Yikes, the price of a gallon of regular milk, not organic was $5.29 today

[whistle]

...in my local super market and their brand name is only fifty cents cheaper. BushCo's economic failure!

[Robbien]

1. I have to go do our monthy grocery shopping tomorrow

and my stomach is in knots knowing that the sticker shock in the store will be horrendous.

[Warpy]

3. Even Costco is getting steeper.

Oh, well, back to beans and rice.

[whistle]

15. I've been on beans and rice now for most of the BushCo regime and I'm sick of it

[spotbird]

2. Every time I go to the store

prices have increased. Even cheap stuff is expensive, nothing necessary is on sale. It's amazing.

[lonestarnot]

4. EEEk. I have to go tonight. And fill up with gas. Ouch!

[MissB]

5. Well, we mostly drink soymilk so I haven't noticed a huge jump.

Some of the processed foods I buy (like mayo or olives) have gone up in price, but many of the staples I buy are on the outer edges of the stores and those haven't seen as much of a price jump.

[hfojvt]

6. that makes me feel better about the $3.65 I paid

when two months ago I was paying $1.99 IIRC.

[3waygeek]

7. Here in metro Atlanta, Whole Foods

has been holding the line on milk prices -- $1.29 per quart (that's all I use in a week). Other stores are as high as $2.29 per quart. It's probably a loss leader for them, but it works for me.

[msongs]

8. humans do not need cows' milk - the dairy industry is a huge welfare scheme nt

[whistle]

16. Are you suggesting we all go back to human milk?

[Atman]

27. Why do you need milk at all?

Human milk, cow's milk...it's for raising infants. Human infants, cow infants. When was the last time you saw a full crown cow or bull still nursing? Mammals produce milk to nourish their offspring and help them develop quickly. Once those offspring have done so, there simply is no reason to drink the stuff.

Unless you like to. It's still a free country. Kinda. Sort of.

.

[susanna]

30. Maybe it's sort of like a super-vitamin

that some adult mammals enjoy now and then. Maybe it all derives from the fact that European, northern-dwelling peoples realized it would keep them from hunger over long winters, got over their natural aversion, and adapted. Who knows?

I like at least one glass of milk a day in the morning. I used to drink three a day when I was a competitive gymast (9 - 15 years old.) As far as I can tell, I'm present and accounted for, my health is good, and I'm generally happy.

P.S. Do you eat ice cream? Just curious. (I don't - at all - yet I'm a milk drinker. Weird, I know. Waaaaay too much sugar in the ice cream for me.)

[Odin2005]

18. You said the exact same thing word for word in a similar thread a month or so ago.

Broken record, anyone? :eyes:

[whistle]

25. How about this for an economic trade-off to cow's milk?

<snip>
Does donkey dairy contain the key to longevity?

By Stephen Daniells

01/09/2006 - Donkey milk has been hailed as the secret of long life by a family in Ecuador, but is there any science behind claims for milk that is supposedly the closest thing to human milk?

The longevity of the world's oldest woman, Maria Esther de Capovilla from Ecuador, was put firmly in the hands of the nutritional wonders of donkey's milk. Mrs. de Capovilla passed away earlier this week at the ripe old age of 116.
Olivier Denys from Belgium's only donkey milk farm, the Asinerie du Pays des Collines at the Château des Mottes, told NutraIngredients.com that he was surprised by the admission.

"We know that donkey milk is very good for your health, for the digestion and intestine, but we hadn't heard that it extended lifetimes," he said.

Mr. Denys and his partner Marie Tack operate Europe's most productive donkey dairy, yielding between 2,000 and 3,000 litres of milk every year. Half of this production goes into the popular cosmetics range, offering customers donkey milk soaps, crème de bains, beauty cream, and face masks.

The rest goes into donkey milk, which is drunk without the need for pasteurisation.

"There's no need," said Mr. Denys. "Unlike cow's milk, donkey milk does not contain any bacteria."

