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The thing about milk

Today at the shops, I noticed that Made By Cow has a second range out now. Their original release was pure jersey milk, but now they have one with a blue label.

What was interesting is that it was obviously different, but how so?

I read all of the label but I couldn't seem to find any additional information about it, and it became a game of spot the difference. Finally, I noticed right at the bottom of the front label that is doesn't say jersey - it just says milk. Aha! So this is their "normal" cow range. But here's the plot twist: Made By Cow's own label doesn't specify the type of cow, but interestingly, the shop's price label said "FRIESN".

This reminds me of a conversation I had with friends not too long ago where some of them were saying how not all milks upset their stomach, but they weren't sure why. Again, I realised how little we know about the food we consume. A2 milk has been a thing for a long time but do people actually know what it means? It's just a different cow. Why don't we sell milk by cow type? Yes it's about maximising yield so you get mostly holstein milk with a small range of jersey, but there's nothing else. Let's generalise that even further - why are supermarkets still so boring? I want my french breakfast radishes, pine mushrooms, and lilly pillies.

Anyway... I like Baristart Coffee because they serve milk by cow breed.

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A small photoshoot

I haven't taken photos of things in a while, and I really should make use of my shiny new kitchen bench. So I got some fruit cake, and also found oysters I've never eaten before - the akoya oyster - which has an extremely pearlescent shell! It tastes pretty good too, the fish person described it being similar to a scallop in texture and that it did well steamed. While it's nice, I think I still like wapengos and coffin bays more, but these aren't bad!

I tried to save the shell, but they kind of dry out and started crumbling...

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April Post!

What a lame title but I feel like I should have a blog entry every month.

Been doing lots, and not posting anything! I should talk about the dream where I was an assassin's sidekick but all I wanted to do was visit a cafe. Single O appears lots in my dreams for some reason, could it be that it's my one true cafe love?

I also managed to set my BBQ on fire which was interesting, and extremely not fun to clean!

Hopefully I can post more in May, but we'll see!

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