Re: Holiday Food NOW milk

Oh, yummy.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Holiday Food NOW milk


> USDA says cheese making originated in the Middle East. Travelers toting
> milk in skins made from the stomachs of camels. Residual rennet in the
> stomach curdled the milk.
>
> On Wednesday, December 31, 2003, at 12:38 PM, cathy carpenter wrote:
>
> > Quite frankly, I don't know, and I don't know if any studies have been
> > done. Your theory makes a lot of sense, though. Milk (of any sort) is
> > food for babies of whatever species, so after weaning, most have no
> > exposure to it. It may be that only in Northern Europe did peoples
> > exploit unmodified milk as a food source beyond infancy.
> > Cathy
> > On Wednesday, December 31, 2003, at 12:44 AM, Melody wrote:
> >
> >> Cathy: Why do you suppose this milk intolerance exists in these other
> >> populations? Is it because once they are weaned from mother's milk,
> >> there isn't a steady supply of it...so they rapidly lose whatever
> >> tolerance they have to lactose?
> >>
> >>
> >> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
> >>
> >> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
> >> --Albert Einstein
> >>
> >>  --- On Tue 12/30, cathy carpenter < cathyc@rnet.com > wrote:
> >> From: cathy carpenter [mailto: cathyc@rnet.com]
> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 16:03:24 -0600
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Holiday Food
> >>
> >> Most folks of northern European heritage can drink milk throughout
> >> <br>their lives, but the vast majority of the human population cannot
> >> <br>tolerate milk after the age of 5...they lose the ability to digest
> >> milk <br>sugar, lactose. The result? Very uncomfortable cramping and
> >> diarrhea.<br>Cathy<br><br>On Monday, December 29, 2003, at 04:16 PM,
> >> Jesse Bell wrote:<br><br>> Hmmm, must be the "Kraut" in me......my
> >> mother is German....but I just <br>> LOVE sauerkraut. And on my
> >> father's
> >> side...Scotch....so I love <br>> cooked cabbage too....and coleslaw. I
> >> just pretty much love cabbage. <br>> I cook it all the time...kids
> >> love
> >> it too...except for Robert's <br>> youngest, who is a very picky
> >> eater.
> >> She doesn't even drink <br>> milk.....now that's just WRONG. I can't
> >> imagine life without THAT!!! <br>> So I buy her the orange juice with
> >> vitamin C and D in it.<br>><br>> Jesse Rene' Bell<br>> Claremore,
> >> OK<br>> Zone
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