Ash and Will

Ash and Will
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Monday, May 13, 2013

got milk?

it was the best of times, it was the worst of times....

depending on who you ask... : )

on saturday we had to run a number of errands in preparation for moving.  part of that required going to a walmart type store for a variety of items.  walmart was, indeed, the chosen one, and we decided since we weren't planning to buy too much in the way of groceries this week, there was no reason to not just buy our food there as well (since we've been upgraded to a super center and all!).  we found just about everything we were looking for there, and it was nice to have just one stop since every extra stop meant more time in the hot car.  (worst of times for both of us, for sure.... at this point we hadn't showered and hot and sticky is only magnified at that time.)

we buy two gallons of milk every week.  sometimes we go through a little faster, sometimes a little slower.  it just depends.  we must have had enough of the "old" milk from last week to get us through saturday still.  i'm not sure what will had on his cereal yesterday morning... but by the time we were adding splashes of milk to our dinner recipe we were for sure to the new walmart milk.  by the time we were sitting down to eat we were doubly for sure to the new walmart milk.

now, if you didn't know this little tidbit about us, let me let the cat out of the bag: we share a cup.  every meal that we eat together, we just share.  why not?  that's cutting our cup load in half!  it's just how we've done it for about as long as i can remember.  no silly germs ideas stop us.  we kiss... what's the difference?  we will, however, use separate cups when we're eating with other people - at our house or anywhere else.  it's just how it's done....

back to the new walmart milk.

will had poured some milk and had a drink of it before i had had any.  he said something like, "i don't know that that's really fat free milk....."

"really???!!!!!"

"yeah, it tastes more like 1% or 2.... maybe even whole?"

i hurried and took a drink.  he was right.  it was most definitely not fat free milk.

walmart does this cute little thing and labels their fat free milk as 0%.  well this certainly isn't 0%!  i don't really remember having whole milk before, so maybe it would be totally obvious to someone else.... i can't decide if i think it's 2% or whole.... last night i though 2... today i might be leaning towards whole...


well to will this is like the worst of times.  to me this is like the best of times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i always love going to things where they provide milk because no one ever provides skim milk.  it's at least 1% and that's like a treat to me!  i'm not picky, i'll take 1 or 2!  and if this stuff is whole, it's a nice treat too!! : )  i grew up on skim and i know it's healthier (and cheaper), so that's what we buy consistently.  but i absolutely love the taste of anything above that.  including cream... : )

will said last night that he was tempted to water it down.  i'm sure i had a look of panic when i asked if he meant the whole jug.  he said no, just in a cup for himself.  he didn't do it, but i had a hard time bearing the thought of someone adding water to milk that creamy white and beautiful! : )

we can't tell for sure if the other gallon is skim or something else, but we're thinking it looks awfully milky white... and pretty... : )  i asked will if he took them off the shelf from right next to each other.  he said he hoped not.  i said i hoped so!

he also said he felt like he needed to go brush it off his teeth... ha  i think he's ok with 1%, but whatever this is is taking it too far for him.

soooo..... whoever, whenever, however.... someone made a little bit of a mistake and packaged the wrong milk in the wrong jugs... or put the wrong sticker on it?  but i plan to savor and enjoy my milky treat all week long!!!

will will have to endure.... that or water his down when i'm not looking... : )  it might be a long week for him...

5 comments:

  1. We buy whole for Connor right now. You should have sneaked a sip while you were here. Or did you? :)

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  2. Hahaha that's hilarious! It's been a divisive subject in our family my whole life. I also HATE 2%. 1% is my favorite (it's just right for washing down chocolate!) but I drink skim because of the healthier/cheaper thing as well, but Marissa hates skim and refuses to drink it. But the universal thing about Howeses I think is that we all love milk... besides Russell. :)

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  3. I think one time in Provo, Macey's had a interesting version of skim milk too . . . I can't remember what it was called, but it was something like enhanced skim (but it definitely tasted like 2% or whole).

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  4. Great story...

    and you share a cup? No idea. You look so normal on the outside and now we know what's really going on. :)

    Enjoy your "treat". I didn't know you liked fatty milk, but I guess now that I think about it I remember you drinking half n half out of those little things at McDonalds when we were kids. Now that's letting the cat out of the bag. I didn't like the taste, but I do remember you did now that I think about it.

    Braum's skim milk is richer too, but that's due to a different form of processing it. But we both don't have Braum's right now.

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  5. During my first couple of years at college I always bought whole milk . . . until I realized that I was drinking more cream than I ever had growing up since we always poured off the cream and saved it for well, putting on our cereal and whipped cream etc. I switched to 2% after that and it's been all downhill after that. I blame my nutrition classes. Sigh. Real cream and butter is where it's really at. (Sorry that Will/Bill grew up to be the skim milk guy).

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