Way OT: Sugar in Milk???

[KeithK7624]

My girlfriend is from Asia and she puts sugar in her milk. Over Christmas my family and friends kind of looked at her weird and she is convinced that this is the norm. Does anyone else drink their milk with a scoop or two of sugar? Or is this an Eastern thing?

 

[Upstream]

My girlfriend is from Asia and she puts sugar in her milk. Over Christmas my family and friends kind of looked at her weird and she is convinced that this is the norm. Does anyone else drink their milk with a scoop or two of sugar? Or is this an Eastern thing?

I know people who use sweetened condensed milk in coffee.

I also know lots of people who add sugar flavorings (usually in the form of chocolate syrup) to their milk before drinking.

But I've never seen anyone add a spoon of plain sugar to milk before drinking.

 

[jay_hq]

I don't see anything odd about adding sugar to milk. Nothing wrong with making it sweet

Now if sh added salt id be confused

 

[KeithK7624]

I know people who use sweetened condensed milk in coffee.

I also know lots of people who add sugar flavorings (usually in the form of chocolate syrup) to their milk before drinking.

But I've never seen anyone add a spoon of plain sugar to milk before drinking.

Exactly... Weirdo lol

 

[PhDKnight]

Milk is already full of (natural) sugar as it is, why would you need to add any?

 

[Upstream]

Exactly... Weirdo lol

I should add that I also know people who drink warm milk with honey.

I don't think I'd drink milk with added sugar. But the idea of sweetened milk isn't completely alien.

 

[saran]

Lowfat milk is even more sugary - a reason its worse for you.


Could low-fat be worse for you than whole milk?
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/oct/09/low-fat-whole-milk-usda-dietary-guidelines

 

[JMORC2003]

I don't see anything odd about adding sugar to milk. Nothing wrong with making it sweet

Now if sh added salt id be confused

What about salt on ice cream? Betty Draper's dad did that in Mad Men.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

People add chocolate syrup in milk.

So it is not that weird.

 

[spawnofsatan]

If she's good in the sack then she can put sugar on my milk anytime....

 

[rockyrutgers]

I use to as a kid

 

[NickKnight 1]

I use to as a kid

Forget about what other people think, just go home and give
your girlfriend some sugar.

 

[ClassOf02]

What about salt on ice cream? Betty Draper's dad did that in Mad Men.

And look how he ended up!

 

[DJ Spanky]

I guess she never listened to the Guess Who.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Do you add sugar to certain cereals (with milk)?

 

[WhiteBus]

When I don't have time for a full breakfast I'll drink 16oz of chocolate milk. It adds some additional sugar, like 18 grams. Works though. Not hungry all morning

 

[imbazza2]

My girlfriend is from Asia and she puts sugar in her milk. Over Christmas my family and friends kind of looked at her weird and she is convinced that this is the norm. Does anyone else drink their milk with a scoop or two of sugar? Or is this an Eastern thing?

OH my! I guess you never had Egg Nog as it milk + sugar + a raw egg + vanilla.
I bet she will look at you strange when you are drinking a raw egg with her milk and sugar with a splash of vanilla[cheers]
Enjoy diversity

 

[qban29]

It's very normal, what do you think is inside Quick Strawberry and Chocolate? What's wrong with your family for looking at her weird? lol jk

 

[RUich]

In the same kind of vein, anyone ever have a sugar sandwich? When I was about 12 years old, my older sister had a friend that ate them. You would spread soft butter on white bread and then sprinkle sugar over it. I tried it and decided I didn't need to do it again. [sick]

 

[Blitz8RUCrazy]

I drink chocolate milk all the time

people add salt/sugar all around the world to milk. It is very common.

 

[Blitz8RUCrazy]

In the same kind of vein, anyone ever have a sugar sandwich? When I was about 12 years old, my older sister had a friend that ate them. You would spread soft butter on white bread and then sprinkle sugar over it. I tried it and decided I didn't need to do it again. [sick]

Yes it is common in australia. I used to sometimes have some as a kid as an after school snack. It's called fairy bread.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_bread
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jennaguillaume/fairy-bread-inspired-recipes#.hkZYYZoog8

 

[JMORC2003]

Going the other way, anyone every put salt on watermelon? that's pretty good.

 

[DJ Spanky]

In the same kind of vein, anyone ever have a sugar sandwich? When I was about 12 years old, my older sister had a friend that ate them. You would spread soft butter on white bread and then sprinkle sugar over it. I tried it and decided I didn't need to do it again.

Bread, butter and sugar - we use to eat that all the time as kids.

 

[LC-88]

Do you add sugar to certain cereals (with milk)?

On Saturdays as a kid: Put Apple Jacks cereal in bowl, add milk, let sit for 5 minutes, eat Apple Jacks. Eyeball red tinted and naturally sweetened milk. Smile. Drink Apple Jacked milk directly from bowl. Smile more. Repeat if needed.

