I miss those days of milk delivery. They stopped here in the late 60s. I really liked the non-homogenized milk with the cream on top.
I would skim off that cream and use some to make butter. A fast dessert/treat was to open a can of home canned blackberries (canned in sugar syrup) and put a couple of spoonfuls of cream on top, stir and eat.
We had a baker who delivered too; everything else came by delivery from the District Grocery Stores chain.
I like Peapod these days, but you pay more for what you get AND for delivery. As I recall, in the old days the dairy, baker, grocer, didn’t charge for delivery.
When I had no breast milk for baby #4 which was an unpleasant surprise, we started making Weston A. Price raw cows milk formula for her, because it’s formulated with so many good brain fats. So we started drinking raw milk. Now I can’t digest the pasteurized milk any more! Now ice cream, nothing. (Cheese and yogurt I can.)
There is no milk for me but raw milk and it’s so yummy. So real. The cream at the top, mmm mmm mmm.
Thanks for the homemade hamburger recipe! Sounds delicious.
We visited my in laws on MA’s south shore this summer. We have friends there & they get fresh milk & dairy products delivered. I was so jealous.