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Two milky questions this morning, the first from Freddie in Edinburgh:
My friend Fergus is utterly convinced that if a man gently rubs his nipple almost constantly for around three months, he will begin to lactate. Like a lady-boob.
So answer me this: can this be done?
Apparently it can! Thanks to unusual hormones or excessive stimulation – and I think three months of continuous rubbing would count as excessive – men can experience galactorrhoea, as spontaneous lactaction is known. It was also very common amongst men released from prisoner of war camps at the end of World War Two, but no doubt was not their most pressing health problem at that point.
Anyway, if any of you gents manage to produce enough milk for a glassful, perhaps you could experiment to help Mark from Telford with his question:
I was eating breakfast today and came across a difficult conundrum. I got the milk out of the fridge and my box of strawberry Nesquik and was just about to pour the milk into the glass when I asked myself, should I put the powder in first or the milk?
I mean, you can pour the milk in first and then stir in the powder, or put the powder in first and then pour the milk on top, but in years of drinking strawberry milk at breakfast, I still cannot fathom which way gives the optimum strawberry milk experience. So answer me this, which way IS the best way to make strawberry milk?
You’ve conducted a TEN YEAR study and you still have not managed to draw a conclusion? We’re not going to help you because you could solve this yourself in the course of two mornings.
Answer Me This! Podcast 
August 30, 2012 at 11:11 pm |
As a life long Milo drinker, I pour half a cup of milk first, then add the Milo and stir vigorously, then add the rest of the milk. This stops the Milo clumping at the bottom of the glass or sitting of top of the milk and not dissolving. Nesquik is much more soluble than Milo, so it doesn’t really matter as long as you give it a good stir.
August 16, 2012 at 9:50 am |
The answer is almost always powder first, especially if you\’re an instant coffee drinker (I have no shame). The reason is simple physics, when you pour a comparitavely large volume of liquid into a container with a small amount of powder, you cause a lot of turbulence and the mixture essentially stirs itself, rendering a spoon unnecessary. Maybe Nesquik is not soluble enough to take advantage of this effect though, if you’re going to crack out a spoon anyway then it really makes no difference.
I go one step furthur when it comes to instant coffee, I first add a little splash of water to the powder to just dissolve it, then I add the milk – I can get the colour right because the amount of coffee is going to remain constant – then I add the rest of the water, thereby stiring the whole lot together. Yes, my life is even more interesting than Bruce Jefferies’.
August 16, 2012 at 9:09 am |
With Nesquik it doesn’t really make much difference as it is designed to disperse evenly. However, when I make it, because I also often make cocoa, I tend to make it in the same way, i.e. mix the powder to a paste with a little of the milk, then gradually add the rest. Isn’t my life interesting.