Hey man, pass the unpasteurized milk
As I’ve said before (specifically regarding helmet laws and seat belt laws), you have a right to be stupid:
It isn’t quite like bootlegging moonshine, but Kate Heidorn, a 41-year-old mother of two, has to keep her supplier a secret when she talks about the illegal liquid she craves and claims she needs.
Because in Tennessee, getting raw, unpasteurized, straight-from-the-cow milk is illegal. And some say harmful.
Heidorn’s source could be fined up to $500 or face a misdemeanor criminal charge if the state Department of Agriculture discovered which farmer was selling her unpasteurized milk.
Apparently, raw milk has been linked to illness and death. I wouldn’t drink it personally but see no need why others shouldn’t be allowed. Farmers do it all the time. If you’ve ever had milk straight from the cow, then you know it’s warm and icky (at least I think so).
December 29th, 2004 at 7:54 pm
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Over at Say Uncle there’s this post about a Tennessee law against selling unpasteurized m […]
December 29th, 2004 at 3:30 pm
Never drank it straight from the cow, because I don’t like it warm, but growing up, we got milk from my great-uncle’s milk cow, unpasteurized. Whole milk from the grocery store has NOTHING on whole milk fresh from a pampered little Guernsey cow.
For one thing, even “whole” milk at the market has butterfat (cream) removed down to the minimum specified by the government, because the excess cream can be sold at a greater profit. Second, freshness is always questionable. I knew without a doubt that the milk I drove over and picked up today was no more than 24 hours old.
Wish I knew where I could “bootleg” some of that stuff again…
December 29th, 2004 at 3:48 pm
I’m not sure what the big deal is. In blind taste tests on things like milk, beer, etc., people are unable to tell the difference between pasteurized and unpasteurized.
December 29th, 2004 at 3:54 pm
Country food
Over at Say Uncle there’s this post about a Tennessee law against selling unpasteurized milk.
Me, I usually agree with those guys at Say Uncle, but here I kind of part ways.
I was raised in the country, offspring of country type people. Sure, w…
December 29th, 2004 at 4:08 pm
Reminds me of an episode of the Britcom “Chef!” which was built around the title chef searching the English countryside like a criminal for unpasteurised Stilton cheese. (Stilton is *supposed* to be unpasteurised, for riper flavor, but the English government had made it illegal to sell.)