Re: National anthem etiquette

John Kane wrote:

Skitt wrote:
The UnInmate wrote:

When I was a kid we got raw, unpasteurized milk that....

the countryside) we mostly got milk that was fresh out of the cow....

When I was a kid I was told to go milk the cow....

Warm milk just from the cow tastes very different from milk that is
heated.

Cow teat warm milk provides a chance for men and women,
and children, to enjoy a taste of mother's milk, which
is taboo for whatever inane moral reason; ok for a baby,
not ok for older.

Raw milk is drooling delicious! A thought of raw cream,
raw buttermilk or raw butter, just a thought is enough
to make me slobber myself. Those who have enjoyed old
fashion hand cranked ice cream made with raw milk and
raw cream, well understand why.

Reminds me of a darling story which will cause some
to blush, most assuredly.

When our chicken flock fell in size because of our
eating our chickens as they age and slow down laying
eggs, we would select young healthy hens to hatch a
new bunch of chicks. To help, we would stick a finger
in fresh chicken crap, then mark an "X" on a hen's eggs.
Each day, we would turn her eggs over, X this day,
no X next day. Those who have barefoot stepped in
chicken crap know this leaves a stain which can
only wear off. This is hen-***-mucklety-brown,
a common color of farm kids' feet.

Turning eggs is important; this helps to keep the
embryo from "sticking" to one side of its egg making
for difficulty hatching; harder for the chick to break
out of its egg.

This marking is also important for nursing mothers.

When our girl is born, I take to alternate marking
one of my breasts with an "X" using an ink pen. This
reminds me to switch breasts; day old and fresh. Day
old is to be nursed first. Fresh becomes day old on
the next day. This helps to keep a mother's breasts
plump and full; easier nursing for a baby and lends
to a teething baby to not bite.

You ever have a baby bite a nipple so hard as to
draw blood? Then you know the value of making
nursing an effortless feeding. Sometimes I thought
our girl to be a vampiress, despite my X-ing.

However, I did nurse her until she was three, and
enjoyed a full set of sharp teeth. Some fault is
my own, surely; I should have weaned her when she
grew her fangs.

A late evening, my husband takes notice of my X-ing
and asks about this. I only need to make mention of
"turning eggs" for him to quickly understand. He asks,
"Which is yesterday?"

I point to an X, "Day old and the other, fresh. Which
would you like?" He looks me over, "Well, wouldn't be
fittin' to take our girl's fresh. Day old." With a
grin on my face, "You are on, bubba!"

Mammalian nursing is a gift of life. Clearly, without
mothers, we would not exist. This is stating the obvious.
What is not so obvious, without mother's milk, humankind
would not exist. Mother's milk is our lifeblood, early on.

There is much more to this.

Mother's milk, as we know, provides critical immunities.
Artificial milk, this is a recipe for poor health, maybe
even death of a child. Still, there is more. Nursing is
a bonding between mother and child. Nursing is a critical
form of communication and learning. A baby senses much
while nursing, senses stress, sadness, happiness and
certainly contentment of a mother. Emotional moods of
a mother does, ever so subtle, change the taste of her
milk, and a baby displays reaction. Somehow, a mother's
milk taste controls a baby's mood and behavior. This
displayed behavior is the early process of creating
a child's lifelong basic personality. Nursing is more
than just providing milk, nursing is the beginning of
a child's development of personality and ability.

Rub a tiny amount of honey on a nipple then nurse, your
baby will be cheerful and playful. Rub a bit of hot sauce
on a nipple, oh boy, cranky crying baby who refuses to nurse.
Can you guess a baby's reaction to lemon juice?

Chocolate sauce was our girl's favorite, just like her dad,
although he likes his with a squirt of whipped cream.

Might be those of us who have enjoyed raw milk from a cow,
find this milk to be more delicious, more desirable because
raw milk awakens very early memories of nursing mother. Might
be we simply taste the wholesome natural quality of raw milk.
Mother's milk, raw cow milk, taste, mood, all seem to be part
of a primitive instinct we humans enjoy and without this raw
primitive nature and mother's milk, humankind would not exist.

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Purl Gurl
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So many are stumped by what slips right off the top of my mind
like a man's bad fitting hairpiece.
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