Posted on 01/16/2021 9:51:32 AM PST by mylife
Not that that’s stopped some people from trying. Edward Lee, the James Beard Award-nominated chef of 610 Magnolia, was so intrigued with serving pig’s milk cheese at his Louisville, Kentucky, restaurant that he experimented with different ways of milking a pig. The most extreme involved ingratiating himself to the sow by smearing pig poop on his jacket and sitting near her until she was familiar enough with him to fall asleep. Then he’d move in to milk—but even this was to no avail. In the end, as Lee told Modern Farmer, “Cows have been domesticated for so many years, they’re very docile. You get within 15 feet of a sow, she’ll get up on her hind legs and get defensive. She might charge you. And once she charges you, just forget it. She’s already identified you as an enemy.”
Lee added, “Goats don’t like to be milked either. But if you get kicked by a goat, you’ll get bruised. Get hit by a 250-pound sow, you’re dead. There’s a very basic practical reason people don’t attempt it. No one else is crazy enough to get in the barn with ’em.”
Combine the economics and logistical difficulties—then add the lack of consumer demand—and the likelihood of seeing pig’s milk on Whole Foods shelves anytime soon is slim. As Maxwell concluded, “Unless someone discovered something in sow’s milk that revolutionary, like it kept you 10 years younger or it could replace Viagra, then maybe. But I seriously doubt there’s anything unique in sow’s milk, and it would be more expensive.”
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“ Why not Wombat juice or Venezuelan beaver cheese?”
Venezuelan? Now that’s a nice beaver
Because a pig's a filthy animal.
Oh, now I wouldn't say that.
Quite a “left turn” mylife.
Interesting post,
Bats’milk may be a Hit???
Just a thought.
That is a very astute question...why not sow milk??
Because pig farms are numerous with lots of pigs.
I grew up drinking water buffalo milk in India. It was very creamy and sweeter than cow’s milk available in India. My mother made lots of butter and buttermilk from leftover milk.
Finally someone doing true journalism. Answering the questions we forgot to ask.
Best article this week!
Pigs would rather give themselves to make tasty hams and bacon.
Everyone has their own role to fill.
I would assume they also dispense water.
“By smearing pig poop on his jacket”
So that’s where Nancy Pelosi has been.....
She’s been following this guy around!
Because it is hard to get a bucket under them?
“If you get kicked by a goat, you’ll get bruised”
And you’ll get a broken heart.
Never get in the ring with a sow.
Dirty fighters.
I don’t even like cow milk— unless there is chocolate in it.
Burning questions dude, Burning Questions...
Yeah, but there ain’t nuthin better than weasel squeezins.
You just grab yourself a weasel and give him a few squeezes!
Put it on your flapjacks or your taters or your escargot.
You don’t hurt the weasel. Just give him a couple o squeezes.
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