Almond Milk

Ruthanne said:
but now I am using flaxseed milk. I put them in my coffee.
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I had not heard of flaxseed 'milk' or beverage. I'm glad you mentioned it. I'd like to try it.

For myself, I have trouble with digesting dairy, so using these alternatives, to me is not a substitute for actual milk, (they are not milk)

yet they can be used in place of milk, in many recipes I would not be able to eat, otherwise.

I use them to cook or bake, such as for pumpkin pie filling, and they work fine. Usually soymilk for that particular one.
Pancakes also, are fine with it as the ingredient.
 

Btw, I wonder if these current beverages, are called "milk" not solely to compete with the market for dairy milk,
But partly from/due to, the older items that were called that, even many years ago, before all of the current 'health foods' became commonplace.

Such as, coconut milk, it was always called.

Only because it is white?
It's barely white, and no resemblance to dairy milk.

Perhaps many whitish appearing liquids from many plants, were called milk. Such as, the plant Milkweed … and the liquids that come out of some plant stems if you break them. Poinsetta? Those are not even eatable, so perhaps 'milk' is a more general term.

Today, it is somewhat misleading though, as many people originally (and some might still) thought it would be the same thing, to give to infants, etc.
We all probably agree that it is not the same thing at all,
whether we favor one or the other, for numerous reasons.
 
Kaila said:
Btw, I wonder if these current beverages, are called "milk" not solely to compete with the market for dairy milk,
But partly from/due to, the older items that were called that, even many years ago, before all of the current 'health foods' became commonplace.

Such as, coconut milk, it was always called.

Only because it is white?
It's barely white, and no resemblance to dairy milk.

Perhaps many whitish appearing liquids from many plants, were called milk. Such as, the plant Milkweed … and the liquids that come out of some plant stems if you break them. Poinsetta? Those are not even eatable, so perhaps 'milk' is a more general term.

Today, it is somewhat misleading though, as many people originally (and some might still) thought it would be the same thing, to give to infants, etc.
We all probably agree that it is not the same thing at all,
whether we favor one or the other, for numerous reasons.
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We used to be in the health food manufacturing biz...word to the wise, don't drink any almond milk if the carton is "bloated out" or expanded.
 

It's not milk, it's mostly water being poured on that cereal.

Chemical vitamins and minerals are cheaper in pill form
Less than 2% almond matter
Artificial thickeners
$4.00 a half-gallon is not worth mostly water

The FDA finally got after them for using the term "milk". Now, they can't use "Almond Milk", so they changed it to "Almondmilk"; new word.

Almonds don't lactate!
 
I'm going to try Aunt Bea's recipe for almond milk (post #11), am curious. Have never tried almond milk, I use soy milk instead but just for cooking for recipes that call for milk. Otherwise I would have to avoid LOTS of recipes.
 
PVC said:
When you really think about it, drinking animal milk is unnatural in many ways. Each animal's milk is designed for THEIR babies, not for humans. All creatures, humans included, are not evolved to drink milk past weaning. Wherever humans drink milk, the bodies are bigger and taller, and so their organs have to work harder to maintain that bigger body.
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I drink almond milk not because I think I'm getting a lot of almonds per serving, but rather because I grew up eating and drinking dairy products and my palate is accustomed to them. I like having a lightener in my coffee. Almond milk ain't cream, but sometimes good enough works out ok. Sometimes I want a bowl of cereal. Almond milk works nicely.

Most people who've moved away from dairy milk do so because of cardio-vascular and cancer health research, PETA type ethical reasons, or an inability to process dairy foods easily. All of the above caused me to leave milk behind. To be honest, almond milk is not much of a sacrifice.

Be warned, making almond milk is a tedious, messy process - I've tried it a few times just for giggles and happily returned to Aldi's $1.99 per half gallon - about the same price as dairy milk. We go through a gallon a week at the most, and it keeps for several weeks in the fridge. ( I bought some last Sunday, just checked the sell-by date. November 25th.)
 
Archeology shows that humans have been consuming animal milk for thousands of years, including adulthood. Some rather fossilized cheese was even found. I don’t particularly care what adults do or don’t want to eat, just don’t want to see nutrition misrepresented. I just find it ironic that people who choose not to eat animal products go to extraordinary lengths to try to create products that will replicate as closely as possible the tastes of stuff they don’t want to actually eat.
 
Geezerette said:
I just find it ironic that people who choose not to eat animal products go to extraordinary lengths to try to create products that will replicate as closely as possible the tastes of stuff they don’t want to actually eat.
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I have no problem with and actually like bacon, burgers, chicken, even liver. I just have a problem with their SOURCE, that is why I will eat stuff that replicates them. Been doing that since 1984 and offer no apologies.
 
