I believe I can drive 4mins to our Natural Dairy Shop to buy the best milk. Didn't meet anyone and used the sanitiser when opening their fridge.
This is a sweet wee calf lying happily in the sun there.
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The basics - bread, eggs, milk, cheese!
@happysnaps It is pasteurised but really , full milk. My thoughts are the milk fats are necessary for the body and blood to absorb all the good nutrients and vitamins of milk!
All the years we farmed we used to get our own milk from the vat of milk before the tanker came to collect. Full fat & unpasteurised it was as pure & simple as you could find. All our kids were brought up on it & were strong & healthy. All of a sudden we were warned that green top milk as it was called was not allowed to be sold to the general public. We had to be tested regularly before we could give the b&bs our milk for their breakfast. I think green top milk is allowed to be sold now by a few dairies but they are checked constantly. We do have a few self service milk sellers as you do in NZ wher you take your bottle or jug & collect your own but they are few & far between. The milk does taste better no doubt about it. We buy semi skimmed these days as I don’t like too rich milk in my tea. Loved that the cream used to rise to the top...best in cereal & porridge!
@happypat I think you are right, Pat! I took another photo of one standing and it was definitely a bull calf.
There are quite a few 'Dairies' popping up now everywhere. Interesting- with todays problems its like going balck to what it was 100 years ago!
@golftragic Nobody over 70 is allowed outside, Marnie. As I am well over that and have a hubby with asthma all his life, I"m not going to risk it. No family close but neighbourhood is just wonderful!
@maggiemae Fair enough MM, I'm 78, Les is 74 and has a compromised chest so like you I'm well aware of the risk/s. We are allowed out for essentials, work, medical and exercise, all socially distanced and well sanitised. Every country seems to be a bit different. Those rules apply nationally here, but each state has their own versions of other rules. We have only one family member about 10-15 Km away, but haven't yet had to ask. Next door neighbour is great too.
@golftragic Interesting to hear from the horse's mouth! Do you know, when we run out of biscuits ( we are limiting ourselves to 1/2 a day), I just might have to bake some more -about 15 years since I did this!
@maggiemae I'm probably being a tad simple, but I'm amazed at the differences between 365-ers different countries, particularly between NZ and Oz. Victoria (my state) has police out who are able to issue substantial fines for breaches of the rules, a bit like random breath-testing, or so we're told. As for baking, there's a bit of that going on here too. I've gone back to growing vegies, something I gave up when I could no longer kneel (metal knees hurt) or bend for long (artificial hip displaces). Got a raised bed and a little greenhouse with shelves in so I'm cookin' on gas now.
@golftragic Great to hear - you have a bit to look forward to! My looking forward to is restricted to choosing what I want to buy instead of leaving it to my wonderful neighbours!
@maggiemae Same here in Oz, the amounts of money being thrown around as 'stimulus' are eye-watering. I find it somewhat ironic and rather amusing that a neo-liberal PM and government previously hell-bent on cutting government participation and 'interference' and spending has suddenly turned to Keynesianism and public spending.
@maggiemae The wretched things not only eat cabbage, they infest cauliflowers, broccoli, any other brassicas plus all the buk choy, pak choy etc vegies too. I hate boiled cabbage, but it's not bad lightly sauted in butter, esp with a little bacon too.
There are quite a few 'Dairies' popping up now everywhere. Interesting- with todays problems its like going balck to what it was 100 years ago!