No more milk

I’ve broken up with the milkman! I got one five years ago. I liked the idea of getting organic full fat milk in glass bottles. But I sort of knew I had to steer away from dairy sooner or later. The carbon footprint is too high! And even with organic milk, I’m sure there are animal welfare issues. And I sometimes buy oat milk, mainly for vegan baking purposes, and I had occasionally also been using that for my breakfast. Oat with wheat sounds dull, but it’s ok, and I think I can do it long term. And I will just up my dose of vitamin B12 supplement. 

I did check out the merits of the various kinds of plant milk, and my conclusion was that oat is the best option. Although I can't quite remember now why that was. Soy and almond use too much water, I think. It makes sense! Oat is, as far as I know, endemic in north-western Europe and that's what you want.

Then the milkman left a letter in an empty milk bottle. He was retiring! That might be the moment to bail out. I emailed the dairy company. To no avail. And the new milkman took over. I had to sort it with him!

I’ve texted him now to cancel my order. And I’ve left the final cheque out. Plant milk, here I come! 

Out with the old, in with the new!