Mr. Denys described the milk as whiter and lighter than cow's milk, with a lower fat content. Indeed, according to Fundamentals of Dairy Chemistry (B. Webb, A. Johnson, J. Alford, AVI Publishing, 1974) donkey milk only contains 0.6 grams of fat per 100 grams of fresh milk, considerably less than the 3.7 grams found in cow's milk.

But it's the protein content that makes it different from cow's milk, said Mr. Denys.

A study by Elisabetta Salimei from the Università degli Studi del Molise, Italy in the journal Animal Research (2004, Vol. 53, pp. 67-78) reported that the average protein content of the milk is 1.72 g per 100 g of milk, and was characterised by low casein and whey protein contents.

"Donkey's milk is the closest milk to human milk," said Denys.

And that has implications for a lot of people, particularly newborns, since there is said to be no threat of allergy, unlike cow's milk allergy that affects up to 4 per cent of all infants, with 90 per cent usually having grown out of the allergy by the age of three.

The milk also has 60 times the vitamin C content as cow's milk, he said, as well as containing vitamins A, D and E, and is a rich source of calcium and phosphorous, making it quite the nutritional gold mine.

And the milk contains immunoglobulins, proteins that function as antibodies and boost the immune system. This makes the milk very attractive to people with subdued immune function, like cancer patients undertaking chemotherapy, said Mr. Denys.

Amazingly, and perhaps irresponsibly, the Indian Journal of Medical Sciences (Vol. 53, Issue 11, p. 510) ran a news article in November 1999 entitled, "AIDS cure from donkey's milk? 'Immuno-stimulants in milk could provide cure for cancer, TB also'"

The lack of supporting science in the literature suggests that these claims were wishful thinking, and it seems unlikely that many self-respecting scientists would support such statements, but the statements from Maria Esther de Capovilla's family have seen interest in donkey's milk increase, said Denys.

The news also adds to a growing interest in other milk sources, with reports increasing for the possibilities of milk from animals ranging from sheep to camels.

Any potential success for donkey's milk appears to lie in the health and nutritional markets however, and the Asinerie du Pays des Collines does market its milk as a 'cure' of 28 bottles of 20 ml, one of each to be drunk each day to help boost the system. Sales are limited to a specific catchment area ranging from Amsterdam to Paris, due to the milk being frozen after milking. A monthly 'cure' sells for €55 (£37).

Another limitation is the quantity of milk produced. A donkey gives about two litres of milk per day, over three milkings, while a cow can churn out 40 litres in a single milking.

And despite having 84 donkeys in his drove, Mr. Denys revealed that only about 15 jennies are ever on active milk duty.

"It's niche," he said. "But our production goes up every year, and the market is expanding."

<link> http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?id=70256-donkey-milk-dairy-immune-system

[RB TexLa]

9. glad I don't buy milk

[tammywammy]

10. Yikes!

I'm glad I don't drink much milk, mostly need it for cooking and the occasional bowl of cereal. I bought a half gallon of organic last week and it was around $2.50

[Ghost in the Machine]

11. I live 12 miles from the Mayfield's Dairy and it's been $5.75/gal around here

for a while now. I was in town today and picked up a store brand that was only $4.09. My daughter came home from school, poured her a bowl of cereal, OPENED the milk... and poured out clumps. It's gone bad somewhere, and the expire date is next week. It's not worth the gas to go all the way back to town to complain. I live 12 miles from the town, so it would just eat up gas.

[The Straight Story]

12. If it goes much higher, I will milk my dogs

:rofl:

[fed-up]

13. what do you need milk for??? We gave it up after learning what they fed cows a few years ago nt

[whistle]

19. Did you also give up eating beef?

[fed-up]

31. I eat beef maybe once a month-for financial reasons-lots of beans & rice & rice & beans w/greens nt

[BamaGirl]

14. $5.50 here

not including tax with a big ass dairy five miles down the road. If I drive 30 miles and go to the commissary it's 2.89 with no tax and about 35 miles from that dairy. Btw, gas is about 2.55/gal here now. I don't remember gas being cheaper than milk except in the last few years. When you have three kids, 5.50/gal ends up being a lot of money. (Yes I'm one of those evil breeders!)

[PassingFair]

17. It's OKAY, people! Remember....

we've taken food and energy costs out of the economic equations now.

