The Milk Ramble

Here is a curious fact..The Dutch really love their milk. They guzzle this fluid by the gallons, much more so than their Heineken or Amstel. Which is good. Milk is rather good for you I have heard..In fact, it is the only chance for redemption for Indians in the physical world, since we are largely vegetarians or in any case, do not consume large quantities of meat protein. I have two examples of the correlation of milk to brute strength. Actually, I have three but I wont mention the third (!!!). MS Dhoni and V Sehwag. These buggers are strong and I mean strong strong. Michael Clarke has officially said that he has never seen batspeed even remotely close to that which is manifested by Dhoni. The ball just escapes like a bullet. anyone trying to stop it only risks serious damage to his fingers. so anyway, milk I think is good, it makes you strong..calcium etc. Personally, I used to hate milk growing up so I had to have it "disguised" as horlicks or bournvita or such. I also used to think that eating chalk was a reasonable substitute for milk with regards to calcium. I have since been informed that eating chalk is only good if you fancy one or more stones in you gall-bladder. But it does taste nice..very earthy a bit like the aroma of fresh mud after rain. Coming back to the dutch obsession with milk...if you ever have lunch in holland in the house of a dutchman or at some dutch company offices, let me know ifyou face the following. You are served sandwiches with various types of "broodjes". And to drink, there is milk. Only milk (melk). No soda, no water and no juice. It was difficult at first for me, since I am not used to downing ham and cheese with milk. but when I tried it, I liked it very much. The milk is really tasty and quite light. This probably explains away another remarkable Dutch trait. Their height. They are officially the tallest nation in the world and have been for centuries. I do wonder if a milk diet has something to do with it.