Glass Bottled Milk
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polkanut
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My Uncle Gerald was a milkman. He worked for Sneider's Dairy, and had Northern WI and the UP of MI. as his route. He delivered to all the fancy resorts "Up North". Being in the heart of the "America's Dairyland", Wausau at one time had 5 dairies that did home delivery.
Oberweis around Chicago
I get Oberweis Dairy's glass-bottled milk delivered to the door. When I found out it was available in my area I jumped on it.
After delivery, the bottles remain in queue in my 1954 Crosley Shelvador until use. The milk IS different - especially when it is "Crosley Cold".
It truly made me reappreciate the simpler things in life...
I get Oberweis Dairy's glass-bottled milk delivered to the door. When I found out it was available in my area I jumped on it.
After delivery, the bottles remain in queue in my 1954 Crosley Shelvador until use. The milk IS different - especially when it is "Crosley Cold".
It truly made me reappreciate the simpler things in life...
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Oberweis Ice Cream is wonderful as well. I miss that from living in the Midwest. I would go to Byerlys in Schaumburg and pick up some milk and ice cream. Unfortunately they pulled out of the Chicago market...they were a tad pricey anyways and you could never do all your groceries there. Now the store is a Dominicks.
In Maine we have Smiley Hill Farm in Scarborough that sells milk in the glass bottles...half gallon size and you can even see the cows where the milk came from.
In Massachusetts Pulios in Salem sells milk in glass bottles and there is a difference in taste I think. They have great ice cream too. But my fave place is Richardsons in Middleton. Multi Orgasmic ice cream. Milk is in plastic bottles and get to see the moo's too. Hood I think delivers as well..or they used to.
In Maine we have Smiley Hill Farm in Scarborough that sells milk in the glass bottles...half gallon size and you can even see the cows where the milk came from.
In Massachusetts Pulios in Salem sells milk in glass bottles and there is a difference in taste I think. They have great ice cream too. But my fave place is Richardsons in Middleton. Multi Orgasmic ice cream. Milk is in plastic bottles and get to see the moo's too. Hood I think delivers as well..or they used to.
I remember milk in glass quart bottles being delivered to a little insulated embossed aluminum box on our rear porch in Connecticut in the 50's. Maybe sometimes it was in half-gallon bottles.
Here in the SF Bay Area I've seen "raw" unpasturized milk sold in markets in glass quart bottles. But that was about 10 years ago. Haven't looked recently. Personally I prefer plastic milk bottles to the cardboard kind. The milk seems to stay fresher longer in the plastic bottle. Not that I'm a big milk drinker, but sometimes it's nice to have some with cereal, with cookies, or for hot chocolate. So the last time I bought two gallons of milk, I used one and divvied up the other into smaller plastic bottles (used spring water bottles) and froze them. So I'll have whole milk ready for cooking or making yogurt as needed.
Here in the SF Bay Area I've seen "raw" unpasturized milk sold in markets in glass quart bottles. But that was about 10 years ago. Haven't looked recently. Personally I prefer plastic milk bottles to the cardboard kind. The milk seems to stay fresher longer in the plastic bottle. Not that I'm a big milk drinker, but sometimes it's nice to have some with cereal, with cookies, or for hot chocolate. So the last time I bought two gallons of milk, I used one and divvied up the other into smaller plastic bottles (used spring water bottles) and froze them. So I'll have whole milk ready for cooking or making yogurt as needed.
I remember the milk truck would come around and if In had been good I would get a chochlate milk or a small ice cream. Over the years I collected bottles from various local daries han have one that I keep milk in just because it seems to last longer. Thanks for the memories!
The rest of us have steps........
Delivered to my front stoop ....
Perhaps south shore of Long Island, transplated from Brooklyn?
(ducks and runs)
*WHOOSH*
The joke is that the north shore is Queens people and the south shore is Brooklyn, re-visited.
Delivered to my front stoop ....
Perhaps south shore of Long Island, transplated from Brooklyn?
(ducks and runs)
*WHOOSH*
The joke is that the north shore is Queens people and the south shore is Brooklyn, re-visited.
My grandmother in Des Plaines, IL had milk delivery until probably 1982. It was glass bottles (Hawthorn Mellody) until probably 1975, then cardboard 1/2 gallons (Wanzer or Borden) Other grandmother in Chicago never did...always gallon paper cartons of Hillfarm milk from Jewel. (that dairy was shut down after a salmonella contamination mid-1980s and was acquired by Dean Foods).
My mom bought milk for a long time at Harts Dairy (dairy stores in St. Louis with returnable plastic bottles either 1 gal or 1/2 gal) then just went to supermarket milk. When I was in college in Michigan early 1980s, the local milk store sold it in bags (Quality Dairy in Lansing). I thought that was very modern at the time. Detroit at the same time had two-packs of half gallon cartons very prevalent (in hindsight, interesting that different dairys changed their packaging at different times).
