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[anodyna]

I love many things about the super-delicious non-homogenized milk we get from Whole Foods. Having to bust through a layer of solid cream the first time I open it isn't one of them. All I want is a little bit for my tea! Must it be this difficult

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[illariy]

That is my problem with non-homogenised milk, too. I actually find that so icky, especially in tea, on cereal or anywhere outside the bottle really, that I opt for the more processed version. Chunks = DNW.

I WILL ACHIEVE WORLD DOMINATION AFTER I HAVE MORE TEA OK.

WHY YOU SO ADORABLE? :D

[anodyna]

I kind of try to shake it up to avoid sudden chunks, but when the bottle is really full it's difficult. Luckily for now the butter has decided to remain in the bottle, whew!

Non-homogenized milk isn't easy to find here and it spoils kind of quickly, but this particular kind tastes so delicious I put up with the chunks. It almost tastes like ice cream, it's so sweet. I wonder if this is what milk tasted like when my mom was a kid? That might explain why she's still holding a grudge about the skim she had to drink during World War II. (She still refuses to drink skim milk. She claims it's "blue" which isn't true but probably was in 1943. My mother: 70 years is not too long to be annoyed by something!)

[illariy]

Yes, I hate how quickly it spoils! Makes me wish I was a four person household with lotsa kids instead of functionally a one-person kitchen. Argh. I've become the abomination who stocks skim milk with extra long-keeping ability in the fridge. The taste is kinda bad but you get used to it and it keeps like forever, comparably.

[anodyna]

I'd suggest you freeze it in smaller portions, but I suspect you have a tiny Euro-freezer with just enough room for a sensibly-sized cupcake and a handful of sardines. ;)

(One thing I do to use it if it's getting close to expiring is to sour it intentionally with vinegar or lemon juice and use the result for making scones or pancakes. I've also been entertaining the idea of making Indian Pudding, which is cornmeal and molasses and milk and I don't know what else. It's a very good winter food for lumberjacks and other stocky folk!)

[lymanalpha]

Buttered tea! It is a thing in Tibet, apparently.

I AM GLAD YOU HAVE POSTED ABOUT MILK OK

Dude it hasn't snowed here yet AT ALL, what is up with that?

[anodyna]

Every time I get a lump of butter in my tea, I wonder what yak butter tea is like. I suppose I could google for an image, but I'm--reluctant?

MILK IS JUST PRE-BLANCMANGE, AMIRIGHT?

[jactrades]

my tragic existence: the electric kettle has started to leak at the base where the handle attaches. Until the new one arrives from amazon, I've been forced to cut back the tea consumption due to the inefficiencies of microwaving water.

I wish you well in your snowpocalypse hopes!

[jactrades]

We haven't gotten any rain here yet this winter, which means (a) no snow in the mountains and (b) fears of drought during the summer. boo.

[anodyna]

True story: I've become so dependent on our electric kettle that when it broke, my first thought was "oh no, now I can't make tea!" Somehow having purged from my memory banks the concept of boiling water on the stove. :D (We also have a microwave, but I only use it for reheating cups of tea so I forget it can heat things to higher temperatures.) Luckily amazon had the same one in stock so I only had to boil water in a pot for a few days, but still.

(Something about this story is tragic but I'm afraid if I examine it too closely it will turn out to be me, hah.)

There are flakes falling right now! Nothing that's going to strand buses on Lake Shore Drive or anything, but I hope for some accumulation. Dry winters are bad for the trees. I wish you lots of snow as well!

[jactrades]

Heating water on the stove? that's unpossible!

[circ_bamboo]

I'm jealous of your (predicted) snow. Also your milk. (The nearest Whole Foods is about 45 minutes away, which I understand isn't that far but it's way too far just to buy milk.)

[anodyna]

45 minutes! That is definitely too far. I grew up in a mostly rural area so I know the pain of having to schlep forever to buy stuff. Although if I had to do it now I think I'd be one of those weirdos who gets all their dry goods shipped to them because they can't live without quinoa or something. :)

(The snow is starting to pile up on telephone wires now, whee!)

[circ_bamboo]

Oh man. There are people who can live without quinoa?

I kid, I kid. But I used to live in one of the urban food deserts and the price I had to pay for moving practically right next door to a Target and a Costco was nothing any more interesting than large chain stores near me.

[soixante_quinze]

When I got home I told people about how my American friend had made me tea with butter in it, they were shocked and amazed. I've looked, but short of buying a cow I think non-homogenised milk will remain unavailable to me here in Oz. Tragic, because it's super tasty, once you get over the disconcerting fact there is butter in your tea.

Your snow post made my eyes glaze over with wonderment and glee. I've only seen snow fall once before, and it wasn't in a place anyone actually lived. Pictures!

[anodyna]

I took some pictures! First I will diligently finish the thing I'm working on ("about" page for new blog, eeeeee!), then I will post some SNOWS.

Butter in the tea isn't that far off from TimTam in the tea, is it? I should just melt a TimTam in here right now. *drifts off to happy place where TimTam is perfectly reasonable beverage addition*

EDITED BECAUSE HAH, I JUST REALIZED THAT PLACE IS AUSTRALIA :D

[soixante_quinze]

Moar TimTams?