Not to worry!

:)

[whistle]

20. Soylent Green the healthy food made from plankton from the oceans of the world

[PassingFair]

23. !

[Odin2005]

21. The food prices are going nuts.

This is terrible for me since I'm a college student on a very limited income.

[whistle]

26. Yes, you are correct and this whole thread could expound on that as well

...but I consumme a gallon of milk a week on average as I drink it, use it in coffee, on cereal and cook with it. I have never had any problem with cows milk in my diet, so for me it is a staple which I rely upon in my meal plan and also as a way to maintain a balanced food budget. Thus, as milk prices have sored each week from $2.49 a gallon some eight weeks ago to this latest at $5.29, it just really sunk in that that milk prices have more than doubled in only two months. Early last year I remember that a gallon of milk was $1.99.

All food prices are rising and my food budget it now being stretched beyond my capablities to adjust without making major shifts in other areas of my personal spending or just eliminating certain food items altogether. Soymilk will not be a substitute for real milk.

By the way, what do our troops drink in the way of milk or other beverages in Iraq?

[MrMickeysMom]

22. And Wall Street is counting on "consumer confidence", eh?

Well, that'll be an interesting one to monitor here.

In our house, we do a lot of scratch cooking, drink soy milk, have a garden and are two people, (3 cats). :*

I do not see consumer confidence building as a result of our grocery bills. We're too busy buying the staples, not eating out more than once a month.

[Elspeth]

24. Hyperinflation...

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6575

As the house of cards comes tumbling down, the leading question on financial websites and blogs is how deep will the decline go. Will it stop at the level of the recessions of previous decades, including 2000-2002, with a decline that is reflected in the DJA of somewhere around thirty-five percent from its peak? Or will it be the “Armageddon” scenario which would take us to depression-level conditions? Of course there are multiple possibilities based on a decline somewhere between a recession and a depression that would share some of the characteristics of each...

What appears to be happening right now is that the Federal Reserve, which oversees the U.S. economy on behalf of the financial, corporate, and government elites, is deliberately trying to squeeze as much debt out of the economy as it can. It is doing this with interest rates that are high relative to actual conditions, while trying to avoid the Armageddon scenario...

And if you wondered where the Fed got the $34 billion in liquidity it pumped into the markets on Friday, August 10, you weren’t the only one. The answer is that the Fed has a secret room upstairs where it keeps a large “printing press.” It’s legalized counterfeiting, but as with any counterfeit money, if people accept it in trade it acts just like the real stuff—for a while.

The danger, which many commentators are pointing to, is that the Fed will ignite a hyperinflation, which may be what is happening and may actually be intentional because it devalues debt. It’s what happens when debt is used to pay off debt and is in fact an invisible tax. Such inflation is difficult to discern, again because of the government’s rigged statistics. The most important indicator to watch is the price of oil, which doesn’t show up in “core inflation.” ...

[Odin2005]

29. It's the 70's all over again.

Minus the good rock music.

[Lorien]

34. and the free press, the consideration for our fellow human beings,

the concern for the environment and education, the close friendships, the 40 hour work weeks, the fuel efficient cars, the crappy hairstyles, and the generally more enlightened and liberal mindset of mainstream America.

[KitchenWitch]

28. Trader Joe's - $3.49 - yesterday.

Hormone free!

[Lorien]

33. Man oh man, how I wish we had them here in Florida!

There's one in my home town of Columbus, Ohio. It's always packed. I bring home nearly a whole suitcase worth of groceries from there every time I visit!

[Lorien]

32. Yeah, here too. It's getting hard to find any item at the supermarket

that hasn't gone over $3. I buy Silk instead of milk (lactose intolerant), and even that's getting more expensive!

Some here have doubted how high the food costs are in some of our cities. I just got a new camera for my job, and I think I'll take it on my next trip to the grocery to document the prices here in Central Florida. Maybe we should all take notes and compare: Milk, loaf of whole wheat bread, bag of spinach, half gallon of orange juice, jar of peanut butter, box of raisin bran, and a frozen pepperoni pizza. Anyone in?