Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Milk Wagon


When I was a kid growing up in California in the 1960s, the horse-drawn milk wagons were gone, but there were still milk trucks.
 

The delivery from the local dairy would arrive early in the morning. Our dogs always barked at the milkman in his white uniform. (Happy hated anyone in a uniform.)

The milkman carried four half gallon glass bottles in a wire carrier. He switched out the empty bottles that we left for him.

The full-fat milk wasn't homogenized, so the cream floated to the top. All you had to do was lift up the waxed paper lid and scoop it out with a spoon.

1 comment:

  1. Great memory. We lived on a ranch so didn't have milk delivery, but I loved the cream that floated to the top. Reprimanded when I took too much as the cream made butter. I loved butter, too, so didn't take the cream too often.

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