milkman

writing by Lois

Home made yoghurt

We had an excess of milk… the milkman kept delivering it and I kept forgetting to cancel. We are so lucky to have a milkman, and when ever I see him hurrying from his van to drop a couple of pints on our doorstep (not literally!) I think of my early childhood. The milkman came […]

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Food by Lois

Do people still use milk jugs and butter dishes?

My family laugh at me in a gentle way when I insist on having the milk in a milk jug, especially when it is on the table. Milk bottle on the table? That will never do! Similarly I like to have butter unwrapped from its paper and put in a butter dish, with a separate butter knife. In the old days the milkman would come […]

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