On food and cooking the science and lore of the kitchen ( PDFDrive ) 31

contribute to heart disease Happily the last few years have brought a correction in the view of saturated fat, a reaction to the juggernaut of mass production, and a resurgent interest in full-flavored dairy products crafted on a small scale from traditional breeds that graze seasonally on green pastures Milk and Health Milk has long been synonymous with wholesome, fundamental nutrition, and for good reason: unlike most of our foods, it is actually designed to be a food As the sole sustaining food of the calf at the beginning of its life, it’s a rich source of many essential body-building nutrients, particularly protein, sugars and fat, vitamin A, the B vitamins, and calcium Food Words: Milk and Dairy In their roots, both milk and dairy recall the physical effort it once took to obtain milk and transform it by hand Milk comes from an Indo-European root that meant both “milk” and “to rub off,” the connection perhaps being the stroking necessary to squeeze milk from the teat In medieval times, dairy was originally deyery, meaning the room in which the dey, or woman servant, made milk into butter and cheese Dey in turn came from a root meaning “to knead bread” (lady shares this root) — perhaps a reflection not only of the servant’s several duties, but also of the kneading required to squeeze buttermilk out of butter (p 34) and sometimes the whey out of cheese Over the last few decades, however, the idealized portrait of milk has become more shaded We’ve learned that the balance of nutrients in cow’s milk doesn’t meet the needs of human infants, that most adult ... buttermilk out of butter (p 34) and sometimes the whey out of cheese Over the last few decades, however, the idealized portrait of milk has become more shaded We’ve learned that the balance of nutrients in cow’s milk doesn’t meet the. .. woman servant, made milk into butter and cheese Dey in turn came from a root meaning “to knead bread” (lady shares this root) — perhaps a reflection not only of the servant’s several duties, but also of the kneading...In their roots, both milk and dairy recall the physical effort it once took to obtain milk and transform it by hand Milk comes from an Indo-European root that meant both “milk” and “to rub off,”