Endless Simmer usually likes to take bold political stances on the important issues facing the food world. (As you may recall, we’re staunchly pro-moose burger and anti-portion control.) But sometimes we just don’t know which side to take on the more serious issues. Case-in-point: The raw milk debate.
Raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurized, and it’s been a hot topic in the MSM, with articles that make it sound like raw milk has all the qualities we like: all-natural, tasty, and sticking-it-to-the-man rebelliousness Food bloggers like I Heart Farms have been pushing the raw milk movement, pressuring state governments to allow the sale of raw milk, claiming it has healthy benefits that cleaned-up milk can’t offer. But the FDA and other worrywarts still say you gotta go the Louis Pasteur way if you don’t wanna get sick to your stomach.
Now the raw milk side has enlisted Martin Sheen to campaign for their cause.
Of course, we usually will believe anything Marty tells us, because he’s such a good pretend president. Sheen says he’s been drinking the raw his entire life, and this is a pretty good defense, because when has he ever produced anything less than top quality?
So we gotta side with Sheen on this one, right? He wouldn’t lie to us. Or would he…
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