I don't know about anyone else, but we drink a lot of MILK:
I'm talking a Gallon a day.
As I was growing up, I'd go to the store with my mom. People would look at her cart full of 6 gallons of milk in disbelief. The inevitable, "WOW! That's a lot of milk!" would follow. Mom would always smile her little smile, and as the exclaimer walked down the aisle and out of earshot she'd turn to me and say, "Let's not tell them that we do this twice a week, ok?"
I have four brothers and a sister--all of us milk drinkers, even if my mom had to cajole Brothers 1 & 3 to drink it with chocolate powder. That's a lot of people drinking milk in one house. I thought everyone was that way. Give or take a few gallons.
Fast Forward to NOW. I still drink milk. I married a milk drinker. Our children are milk drinkers. (No comments on the baby, please.) =)
Last night we were on our last 1/2 Gallon. I went to the store and put our usual 5 Gallons in my cart and wheeled it through check out. As I was exiting the store a lady stopped me and said,
"Do you freeze your milk?"
*smiling* "No. We just drink this much milk."
"Really? How long does it take you to go through that?"
"We usually drink a Gallon a day."
"WOW! That's a lot of milk! I've been trying to decide if I need to cut back from 1/2 Gallon to a Quart."
*smile. Exit*
Really?
It never ceases to amaze me how many people do NOT drink milk. Ever. I understand those who are intolerant of it or those who genuinely dislike it. And it's not like our family never drinks anything else. Granted, we don't drink Coffee or Tea, and we only have juice and pop as a treat once in a while. But what about the rest of people?
Don't they ever have cereal?
Cookies?
Chocolate Cake?
PB&Js?
Isn't it just about the most refreshing thing in the world to wash down your dinner with a nice, deep swig of delicious MILK?
Why don't People drink milk?
WHY?!
