Hey so, I’m just wondering if you’ve ever come across another country where the milk isn’t Like That? Bc danish milk is pretty good, but whenever I go elsewhere, whether it’s Egypt or Germany, the milk is Like That. Is it just bc we drink more milk, therefore the industry has more money to make it better? I often think of this, and I was just wondering if you have anything to add on the subject? I’M CONFUSION!
hmm, i don’t really drink milk on its own anymore and it’s been forever since i had cereal in a foreign country... these days 90% of the milk i consume is with coffee and imo the taste isn’t super obvious when it’s in some type of coffee
I don’t think the difference is one of quality, though. I think it’s about what you’re used to and something that’s just slightly left of that feeling instinctively wrong, maybe?
The fat percentages also tend to be different in other countries. In Denmark we have skummetmælk, around 0,1%, minimælk, 0,4%, letmælk, 1,5%, sødmælk, 3,5%
In many countries, “whole milk” (3%-3,6%) and skim(med) milk (0,1-0,5%) are the standard options, so those are like the extremes. And I think in many countries whole milk is the default milk? So obviously that’s going to be VERY fatty if that’s not what you’re used to. Eg, I can’t stand milk fattier than letmæk if it’s for absolutely anything besides coffee.
(And it might also make sense to mention here that many countries don’t share our tradition of just straight up drinking milk from a glass every morning as a child, so perhaps the default milk types are more geared towards milk for baking, cooking, coffee, etc, rather than for drinking it on it’s own?)
Apparently I should be looking for semi-skimmed if I’m in the UK, since that’s supposed to have a similar fat percentage to letmælk.
In Southern Europe (and other hot places) I think there’s also some stuff with how they conserve the milk that’s different because of our different climates? And different cows probably produce milk with different taste depending on what their breed, what they eat, etc? But this is guesswork
I don’t know, I mean obviously in the Nordic countries we have a milk tradition that’s like. Overwhelming because drinking and eating dairy products has been necessary for survival around these parts so I think we just tend to be used to more options - and then when there actually are options in other countries, it can be super hard to figure out which type corresponds with your preferred Danish type since, like. I don’t know the milk percentages off-hand - well, after talking about this a few times, I’m beginning to, lmao - so even if a label says something about 2% and I can deduce that is the fat percentage I might not know that that is fattier than I like it, you know?
Either way, I assume it’s down to what you’re used to and not to do with the inherent quality of the milk.
Side note: You can get Danish milk in Germany, can’t you? Maybe only in the north. But I feel like you can?
