Am I the only one...

RingOfFire11 · June 2012

..who shakes milk before pouring? MH just asked why I did this. I realize I ALWAYS shake milk before pouring it for her or myself. Not a vigorous shaking but kind of a slosh shake. I searched the carton and it doesn't say to do so anywhere. Am I a weirdo? Does milk even settle? I have no idea why I've always done this..

justme04 · June 2012

Nope I do it all the time. I dont even know why I do it but I just do. My college roomy noticed it and told me it was an annoying habbit. So for the sake of continuing to get along I tried to stop...and I couldn't.

Jills83 · June 2012

I don't shake it, but I smell it every single time. Even if I just poured a glass an hour before I smell it again. I have an extreme fear of spoiled milk.

I think the organic WCM carton says to shake it.

Sunidaze · June 2012

I don't do this...but I do smell milk every time before pouring. This started when years ago, I took a swig out of a carton (the little single serving size) and it had gone sour way before the expiration date. Lesson learned (nothing like spewing sour milk all over everything at work).

just kita · June 2012

I shake it too, and sometimes smell.

gymnst1013 · June 2012

Nope I do as well. Always have. Regular milk doesn't need shaken but we have recently been getting non-homogenized and that definitely does need shaken. It's sooooo good though!

wendy46001 · June 2012

gymnst1013:
Nope I do as well. Always have. Regular milk doesn't need shaken but we have recently been getting non-homogenized and that definitely does need shaken. It's sooooo good though!

^This. I grew up shaking the milk and still do it to regular milk even though its not needed. Funny how some habits just stay with you

mamarazzi528 · June 2012

I always shake!

MommaG123 · June 2012

Y'all are crazy... I've never shaken milk before. But we always get homogenized milk.

I'm a freak about the date though... even though it's a sell by date I won't drink the milk within a couple days before the date.

Telly21182 · June 2012

I do it too! I also have no idea why, but it's just something I've always remembered doing! I kind of vigorously shake though.

ETA: I think it stems from when I was a kid I loved to scoop the milk bubbles out with a spoon, so I always shook the milk to get more bubbles!

baseballcr8zd · June 2012

You know what, now that I think about it I do the same thing and I don't know why!!

amypogg6 · June 2012

I've never known anyone to shake. That's funny to me.

Andrea52408 · June 2012

Jills83:
I don't shake it, but I smell it every single time. Even if I just poured a glass an hour before I smell it again. I have an extreme fear of spoiled milk.

This exactly!

RingOfFire11 · June 2012

Well, good to know I'm NOT the only one who shakes for no apparent reason, lol.

I realize I'm a "smeller" too.

waterfall11 · June 2012

I remember shaking the small cartons in elementary school but I don't shake the jug. DD does shake her sippy before drinking milk.

march2008 · June 2012

I do not and I've never heard of anyone shaking their milk!

nfrtny · June 2012

I Only shake the single serving chocolate milk. But like other PPs I'm a weirdo about expired/close to expired milk and food. I smell the milk every time. Same with cheese, yogurt, sour cream, cream cheese....

sunshine336 · June 2012

Andrea52408:
Jills83:
I don't shake it, but I smell it every single time. Even if I just poured a glass an hour before I smell it again. I have an extreme fear of spoiled milk.

This exactly!

Same here- I've been burned before.

cyclek8bride · June 2012

I shake, but I secretly hope it is partially frozen. Shaking make the ice crystals break apart nicely.

It's dumb because we don't keep our fridge that cold. When the power would go out in the winter in NH when I was a kid, we would put everything in coolers outside and the milk froze. Yeah the power would go out often enough that I hoped for frozen milk. Our fridge would also get freezing sometimes. I don't remember it ever getting warm.

Hallil · June 2012

<----------Milk shaker.

saunderslm2 · June 2012

I shake the milk because my mom does, she shakes it because her mom did - my grandma shakes it because she had to back in the day. MH shakes the milk to make fun of me .

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