This weekend, for the first time in 25 years, I’m going to have to go pick up milk at the grocery store and lug it home. YA and I (well, it was mostly “I”) made the decision this week to discontinue our dairy delivery service.
The combination of YA and I doing a little less dairy these days along with the reduction of items available from our dairy guy (thanks SO MUCH Kemps… she says with her voice dripping with sarcasm), it just isn’t worth it. I find myself adding things to the order form that we don’t really need because I feel guilty not having as big an order as we used to have. This is how I ended up with six rolls of cinnamon rolls in my fridge and four bags of tortilla chips in the cabinet.
It’s going to feel weird to not put the cooler and order form out on Wednesday night (my guy delivers to our house at 3 a.m.) but I’m looking forward to not having to get up at the crack of dawn on Thursday morning to get everything out of the cooler and into the fridge. We’ll see how long before this wears off as I’m dragging cartons of milk home!
How much does a cow have to eat and drink to produce my gallon of milk every week?
Trail Baboon 
The same as everyone else’s gallon.
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How much does a cow need to eat and drink to produce six tubes of cinnamon rolls and four bags of chips?
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That what I was wondering.
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I agree, that’s a much more intriguing question.
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Ha ha!!
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All I know is that cows have something like four stomachs. I’m glad I only have one. They must feel hungry all the time.
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You’re asking the wrong guy on that question, VS. I’ve been on a farm twice in my life, and the last time was about 60 years ago. I’d have better luck computing how much wood a woodchuck could chuck.
Chris in Owatonna
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If a woodchuck could chuck wood, of course.
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Rise and Shine, Baboons,
Are any gallons of milk used in tortilla chips? I did not know Kemps even sold those. What one learns on the Trail!
I reallly like the header photo and the old dairy wagon. That reminds me of the stories in the “Darling Dahlia” series. I think the answer to the dilemma about hauling home gallons of milk is to purchase quarts or 1/2 gallons which are easier to carry.
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Funny, you should mention dahlias because I am about 2/3 of the way through the third one right now.
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Two half gallons of milk usually cost about 40% more than a gallon.
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I’ll bet Ben will know, so I won’t look it up.
OT: Limited attention span here today, as I try to do a bunch of techy stuff on computer… changing email address with many entities. : | )
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I’m surprised that two adults can use one whole gallon of milk a week. We have trouble finishing one quart by the time it goes bad, and that’s longer than a week, I think. Do you eat cereal in the morning? Or do you use it in smoothies? Or in baking? I’m at a loss as to how you can use that much.
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It will be even more mysterious for you than when you know that most of the milk is consumed by me not by YA. I have milk every morning with breakfast. I put it in smoothies and if I have cereal in the afternoon, if I just need a little pick me up right before bed. I adore milk.
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We go through lots of dairy, not necessarily milk, though. Lots of Skyr.
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We use what I would consider a fair amount of yogurt, sour cream, heavy cream, and milk. We usually have some of each in the fridge.
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Same here, with half & half instead of cream… and cottage cheese.
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Oh, I forgot cheese. We always have at least four or five different cheeses, including cream cheese, on hand.
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Just for the horse in the photo:
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I used to know this. It’s a lot, I know that… they need a lot of clean water, 100 gallons, and like 100 lbs of feed.
Rations are really balanced based on the quality of whatever they’re eating. Good hay with good protein means less commercial protein needs to be purchased. Fiber, minerals, ect.
Milking cows need a different ration than dry cows. (A cow is ‘dry’ two months before she has a calf.)
‘Springer heifers’ (An animal that’s just had her first calf) need a different ration too.
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It is raining here!☔️
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Got some rain in my neighborhood in St. Paul, too – you could almost hear audible signs of relief from the trees on the boulevard.
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There is no escape from the Wes!
Doing my best evil laugh.
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sounds like milk is a bit like ethanol
it takes 1000 gallons of water to make 1 gallon of ethanol
have you tried oat milk? i have a daughter who worked at starbucks and introduced me to oat milk
much better than soy milk and i’m not a coconut milk fan but oat milk is great with cereal and has a shelf life of months
and a little sugar maybe for cereal or try it plain
might be a winner for you
oat milk is a ben crop not a cow dependant commodity
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Whole milk is an excellent source of omega 3’s. 2%, 1%, and skim milk have the omegas 3’s processed out.
I get dairy milk in my coffee drinks; don’t care very much for the alternatives.
I usually go through about a half gallon of whole milk in a week, but I have no idea about the nutritional inputs required by the cow to keep me supplied. I’m a first world consumer.
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There is a recent Milky Way song.
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Speaking of milky way, did you know that the “lactic” in galactic refers to milk, as in milky way?
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I did not know. Now I do.
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I didn’t know that!
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