There's been some interesting research about milk pricing in different parts of the country where independent companies (Dean Foods) operate the dairies versus where dairies tied to supermarket chains (common in the Southeast...Kroger (Atlanta), Ingles (Asheville) and Harris Teeter (Charlotte) all operate their own dairies.
My mom bought milk for a long time at Harts Dairy (dairy stores in St. Louis with returnable plastic bottles either 1 gal or 1/2 gal) then just went to supermarket milk. When I was in college in Michigan early 1980s, the local milk store sold it in bags (Quality Dairy in Lansing). I thought that was very modern at the time. Detroit at the same time had two-packs of half gallon cartons very prevalent (in hindsight, interesting that different dairys changed their packaging at different times).
There's been some interesting research about milk pricing in different parts of the country where independent companies (Dean Foods) operate the dairies versus where dairies tied to supermarket chains (common in the Southeast...Kroger (Atlanta), Ingles (Asheville) and Harris Teeter (Charlotte) all operate their own dairies.
sudsdudeshane
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Toggleswitch~
LOL- Im busted!..yes, I grew up on the South Shore of Long Island, Babylon,Farmingdale in my younger years. My Mom and Dads family is originally from Brooklyn. I was born and raised on LI..and you?
LOL- Im busted!..yes, I grew up on the South Shore of Long Island, Babylon,Farmingdale in my younger years. My Mom and Dads family is originally from Brooklyn. I was born and raised on LI..and you?
I'm busted too!
Queens for 40 years..... and I'm on the north shore..
Queens for 40 years..... and I'm on the north shore..
exploder321
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Ingles milk is not cheap at all... I am lactose intalerante, so i don't drink it too much, but we only use 1% and thats hard to come by now...
Bi/Lo isn't cheap either (Greenville, SC)..
We used to have a Food Lion that had all the odd ball stuff (Like Cream of Rice, Fresh Start, etc) and they where always cheap...
Bi/Lo isn't cheap either (Greenville, SC)..
We used to have a Food Lion that had all the odd ball stuff (Like Cream of Rice, Fresh Start, etc) and they where always cheap...
sudsdudeshane
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Toggleswitch~
Mom now lives in Kings Park and Dad is in Lake Havasu City, AZ..I am in Orlando..<ugh>!..Boy, do I miss the simple things of NY...Newsday,buttered 7-11 rolls,egg sandwiches at the deli..and Shop Rite's can can sale! I have to order my Levy's Jewish Rye bread and RedPack tomatoes from Gristedes online.
Orlando hasn't quite caught up yet...=(
Mom now lives in Kings Park and Dad is in Lake Havasu City, AZ..I am in Orlando..<ugh>!..Boy, do I miss the simple things of NY...Newsday,buttered 7-11 rolls,egg sandwiches at the deli..and Shop Rite's can can sale! I have to order my Levy's Jewish Rye bread and RedPack tomatoes from Gristedes online.
Orlando hasn't quite caught up yet...=(
Glass Bottled Milk
I too, love the glass bottled milk! I wish it was still available! When I was growing up in Indiana, I vividly remember the little square aluminum box that sat on our porch. You would put your empties in the box and the milkman would replace them with fresh bottles the next morning. Don't get that kind of service anymore!
I too, love the glass bottled milk! I wish it was still available! When I was growing up in Indiana, I vividly remember the little square aluminum box that sat on our porch. You would put your empties in the box and the milkman would replace them with fresh bottles the next morning. Don't get that kind of service anymore!
exploder321
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I found milk in glass bottels at an upscale non chain store here while looking for decent yeast... $4.95 a quart... OMG.... This is the best milk ever... God, the 20 something year olds of today just don't know what they've missed out on....
rinso
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My father owned a grocery store, so we didn't have home delivery of milk. I do remember getting milk in little 8oz bottles at St. Anthony's School. They were delivered to the front foyer every morning by Rowland's dairy and placed directly in front of, and on, the radiator, where they sat until lunch time with sunlight shinning in through the windows on them.
Sister Mary Physicala Abusa would make us drink no matter what culture had become nurtured in it. To this day, I never did develop the liking for delivered bottled milk that the rest of you experienced.
Sister Mary Physicala Abusa would make us drink no matter what culture had become nurtured in it. To this day, I never did develop the liking for delivered bottled milk that the rest of you experienced.
Stoops are everywhere!
