separating so, no... But, raw milk, I could imagine it being necessary.

(wait, I take that back - except soda pop)

I recall that we had milkman shaped bottles delivered. Not homogenized, so the cream was poured off for coffee and other uses.

I had forgotten about this.

The milkman doesn’t leave yours on the porch in glass bottles?

On edit, I just remembered something: My son was born in the late 80s and had red hair, even though his Mom had dark black hair. He had heard people joke that “the milkman must have had red hair.”
Someone asked him once when he was about 4 years old where he had gotten that red hair, and he replied that it came from the milkman. Of course the whole room burst into laughter.
Later that day he walked in to where my wife and I were sitting with a quizzical look on his face and said, “What is a milkman?

I think. Now I need to go back and read it again.

I was reflecting on the fact that I am old enough to remember when milk only came in glass bottles. The ultimate recycling, since you had to leave the empties on the porch with your note to the milkman of what you wanted delivered that day.

but as a kid in England I remember shaking the bottle to dislodge crows who were pecking through the foil on top (milk was delivered and left on doorstep)

We had milk delivered it was put in a metal box on our porch.

That was to keep it from freezing before you brought it in.

But I remember the milkman delivering...and later in 1990 in England we had milk, eggs, and cheese delivered again!

I have seen a thin layer of cream rise to the top of homogenized whole milk on a few occasions, so I still shake.

And for the same reason, we have a milk cow. I do recall as a youngster the milk being delivered in bottles and trying to get to it first in mornings to get the cream for my oatmeal
....

We are not "survivalists" but we grow almost all our own veggies, raise chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys and goats, we milk a cow and the goats. We also raise our own beef...

Quart jars and have us kids sit on the floor and roll the jars back and forth to each other. It was fun, and it made butter surprisingly fast.

and still do. Remember the little cartons at school. Wife asks me why I shake the carton and I just say because I always have.

Shaken chocolate milk is the bomb

I've never even heard of that

I guess I'm not senior enough, even though I'll be 64 next week.

Born too late I guess

My kids think I'm old

I've always drunk homogenized milk.

not only because we used to get farm fresh milk/cream but because I want to see if it's still usable. I don't drink milk but I use it for cooking and it sits for a day or more when I have it around. By shaking it I can see that bubbles still form which means it hasn't turned yet. I hate the smell of spoiled milk so I'd rather look at it rather than smell it first. Sometimes, when not quite certain, I'll even pour a little in the kitchen sink to see the texture.

snack milk came in pint, glass bottles with a paper top. There was always a layer of cream that meant we shook it before removing the top.

I stopped shaking milk when it was pointed out that it no longer served a purpose.

And mine is Almond Milk.

When I was a kid, my Mom and I would walk to the dairy carrying bottles (we didn't have a family car). At the back door in the alley in the evening, they would dump the blue milk. It was white but tinted blue. It had something to do with the cow's diet. It was considered unsellable and they would dump it in a drain behind the dairy. If we used our own bottles, the guy would let us fill our bottles for free.

doesn't need it, but I disagree. 2% milk isn't likely to need shaking.

And like poster above said, I like the bubbles.

While I have no scientific proof, I believe milk that does not bubble nicely when shaken, is spoiled or just beginning to spoil.


Now, tell me why smokers always tamp their Marlboro cigarette pack before opening? Used to work in a grocery store, many moons ago, that sold a lot of cigarettes. Every fool that bought Marlboros had to tamp down the pack like part of a ritual.

It may have loosened up during shipping and handling.

Former smoker.

that it needs to be shake. So, as of two weeks ago - yes.

Oh, and I am using it for my cereal. Coffee is half and half.

And, no.. But I DO shake the OJ.

Yesteryear.

Old, lactose intolerant. Don't drink milk don't shake my beer either.

But yes I shake it to see if it's chunky, I am so used to shaking milk before I use it I end up shaking the almond milk too.

Cool, both literally and figuratively.

Also, shaking all liquid containers is a sure way to see if the cap or lid is on tight.