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Milk Shortages

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  • [Deleted User]
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    edited 1 October 2021 at 10:25AM
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  • coffeehound
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    Are the posters seeing shortages in London?

    FTR the local M&S frequently had supply problems with lacto-free well before COVID, both Arla and own-brand.  I don’t know why
  • MysteryMe
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    Nothing major my way still, thankfully.  I can still get my frozen junk and the parrot can still get his fresh fruit and veg.
  • MalMonroe
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    GingerTim said:
    Couldn't find any skimmed in the local supermarket so ended up using Whiskas' cat milk in this morning's coffee - surprisingly decent!
    It's actually probably better for you than it is for your cat. Cats are lactose intolerant and don't need milk, except from their mothers when tiny. It's just we humans who think milk is universally good. It isn't. I just don't fancy drinking something that's not intended for humans. . . . Good thing is that cat milk has vitamins. 
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    edited 27 August 2021 at 6:36AM
    MalMonroe said:
    GingerTim said:
    Couldn't find any skimmed in the local supermarket so ended up using Whiskas' cat milk in this morning's coffee - surprisingly decent!
    It's actually probably better for you than it is for your cat. Cats are lactose intolerant and don't need milk, except from their mothers when tiny. It's just we humans who think milk is universally good. It isn't. I just don't fancy drinking something that's not intended for humans. . . . Good thing is that cat milk has vitamins. 
    It may not be designed for any purpose beyond weaning, but that is not to say it doesn't have a nutritional content. Its also an incredibly cruel farming practice.

    If I went back to veganism I would struggle to get enough calcium or iron into my diet. The marshmallow side of me cannot imagine a life without tea and coffee on tap, neither of which I enjoy sans moo-juice. I wish I could be a better person and swerve it but if I try the person to ultimately suffer will be me.
    No man is worth crawling on this earth.

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    edited 1 October 2021 at 10:22AM
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  • Murphybear
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    GingerTim said:
    Couldn't find any skimmed in the local supermarket so ended up using Whiskas' cat milk in this morning's coffee - surprisingly decent!
    What did the cat have to say about that?
  • Farway
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    Murphybear said:
    GingerTim said:
    Couldn't find any skimmed in the local supermarket so ended up using Whiskas' cat milk in this morning's coffee - surprisingly decent!
    What did the cat have to say about that?
    Thought it was a purrfect solution :D

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  • GaleSF63
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    MalMonroe said:
    GingerTim said:
    Couldn't find any skimmed in the local supermarket so ended up using Whiskas' cat milk in this morning's coffee - surprisingly decent!
    It's actually probably better for you than it is for your cat. Cats are lactose intolerant and don't need milk, except from their mothers when tiny. It's just we humans who think milk is universally good. It isn't. I just don't fancy drinking something that's not intended for humans. . . . Good thing is that cat milk has vitamins. 
    Isn't the point about cat milk that it is made suitable for cats, presumably by taking the lactose out?
  • GingerTim
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    Murphybear said:
    GingerTim said:
    Couldn't find any skimmed in the local supermarket so ended up using Whiskas' cat milk in this morning's coffee - surprisingly decent!
    What did the cat have to say about that?

    He's more of a tea drinker, so didn't mind too much.
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