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Rant of the Week: 10/7/12-10/13/12
What A Bad Day Feel Like
If you must think, do not strain yourself
A brilliant piece of unquestioning journalism. The big reveal:
Holbreich recently did a study, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, which found very low rates of allergies among Amish children living on farms in Indiana. He says the reason may be because the children get exposed very early on to dirty environments, and to a variety of dust and germs. Even young kids are often in the barn, working with animals, and drinking raw milk.
“We think there’s something about milk,” Holbreich says. “That’s key, along with exposure to large animals, particularly cows.”
Scientists don’t know exactly what it is in raw milk, or in the barn, or on the cows, that helps boost the immune system. They’re researching that now. But Holbreich cautions against drinking raw milk or serving it to your child. It contains too many dangerous, disease-causing bacteria.
[Edit] H/T Art Sido.
Essay of the Week: 4/15/12-4/21/12
No accounting for taste
Sea Lion say “nom nom.”
http://hipandthigh.blogspot.com/2010/04/mega-sea-lion-vs-giant-octopus.html
Pumpkin Bashing
From Sippican Cottage I wandered over to this piece decrying the pumpkin as a threadbare monarch. Enjoyable even if you have no particular malice against pumpkins.
Rant of the Week: 7/5/09-7/11/09
This week’s rant of the week is on French food.
A Hot New Drink
India’s Hindu nationalist movement is launching a new soft drink made from cow urine.
Edit: The Times has a more detailed description of why they are doing this if you want to know.
I doubt most consumers have even noticed
As American dairy farmers increased their shipments of powdered milk, cheese and other dairy ingredients to foreign markets, their incomes rose. And the demand surge helped drive up the price of milk for American families. The national average for whole milk peaked at $3.89 a gallon in July, up from an average of $3.20 a gallon in 2006.
But now, demand for dairy products is stalling amid a global economic slowdown and credit crisis, even as supplies have increased. The result is a glut of milk — and its assorted byproducts, like milk powder, butter and whey proteins — that has led to a precipitous drop in prices.
The price of powdered skim milk, used in infant formula, dairy products and processed foods, has fallen to roughly 80 cents a pound today from about $2.20 in mid-2007. Other dairy products have declined as well. Whole milk at grocers has not declined as rapidly as wholesale powdered milk, but it has dropped to $3.67 a gallon, down nearly 6 percent from the peak.
While consumers are undoubtedly pleased by the lower prices, dairy farmers are struggling.
Before I read this article, I had not realized that so much milk was being exported. I always thought it was mostly consumed in house. Which I guess it was until recently.