I was shocked to find out that almonds can be toxic. A lot of the stuff we eat and use for cosmetics and drugs have toxic chemicals.
I've eaten handfuls of raw almonds that had a few bitter nuts, I had no idea those were poisonous. I do hope mine were leached!
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Certain Almonds are Highly Poisonous. You should know almonds come in two varieties, sweet and bitter, and the latter is highly poisonous when raw. Bitter almonds contain glycoside amygdalin. ... Processed bitter almonds though can safely be eaten as all the hydrogen cyanide is leached out during the heating process.
 
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Geezerette said:
Archeology shows that humans have been consuming animal milk for thousands of years, including adulthood. Some rather fossilized cheese was even found. I don’t particularly care what adults do or don’t want to eat, just don’t want to see nutrition misrepresented. I just find it ironic that people who choose not to eat animal products go to extraordinary lengths to try to create products that will replicate as closely as possible the tastes of stuff they don’t want to actually eat.
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We want to replicate the foods that we're accustomed to eating. Most Asians and Africans (who live in those parts of the world) don't drink milk past toddlerhood and aren't particularly interested in dairy foods - or replicas thereof because it's not part of their cultural food experience. Americans and Europeans are used to dairy foods.

Nutrition is misrepresented on a regular basis. Most commercially prepared foods are loaded with artificial flavors and colors. American processed cheese food (say what?) has virtually no dairy in it, white chocolate isn't chocolate at all. Can't imagine what the "cream filling" in Oreos is, but since they're vegan, it ain't cream. Most maple syrup is dolled up corn syrup.

Nut milks and meat substitutes have loyal customers who seek them out so manufacturers clearly label what the products are. I've never gotten the sense that they were trying to put one over on an unsuspecting consumer.

GMOs are a horse of another color.
 
RadishRose said:
Is it very different from water SS?
I've never tasted it as I don't like milk anyway, except in coffee or the rare bowl of cereal.
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It tastes like skim milk, only a bit waterier. As time goes on I drift further from the milk habit so I consume less almond milk now than I did almost 6 years ago when I moved to veganism.
 
StarSong said:
We want to replicate the foods that we're accustomed to eating. Most Asians and Africans (who live in those parts of the world) don't drink milk past toddlerhood and aren't particularly interested in dairy foods - or replicas thereof because it's not part of their cultural food experience. Americans and Europeans are used to dairy foods.
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Italy is a big cheese making and user country, yet humans don't drink milk past their weaning. I never drank milk until I came to this country when I was 12. My cousin told me that I HAD to drink milk for my health. I liked it and it didn't sicken me. Here's some stuff I just researched.
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It's possible that the first Aurochs were milked 8,000 to 10,000 years ago in two different parts of the world, since domestication is attributed to cow-milking, but it's likely that European farmers were the first. As such, humans have been drinking cow's milk for about 6,000–8,000 years.
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Not only are humans the only species that consumes milk in adulthood, but they are also the only one to drink the milk of other animals. Biologically, cow's milk is meant to feed a rapidly growing calf. Humans aren't calves — and adults usually don't need to grow.
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Cancers. Excess calcium from milk and other foods may increase the risk of prostate cancer . Milk sugars may be linked to a slightly higher risk of ovarian cancer. Milk from cows given growth hormones contains higher levels of a chemical that may increase the risk of some cancers.
 
Kaila said:
I had not heard of flaxseed 'milk' or beverage. I'm glad you mentioned it. I'd like to try it.

For myself, I have trouble with digesting dairy, so using these alternatives, to me is not a substitute for actual milk, (they are not milk)

yet they can be used in place of milk, in many recipes I would not be able to eat, otherwise.

I use them to cook or bake, such as for pumpkin pie filling, and they work fine. Usually soymilk for that particular one.
Pancakes also, are fine with it as the ingredient.
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I really like the taste of Good Karma Flaxmilk. I like the taste as compared to almond milk which to me leaves an aftertaste I don't care for, yet I do have almond milk too. The one I get has protein put in it too. Here's something on flaxmilk:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/vega...d-of-plant-based-milks-flax-milk-choices-diy/
 
Ruthanne said:
I really like the taste of Good Karma Flaxmilk
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That is interesting. Thanks for sharing about it, Ruthanne.

I imagine that like flax oil, then, it would not be the best choice for any baking or cooking.

That is solely guessing on my part, due to, I do use flax oil, on many foods, (instead of margarine or mixed in bowl of cooked hot cereal)
but I understand that the flax oil is not meant to be heated directly or too hot, and retains its benefits.
I also like the taste though many people might not.

I can put it on cold foods, or on hot foods, but after cooking or heating up, not prior to cooking them.

For baking, soymilk (one word ;) ) works great, if you prefer it to dairy for any reason.
 
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