Mom also cut up bananas, and put them in bowl of milk topped with sugar. Sugared milk was the best part. Yeah and I've had Type II diabetes since 2001. Wonder why.

 

[Caliknight]

What about salt on ice cream? Betty Draper's dad did that in Mad Men.

I have been putting salt on melon for a long time now. Not a lot, just a little, and I don't put salt on anything. It's really good. I bet it goes well with certain ice cream, in fact I think I have had it before that way. Sea Salt on chocolate seems to ring a bell.

Have never heard of sugar milk though. What type of Asian is she?

 

[theRU]

bacon (salty) and brownies or cookies.. Yum

I've seen my old school europeans eating bread with butter and some sugar. When food was scarce you found ways to get your calorie intake... 1st world problems when you have any type of response to great food like you see on top chef. Dont forget that

 

[Extra Point]

My family thought my ex girlfriend's blue fish recipe was weird. She would put it on a bamboo mat, add salt, some pepper and a little lemon and wrap the bamboo around the fish. Then she would bake it for about two hours. When done, she would throw away the blue fish and serve the bamboo.

 

[RUJohnny99]

A breakfast my mom used to make for me as a kid: a spoon of sugar on rice with raisins covered by warm milk.

 

[Upstream]

A breakfast my mom used to make for me as a kid: a spoon of sugar on rice with raisins covered by warm milk.

Poor man's rice pudding

 

[KingHigh]

Man, Asians sure are different!

 

[Extra Point]

Once in a while as a kid, for breakfast my mom mixed cinnamon and sugar, and sprinkled it on hot toast that had a little melted butter on it.

 

[OntheBanks]

What so weird about that. Many people put sugar and milk in their coffee.
I don't because I drink it black. However, for many years I have had my morning cereal with
coffee added instead of milk. I know it's a little different but I began doing that at work years ago.
Most of the time there would be no milk in the refrigerator but there was always coffee. I would
add the coffee to a package of oatmeal. It added flavor. I later did the same with my cereal at
home.

 

[Owlfan_in_North Jersey]

It's very common in Asia to put sugar in soy milk. Being soy is usually tasteless without it, the sugar gives it flavor. She likely used the same logic with regular milk.

 

[ElmiraExpress]

My girlfriend is from Asia and she puts sugar in her milk. Over Christmas my family and friends kind of looked at her weird and she is convinced that this is the norm. Does anyone else drink their milk with a scoop or two of sugar? Or is this an Eastern thing?

To add a twist to the discussion, I have lived in two different Asian countries, and I never met anyone who routinely drank milk at all, sweetened or unsweetened. In China, it is common to drink warm soy milk for breakfast, but I don't recall ever seeing anyone drinking milk from a cow. They do love that milk tea stuff that they usually make from cans of condensed milk

 

[ElmiraExpress]

To add a twist to the discussion, I have lived in two different Asian countries, and I never met anyone who routinely drank milk at all, sweetened or unsweetened. In China, it is common to drink warm soy milk for breakfast, but I don't recall ever seeing anyone drinking milk from a cow. They do love that milk tea stuff that they usually make from cans of condensed milk

oh, in the Asian countries, they do love a sweetened and usually fruit flavored yogurt drink, that is sold in every convenience store

 

[RUAEPI]

I guess she never listened to the Guess Who.

Wasn't that whiskey in your water....Sugar in your Tea.... Mama told me not come!

 

[NickKnight 1]

Wasn't that whiskey in your water....Sugar in your Tea.... Mama told me not come!

I'm going to Guess Who sang that song. By the way it was so cold
yesterday, I consider it a Three Dog Night.

 

[derleider]

I have been putting salt on melon for a long time now. Not a lot, just a little, and I don't put salt on anything. It's really good. I bet it goes well with certain ice cream, in fact I think I have had it before that way. Sea Salt on chocolate seems to ring a bell.

Have never heard of sugar milk though. What type of Asian is she?

Sea Salt and caramel is definitely a thing these days as far as deserts go.

I feel like Asian candies and pastries are way more sugary than American ones, so it wouldnt surprise me that they put sugar in milk.

 

[iReC89]

I've heard that sugar added to cream and frozen can be pretty good.

 

[JQRU91]

To add a twist to the discussion, I have lived in two different Asian countries, and I never met anyone who routinely drank milk at all, sweetened or unsweetened. In China, it is common to drink warm soy milk for breakfast, but I don't recall ever seeing anyone drinking milk from a cow. They do love that milk tea stuff that they usually make from cans of condensed milk

People need to understand that producing milk in quantities to be consumed as Americans consume it is not feasible everywhere. It takes land, both to house the cows and to graze them. In Japan or Hong Kong, for example, you have really high population density with lots of mountains. Not really conducive to dairy farming I would think. China has a population over four times that of the U.S. in about the same sized area. For them to dairy farm like we do might cause ecological problems. So milk in Asia tends to be more of a treat than something you drink a couple of glasses of every day. I remember visiting Taiwan about thirty years ago and sweet milk with fruit flavors sold in small cartons seemed really popular.