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That used to happen with ordinary silver top sometimes, maybe it depended on the time of year and what the cows were eating. My mum used to spoon it off and let us have 'top of the milk' on our pudding instead of custard. You never see it nowadays, not that I drink full fat anyway, but I suspect most milk is homogenised these days.

Yes, I think it is because it's all homogenised now. When I was a child and we had the milkman deliver it in glass bottles and leave it on the step the birds occasionally used to peck through the foil top to get at the cream on top.
 
You never see it nowadays, not that I drink full fat anyway, but I suspect most milk is homogenised these days.
You do still occasionally get it. I get both full fat for my OH and full skimmed for me (cant stand the taste of full fat these days). Just every now and then, when I try to pour from his newly opened bottle, it doesnt come out, because of the cream. I have to stick the end of a spoon in to get the glug of cream out before any milk comes.
 
When I was a kid gold top on porridge was v nice. Am pleased I have not got a sweet tooth :D
 
As a kid my older brother used to take me to a milk distribution centre 15 miles away to see one if his friends. We always ended up buying bottles of super full fat which was branded as 'Jersey'. We used to drink it because it was more 'healthy'!!!!!!!! Than regular milk. It had so much fat in it that if you removed the orange foil cap that you used to get on old style milk bottles and turned the bottle upside down nothing would come out. You had to take a knife and cut through the cream and stir it before the milk would flow. Very healthy indeed :(
That on cornflakes was one of my favourites 🙂 as a kid !
 
I wasn't thinking about the sugar and/or carb content I was thinking of the fat element and if more fat in the milk would be better for me as I am cutting back on carbs. But as I am not having much each day anyway I guess it probably wouldn't make much difference. Porridge ? Yuk !!!
Porridge is really good for breakfast if you can eat it as keeps you full for longer. Good with Skyr yogurt and Blueberries.
 
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