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6. I've become a raw milk fan
Glass bottle, not pasteurized, not homogenized, cream on the top. Felt like I'd gone to heaven on my first taste, it was so delicious. Ummmm ...... SO delicious!
It doesn't taste like root beer, though, admittedly.
(I know there are issues about raw milk. I did a lot of research before I as willing to give it a try. I've been purchasing from the same small local dairy for about 7 months now and I gotta admit, I was pretty tentative when it came to that first live taste. My grandfather was a dairyman and my mom had a HUGE fear of what she called "milk fever"' that she passed down to us. But I made the leap and I'm not going back unless forced to. I strongly suggest that anyone considering raw milk be very careful and do a lot of research before making a decision to take that path.)
Your mother, like you, is a DUmbass. You can't get "milk fever" from cow's milk.
Milk fever is not a "fever" at all, it is a condition in dairy cows shortly after calving, when the cow's blood calcium level fall too low.
I grew up on a dairy farm, and if I had a nickel for every time I had to give a cow 1000cc's of calcium solution either intravenously or subcutaneous (in the stomach cavity), I would be retired today.