Those Darned Amish and Quakers Are At It Again

[heironymouspasparagus]

Raw milk!!!  YUMMMM!!!  With the cream on top!  Best thing in the world!! 

And we have a wonderful source for it right here in NE Oklahahoma!  Have bought from them for years - about 15 or so.  And their homemade cheese is fantastic, too.
And cheaper than WalMart!  At least a few weeks ago when I was there...

http://www.tiawah.com/swandairy.htm

[Red Arrow]

I remember non-homogenized milk from when I was a kid but it was pasteurized.  Mom and dad would swipe a bit of the cream off the top for their coffee.  If we just wanted a glass of milk, we had to shake the bottle first.

[Hoss]

I remember non-homogenized milk from when I was a kid but it was pasteurized.  Mom and dad would swipe a bit of the cream off the top for their coffee.  If we just wanted a glass of milk, we had to shake the bottle first.

I can vaguely remember as a child while I was living at 14th and Elgin (no longer exists now, it's part of the IDL) us taking milk deliveries.  Early seventies I'd believe.

[Conan71]

The cheese curds from Swan's are top notch.

We used to get front door delivery of Carnation, I'd guess up to about 1978 or so.  Not sure at what point they quit.  I think Page, Meadow Gold, and Carnation all had route trucks back in the day.

[Hoss]

The cheese curds from Swan's are top notch.

We used to get front door delivery of Carnation, I'd guess up to about 1978 or so.  Not sure at what point they quit.  I think Page, Meadow Gold, and Carnation all had route trucks back in the day.

I'll have to ask mom which one they took..I think it was Meadow Gold, but I am not 100 percent sure.

[Red Arrow]

We got home delivery until sometime into the 60s.  Milk was delivered in glass bottles with foil tops.  The scrap foil they punched the tops from could be used to make Christmas star decorations.  The dairy was a local one in the Philadelphia area, Wawa Dairy Farms.  One of our elementary school field trips was usually to Wawa. 

[heironymouspasparagus]

Red,
You can still have that.  Just the occasional drive to Claremore.  We buy several gallons and freeze all but one.  Works like a charm.

The old milk delivery we got came in a brown bottle - I think it was Meadow Gold.

And in school, they had the little glass bottles with the cardboard pop top.  Stick a pencil under the edge of the little tab on top and pry it up.  Then grab and pull straight up.  Wow,...can't believe I remember that...

WaWa seems to have expanded into convenience stores.  Got family that works there in Maryland.

[guido911]

We got home delivery until sometime into the 60s.

They still had milk delivery while the Civil War raged on?  

[heironymouspasparagus]

I knew guido had to be kind of a young guy.  No tradition of home milk delivery...

I think Schwann's still does milk delivery as well as a bunch of other stuff.  Never have tried them.

[guido911]

I knew guido had to be kind of a young guy.  No tradition of home milk delivery...

I think Schwann's still does milk delivery as well as a bunch of other stuff.  Never have tried them.

Oh we had milk and cloth diaper delivery service when I was young. I have been using Schwan's twice a month for about two years. Generally good stuff, but I am not aware of their selling milk.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Don't know what the sell - never used them.  Only one I know who does gets ice cream, he says.  I prefer Braum's.

[guido911]

Don't know what the sell - never used them.  Only one I know who does gets ice cream, he says.  I prefer Braum's.

http://www.schwans.com/?kwid=searchggMIS090510-pcrid-5519728937&dmg=3320

[heironymouspasparagus]

I guess that's why I don't use them.  Can't see spending cash like that.  Would rather just eat out or shop and cook it myself.

Probably saves some time, though.  Just heat and eat.  Hmmm...may have to try it.

[Red Arrow]

Oh we had milk and cloth diaper delivery service when I was young.

Ah, you were a silver spoon guy. 

I don't remember what mom did for me or my brother but when my sister arrived, mom washed cloth diapers.

[Red Arrow]

And in school, they had the little glass bottles with the cardboard pop top.  Stick a pencil under the edge of the little tab on top and pry it up.  Then grab and pull straight up.  Wow,...can't believe I remember that...

WaWa seems to have expanded into convenience stores.  Got family that works there in Maryland.

We had the individual serving size (8 oz?) cardboard containers.  The ones that look kind of like a house.  You fold one end of the top back and get a diamond shaped opening.

Wawa convenience stores were around (since 1964 per the Wawa web site) but in our immediate area 7-11 was dominate.