Do You Call it Skim Milk or Nonfat Milk?

March 28, 2008

PetSugar and I recently got into a discussion over milk. I grew up knowing that there was whole milk, lowfat milk and nonfat milk. However she grew up calling nonfat milk skim milk. We think it might a coastal thing, but aren't sure. So tell me, what do you call it?

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buddy1 1 year 32 weeks

need to correct my previous post spelling (was called blue john)

buddy1 1 year 32 weeks

country raised in Texas and when we skimmed the cream to churn butter the milk that was left waqs called blue njohn

murrellgirl3 2 years 20 weeks

it's called nonfat when it's nonfat. it's called skim when the fat has been 'skimmed' off the top, you see, in the olden days, after you milked a cow, the cream rose to the top, and skimming it off reduced the milkfat of the milk. but didn't remove it completely. nonfat milk removes it completely. so skim, is reserved for the reduced fat milk, 1% and 2% milk. whole milk is called whole. for myself, i refuse to eat anything without the full fat content, fat is way good. it's half and half all the way baby

2 years 20 weeks

i noticed almost every east coaster calls nonfat, skim, and every west coaster calls it nonfat, lowfat (or skim) or whole milk. it's called nonfat when it is nonfat. skim is what the 1 and 2% milk is called. because when milk used to come from cows they would 'skim' the top, (the cream would rise and float at the top) to remove some of the fat, but not all, reducing it to a 1 to 2 % milk. i drink only half and half, as anything less is disgusting

2 years 20 weeks

it's called non fat milk. says it right on the jug. skim is the 2% and 1%, see, when they used to take it from cows they would 'skim' the top of the cream off the top, making it less fatty. but not non fat. non fat should be called non fat. and it should be outlawed for the see through lavender color it is even when you mix it double. i drink half and half, always have.

2 years 20 weeks

SKIM milk is milk with less milk fat than WHOLE milk. so 2% or 1 % LOWFAT milk is SKIM milk. NONFAT milk is called NONFAT, not SKIM. my BF from NYC calls all nonfat, and lowfat milk -Skim. he is wrong. I am from California, and it seems to me that all people from the east coast has it wrong. look it up

Monique Marie 3 years 20 weeks

Fat Free Milk

Captious 4 years 41 weeks

St. Louis, Detroit, Sturgis, Indianapolis, Wooster, Cleveland = skim.

jennjennnbubba 5 years 5 weeks

georgia girls call it skim, and we have whole, 1%, 2% and skim ;)

Pepper 5 years 6 weeks

In Australia it's usually Skim.

yayITZdre 5 years 7 weeks

i always called it non-fat milk and im from California. and i don't really hear milk being called skim. i thought skim milk was another type of milk, like whole milk, 2% milk, nonfat milk. I thought skim had more fat in it...

ayuninur 5 years 7 weeks

Nonfat in Singapore..

peachesmel9 5 years 7 weeks

Skim, but can we just skip the cow juice and have some yummy light soy milk? =D

celebrity_soup 5 years 7 weeks

i have always called and and heard it by skim milk. there was a time where i though non fat milk had even less fat than skim, i pictured it to be a cloudy water. oh and did i mention i was 8 at that time? lol

Boiler05 5 years 7 weeks

Midwest it's skim! And it really does grow on you...

remedios 5 years 7 weeks

skim, 1%, 2% and whole... originally from Michigan.

Goody 5 years 7 weeks

i call it gross...i hate it..soy all the way..

robit 5 years 7 weeks

I call it skim, and I'm in Manitoba, Canada.

Lindsiita 5 years 8 weeks

cali girl, so nonfat it is

Lindsiita 5 years 8 weeks

cali girl, so nonfat it is

JenBrett 5 years 8 weeks

Low fat, Skim is like white water

heineken67 5 years 8 weeks

Skim, both growing up in the North Northwest and now living in the Northeast.Some brands carry two kinds of nonfat/skim, with one having additives to make it taste more like 2% or whole. For those who want to cut calories but like the creaminess of milkfat. I switched to skim in middle school, and now I can't stomach anything else.

heineken67 5 years 8 weeks

Skim, both growing up in the North Northwest and now living in the Northeast. Some brands carry two kinds of nonfat/skim, with one having additives to make it taste more like 2% or whole. For those who want to cut calories but like the creaminess of milkfat. I switched to skim in middle school, and now I can't stomach anything else.

ShePirate2010 5 years 8 weeks

skim but its naaaaasty.

ShePirate2010 5 years 8 weeks

skim but its naaaaasty.

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