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Why do people want raw dairy milk?
Some argue the pasteurization ruins nutritional value. It's too bad these people don't remember all the people dying from drinking raw milk in the past, but it's outside of our recent memories. It's sort of down antivax lane.
Flavor also. It just tastes different. OTOH, there's no reasonable way to ensure that it's safe when done on a large enough scale to be remotely profitable; most listeria is because the udders/teats are inadequately cleaned, and thus act as a vector for contamination.
This really isn't the case. If dairy products are well handled, cows are monitored, and there's routine testing then you can avoid the kind of disease outbreaks we had in the past. It's just cheaper to boil the shit out of milk.
I'd love to be able to get some to make cheese.
Raw milk cheese has exactly the same health risks unfortunately. Which is a shame because it's supposed to make better cheese.
No it doesn't.
Raw milk is illegal in Canada. Raw milk cheese is legal everywhere in Canada as long as it's aged at least 60 days. Though in Quebec, higher risk younger unpasteurized cheese is also legal. Unpasteurized cheese is also ubiquitous - available just about anywhere you can buy cheese. Anyone buying high end cheese is probably eating it without realizing it.
I think people mix up young and aged raw milk cheese. Aged 60+ days, the risks of pasteurized and unpasteurized cheese are about the same (very low but not zero). There isn't even any sort of pressure to ban them.
Because it's just plain better. I react badly to Canadian milk after it's been ultra-pasturized but I'm not fully lactose intolerant. I can eat and drink raw milk products without any issue in Europe.
People often scare monger over how dangerous unpasteurized milk is but it's only really problematic because of how unsanitary farms in Canada are allowed to be. A lot of the natural flora in milk actually aides in digestion and gut health.
Dawg I think you might be lactose intolerant.
yknow soy, almond, oat, etc non-milk beverages are seriously a great alternative with all needed nutrients...
Sure, in a pure form... but I can absolutely have lactose as long as I get the friendly microorganisms with it that help digestion.
Because my body seems to be only a bit impaired in processing lactose - having just a small helping hand with the natural sugar conversion from microorganisms that live in milk prevents any of the symptoms.