to hang with a kid in my neighborhood whose family had a milk cow. While he was teaching me how to milk ole Bessie one day she stepped in the pail with her dung encrusted hoof. He just calmly lifted it back out and kept milking... did you drink some? Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 Nope. I never ate at their house after that. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 (edited) The Nevilles. 15 kids...all by one mom. They lived next to the Perletti brothers, two squeeky voiced, retarded identical twins who ran some prune orchards. The Perletti brothers used to drive around the valley in a '39 Ford pickup, picking up downed branches for firewood. They also hung out at the dump a lot, waiting for something good to come along. Their father was dead in the house for three days before a visitor finally alerted the authorities. "We thought he was asleep." Ahhhhh....my home town. Edited June 2, 2011 by tvashtarkatena Quote
j_b Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 Not sure which is more insane: the law enforcement effort dedicated to policing raw milk sales or the folks who proselytize on behalf of raw milk. I don't see anything particularly insane about protecting consumers AND giving them choices. Have you tasted the difference between raw milk cheeses and pasteurized ones? because if you did, you'd know that raw milk ones are way more tasty. Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 Have you tasted the difference between raw milk cheeses and pasteurized ones? because if you did, you'd know that raw milk ones are way more tasty. The dung+hoof/fur adds just a little extra flavor... Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 I have an immune system like a hardened missile silo. I like to think my home town had something to do with that.... Quote
G-spotter Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 I have a rectum like a hardened missile silo. I like to think my home town had something to do with that.... Quote
joblo7 Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 Bagging a cougar is one of the most enjoyable sporting feats a young man can accomplish,,,,,,,,,,, cougars bag young men.! Quote
j_b Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 Have you tasted the difference between raw milk cheeses and pasteurized ones? because if you did, you'd know that raw milk ones are way more tasty. The dung+hoof/fur adds just a little extra flavor... if you had visited a farm with more than a couple of cows in the last 1/2 century, you'd know milking machines are closed recipients. Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 if you had visited a farm with more than a couple of cows in the last 1/2 century, you'd know milking machines are closed recipients. here comes the goon squad! Quote
j_b Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 actually, you sound more like a know nothing blowhard today. Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 actually, you sound more like a know nothing blowhard today. blowing hard is your forte Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 (edited) I have a rectum like a hardened missile silo. I like to think my home town had something to do with that.... It does have nuclear capability when called for. Kakester and jeebeez sound a lot like the Perletti brothers. Edited June 2, 2011 by tvashtarkatena Quote
j_b Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 People are not so good at risk assessment, and we all readily accept risks inherent in supposedly regulated agricultural products that greatly exceed the threats posed by raw milk. Good point. CDC identified 800 cases of illnesses due to raw milk products since 1998, versus 76 millions food-borne illnesses per year. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 The feds just raided Forks to stop the raw blood trade there. Quote
JayB Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 Not sure which is more insane: the law enforcement effort dedicated to policing raw milk sales or the folks who proselytize on behalf of raw milk. Which do you think does more harm? I'm not a proselytizer, small batch pasteurization is a pain in the ass. Not sure - consenting adults can smoke crack, chug drano, and heave themselves into a chipper for all I care - so the retards that think its got some mystical properties that pasteurized milk lacks should be able chug it to their heart's content and bear whatever consequences come from that decision on their own. If I were given carte blanche to draw up the rules, I'd say as long as it's labeled, go nuts - sell it wherever. And...any adult that feeds the stuff to kids assumes any and all liability associated with any illness or death of the said kid. E.g. as long as it's not actually poisoned at the production facility, and you're one of the retards willing to make yourselves and/or your kids sick for a quaff of raw milk, you don't get to assume it's safe. There's a certain level of decision making that the government can't assume for adults in a functioning civilization. Choosing what kind of milk to drink, deciding whether or not to fornicate with a light-socket, etc just aren't amongst them. IMO any and all efforts beyond enforcing rules that require raw milk to be labeled as such are a massive waste of money. Quote
jordansahls Posted June 2, 2011 Author Posted June 2, 2011 People are not so good at risk assessment, and we all readily accept risks inherent in supposedly regulated agricultural products that greatly exceed the threats posed by raw milk. Good point. CDC identified 800 cases of illnesses due to raw milk products since 1998, versus 76 millions food-borne illnesses per year. Do you have a source for that? I'm not second guessing the source I just have been trying to find CDC information pertaining to raw milk directly, with limited success. Quote
AlpineK Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 800 cases in a 3 state region as opposed to 76 million cases in Canada, US, and Mexico??? Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 800 cases in a 3 state region as opposed to 76 million cases in Canada, US, and Mexico??? 800 cases out of 80000 servings as opposed to 76 million cases out of 76 billion servings of food? Just throw stats around j_bot... w/o the requisite details to provide appropriate meaning/context. Quote
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