Posted on 03/15/2021 2:33:21 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A British farmer produces the world's most expensive milk - from horses and costing £13 a pint.
Frank Shellard runs the only farm in Britain to commercially produce the alternative dairy product.
He says he got the idea to cure his daughter's eczema.
Frank's family business Combe Hay Mare’s Milk has fourteen mares producing 12-14 litres a day to make milk, hand cream and lotion.
Frank says his mare’s milk is far sweeter, with a much lower fat content than cow milk - and says its drunk by over 30 million people around the world.
Frank, 62, got the idea for the business after seeing the product cure his daughter 30-year-old Alison's skin problems when she was 12.
Alison now works on the farm - where she is in charge of milking.
Mare’s milk is not designed to replace regular cow’s milk – but Frank says its health benefits mean everyone should be incorporating it into their own diets.
Hooch Wedding Photos Might Explain Why Meghan Left The Royals MoneyWise.com The Worst Failed Chain Restaurants That No One Misses by TaboolaSponsored Links He said: “It’s a lot more expensive - it’s probably the most expensive milk in the world at £6.50 for 250 millilitres.
“But you would be drinking it as a health drink – more so than putting it on your cornflakes.
“The ethics of it are fantastic, there are no chemicals used whatsoever.”
It says it even helped combat high cholesterol after he suffered a stroke last year.
Frank, from Bath, Somerset, said: “Doctors tried to get cholesterol down, but they were struggling.
''I started drinking a litre of milk a day – went back in and after about a month they couldn’t believe it had gone down.”
Frank says Combe Hay is the only business commercially producing horse milk in Great Britain.
He added they are the only ones in the world registered with the Soil Association which means all the milk they produce is 100% organic and without chemicals.
Frank had the idea to produce mare’s milk after his daughter Alison, who suffered from eczema, tried a skin cream made from the product in Belgium.
After using the cream and drinking the milk - Alison's eczema soon cleared up.
Father of three Frank then decided he ought to start up his own herd back in England – producing bottles of milk, hand cream and lotion.
Another cream is also in its developmental stage – which is combined with organic honey.
“Worldwide 32 million people drink mare’s milk – including a lot of Mongolians,” Frank said. It then moved through the continent and into Europe.”
Combe Hay has customers across Great Britain, from Cornwall all the way to Scotland.
If people want it and he can make a living selling it more power to him.
My kids milked the donkey one time and said the milk was pretty good.
Boy! am I an idiot. I used to walk a quarter of a mile in the morning to milk my Uncle’s milk cow. There were horses all over the place. Not once did I ever consider milking a horse. This guy’s made a business of it.
They dig that in Japan...
The price of inscrutability....
I wonder if the milk has that nasty smell of a horse?
I vote nay.
What? No stallion milk? What if the stallion feels that he’s a she. You won’t even milk him then?
Mongols used to use it as a staple.
He identifies as a cow. Milk him.
The horse doesn’t appear too happy in that picture, and I guess I can’t blame her, considering where that guy has his hand.
The thing is, if someone would just tell her that one swift kick would put a permanent end to the sexual abuse, at least with that guy, she could be much happier.
lol....I actually have seen plenty of bulls being “milked”. Get some huhu involved and they will come running. BTW Very good looking bull.
Just so we’re clear... mares, right?
“I vote nay”.
While I vote neigh...
;)
Somebody needs to be sure they are not stallions!
The thing is, if someone would just tell her that one swift kick would put a permanent end to the sexual abuse,
What sexual abuse are you talking about? Mares get hand milked out all the time when foals get sick and stop nursing, and every mare i’ve ever relieved her pain and suffering of a full bag appreciated my assistance.
Or, are you, a moron pervert that has no clear thoughts about things of which you are ignorant? Better for others to just think you’re a fool than making well known to all.
Good morning.
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