MSE Parents Club Part 9

Sami_Bee

Also Aless have you heard of robo dairies? they seem fab to me, not sure how easy it would be to get milk from one particular dairy (and it be pasturised) though

Sami_Bee

got-it-spend-it wrote: »

My concerns centre around this (taken from Wikipedia)


Ethical concerns

Vegans and some other vegetarians do not consume milk for a variety of reasons. They may object to features of dairy farming including the necessity of killing almost all the male offspring of dairy cows (either by disposal soon after birth, for veal production, or for beef), the routine separation of mother and calf soon after birth, other perceived inhumane treatment of dairy cattle, and culling of cows after their productive lives.[66]



And also the levels of anti-biotics and growth hormones in non-organic milk.

:doh: I forgot about the boy cows
FYI growth hormone is banned in the UK it 'may' be in products made in the USA but acording to the mark dolan doc I saw on bbc3 late last year there's almost non of it in uk products
I don't know about anti-biotics though.

also :eek::mad: at sugar's story!!

got-it-spend-it

Sami_Bee wrote: »

Also Aless have you heard of robo dairies? they seem fab to me, not sure how easy it would be to get milk from one particular dairy (and it be pasturised) though

To be honest I think that is probably a result of big supermarkets driving down the price of dairy, and dairy farmers needing to become more efficient.

I'm so glad I'm not a cow- producing enough milk for one little tyke is enough for me!

SeptemberBaby_2

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

As a rule, I don't rate Chinese Buffets at all, and certainly not somewhere to go as a couple!!! But as a large family meal it is great and the kids love it.

The one we are going to on Thurs has a big, no, massive chocolate fountain which is why DSS wants to go!!

Personally, I would NEVER eat anything from a chocolate fountain, horrible, unhygeinic, dirty things _pale_ just the thought makes me feel ill.

Its just that DH doesn't like Chinese :rolleyes:. So we tend to go to where the menu is more varied (and has a good veggie choice! ).

And a HUGE _pale_ to chocolate fountains from me too. I'm the same with dips at buffets! _pale_

xx

MadDogWoman_2

Millie's Mum - Katie loves her cups of tea, we get kids teabags from Tesco that are decaff and are vanilla flavoured - she loves them, but DH and I never get a full cup of tea when she is around as she likes to help herself once it's cool enough. She has her own tea cup.

My_Fathers_Daughter

Sami - at one of the supermarkets (I can't remember at the moment) you can buy local milk from a named dairy. More expensive but I like to buy it to buy local.
Alternatively I buy from our local farm shop when I go past so I know it is locally produced.




3 - personally I don't think a buffet is a romantic meal. You have to keep getting up (often individually if you don't want to leave your handbag or carry it with you) and the waiters are always ready to pounce the second your plate is empty! Personal opinion. xx




FWIW - gripe water seems to have settled the tummy of my trumpy 10 month old baby

got-it-spend-it

SeptemberBaby wrote: »

Its just that DH doesn't like Chinese :rolleyes:. So we tend to go to where the menu is more varied (and has a good veggie choice! ).

And a HUGE _pale_ to chocolate fountains from me too. I'm the same with dips at buffets! _pale_

xx

I don't really like any foods that people have 'breathed' on, if you know what I mean. That includes salad buffet at Pizza Hut, non-wrapped bakery products, those cubes of cheese in the supermarket etc. I just have a real thing about it . Chocolate fountains are definitely ick, unless it's a mini one at home and only family eating from it!

emlou2009

I keep forgetting to ask this! Why would you cook bolognese in the slow cooker when it only takes 20 mins on the hob?

BeenieCat

Why are chocolate fountains so ming? Surely people don't bite into the strawberry then coat it in choc, do they? _pale_

Sami_Bee

got-it-spend-it wrote: »

To be honest I think that is probably a result of big supermarkets driving down the price of dairy, and dairy farmers needing to become more efficient.

I'm so glad I'm not a cow- producing enough milk for one little tyke is enough for me!

probably but the cows do seem much happier to me (I know I'd pefer to be able to empty my boobies as and when they feel full rather than waiting for mr farmer to come and hook me up)

:rotfl:and I spend so much time trying to NOT be compared to a dairy cow

OMG why are the saturday's so slutty? am I just more bothered now I'm a mummy?