semi-skim

[victor steinbok]

Of course, back then, milk was not adulterated with shark-derived vitamins...

VS-)

PS: In case you missed it, no, I'm not kidding. The two biggest dairy
distributors in Massachusetts Hood and Garelick Farms. At one point,
Hood put out TV spots that featured a kid making a face when told that
Garelick Farms milk had "shark liver" in it. Although GF had
repeatedly denied it, reports eventually surfaced that GF was adding
vitamin D supplements derived from shark fat. GF changed the approach
after that and now, once again, there is no more shark in our milk.

http://goo.gl/GQ1B8
http://goo.gl/O9FZE
http://goo.gl/Xu5bl

I could not find the video probably because it has been banned by a
court order back in 1996

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>
> At 2/26/2011 08:13 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>>So I was puzzled when I came across "semi-skim" milk.
>
> Time for my story.  Centuries ago, when my younger brother and I were
> both lads and both our parents worked, our family employed a
> maid/cook.  When we came home from school, she offered us cookies and
> milk -- asking "Do you want skim, or real?"
>
> Joel

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