My mom (born in Omaha, and resident of Council Bluffs, Iowa since 1942 or thereabouts) has always called the front porch of our house the "front stoop". In fact, just tonight she was telling me about all the leaves on "the stoop"
I never saw glass-bottled milk (outside of movies and TV shows) until I moved to Seattle, but we had the same Robert's Dairy delivery guy from my earliest memories until I went away to college. By that time, we were the only ones in the neighborhood still getting milk delivered, and my Mom felt so bad about telling him we didn't need him anymore. It turned out that he was happy, as his old truck had a hard time getting up our hill (my hometown is quite hilly, and we live on the highest hill)
I used to buy the glass bottled milk here in Seattle, but I would always forget to return the bottles for deposit (and the deposit was hefty) so I got out of the habbit. When I moved out of my apartment, I took ten or so empty milk bottles in, and got quite a nice little payment for them.
My mom (born in Omaha, and resident of Council Bluffs, Iowa since 1942 or thereabouts) has always called the front porch of our house the "front stoop". In fact, just tonight she was telling me about all the leaves on "the stoop"
I never saw glass-bottled milk (outside of movies and TV shows) until I moved to Seattle, but we had the same Robert's Dairy delivery guy from my earliest memories until I went away to college. By that time, we were the only ones in the neighborhood still getting milk delivered, and my Mom felt so bad about telling him we didn't need him anymore. It turned out that he was happy, as his old truck had a hard time getting up our hill (my hometown is quite hilly, and we live on the highest hill)
I used to buy the glass bottled milk here in Seattle, but I would always forget to return the bottles for deposit (and the deposit was hefty) so I got out of the habbit. When I moved out of my apartment, I took ten or so empty milk bottles in, and got quite a nice little payment for them.
Dan:
Thanks. Who knew? *LOL*
Shane:
For me its a good bagel with a schmear and a glass of NYC water (from the mountains). Of course outside of NYC I miss the pace and want to slap people into 78 rpm or at least 45 from their usual 33.3 or 16! Of course regional accents are interesting too, but being from here, where just about everyone is a foreigner or a child or grandchild of one, we ALL have accents. I really don't hear them anymore.
Amazing to me also is the amount of gold worn ouside of my area. Here it will be snatched away! We also don't decorate with too much gold or natural (in color)wood.
Best way to get mugged:
Look UP and gawk at the skyscaprers, open a huge map, carry a vieod camera in a huge case and generally act as if revolving doors and escalators are new inventions. *LOL*
oh and touch the subway seat with your hand attempting to wipe it. Then go have a slice of pizza with your hand. SMART!
No offense intended or implied towards anyone. I'm just sayin'!
Thanks. Who knew? *LOL*
Shane:
For me its a good bagel with a schmear and a glass of NYC water (from the mountains). Of course outside of NYC I miss the pace and want to slap people into 78 rpm or at least 45 from their usual 33.3 or 16! Of course regional accents are interesting too, but being from here, where just about everyone is a foreigner or a child or grandchild of one, we ALL have accents. I really don't hear them anymore.
Amazing to me also is the amount of gold worn ouside of my area. Here it will be snatched away! We also don't decorate with too much gold or natural (in color)wood.
Best way to get mugged:
Look UP and gawk at the skyscaprers, open a huge map, carry a vieod camera in a huge case and generally act as if revolving doors and escalators are new inventions. *LOL*
oh and touch the subway seat with your hand attempting to wipe it. Then go have a slice of pizza with your hand. SMART!
No offense intended or implied towards anyone. I'm just sayin'!
exploder321
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I wouldn't make it in NYC...
The revolving doors would be bad enough..Never been in one
The milk i obught was soo good.. Plan to get more later
The revolving doors would be bad enough..Never been in one
The milk i obught was soo good.. Plan to get more later
You would too make it. Watch you wallet. Pay attention and don't give money to stanagers. Be alert as if you life depends on it. It just might. (Did we scare you yet? LOL).
Revolving doors: Hint:
It's a world made for right-handed people. Enter from the right side, push slowly and hold on for the ride. the handle will pace you. The thing revolves couter-clockwise (anti-clockwise for you Brits). Even if this was unknown, the handles with which to hold-on are located only on one side. This would be the first clue. (How's that for sarcastic and sardonic? *LOL* Ducks and runs.)
Ok (hanging) Chad, now we know where to take you and what to see when you come visit NYC. *LOL*
Revolving doors: Hint:
It's a world made for right-handed people. Enter from the right side, push slowly and hold on for the ride. the handle will pace you. The thing revolves couter-clockwise (anti-clockwise for you Brits). Even if this was unknown, the handles with which to hold-on are located only on one side. This would be the first clue. (How's that for sarcastic and sardonic? *LOL* Ducks and runs.)
Ok (hanging) Chad, now we know where to take you and what to see when you come visit NYC. *LOL*
