Who remembers Milk Men

who here still remember when milk was delivered to your front door ?

I kinda do , we still had milk men when I was a kid , don't know when they stopped , some time in the 70's I'm guessing

even though our milk man was our neighbor , I don't think I ever once saw him delivering milk ,

did it early in the mornings I'd guess

but my question is , how long could the milk sit outside , before going bad

it was usually delivered early in the morning before people went to work , so it probably didn't sit out there to long

but like here in Iowa , in the winter , milk in a glass bottle sitting outside could freeze in 20 minutes

so what was the routine ? I'm guessing most of them came like twice a week , did you get up to meet them , or just worry about the milk sitting outside later...........lol

I do remember we had this white wooden box at the bottom of the step he would put the milk in , it was also a great box for keeping snakes and turtles in

anyways , I was just sitting here watching an old British comedy , and in the background you could see a milkman delivering milk to a neighbor , in the summer time ,and it just made me think

how long could that milk sit out there before it goes bad

I googled it , but got like 9 different answers

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/03/2024 08:28AM by IowaRam.