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Thriftymaid

Does milk have an odor?

Whole cow milk purchased from the market............

Posted - September 13, 2020
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  • 10052
    Hopefully not, I'm thinking. All that I can place in my memory is milk that has soured. YUCK!
      September 13, 2020 9:33 AM MDT
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  • 5808
    sure,
    a wholesome smell
    until it sours...
      September 13, 2020 9:49 AM MDT
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  • 19937
    No cow's milk, whole or otherwise, should have an odor if it's fresh.  When it turns, it smells sour.
      September 13, 2020 11:41 AM MDT
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  • 17620
    Thanks.  I agree with that.  If I smell anything at all it goes down the drain. 
      September 13, 2020 4:55 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    Me, too.  
      September 14, 2020 7:09 AM MDT
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  • 53528

     

      An “odor” as in a bad smell or an offensive smell, or a “scent” as in a smell by which it can be identified or distinguished?  One of the ways that I can detect whether milk is safe to drink or if it has spoiled us by smelling it. As such, the fresh or good scent is quite different than the soured or curdled or spoiled odor.
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      September 13, 2020 1:28 PM MDT
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  • 17620
    It's a simple question. 
      September 13, 2020 4:57 PM MDT
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  • 53528

      It's an ambiguous question, because the word "odor" has more than one definition or connotation.  That's ok, however, because my answer covers the range of possibilities as to what you may have meant.  It's an equally simple answer.
    ~
      September 13, 2020 5:02 PM MDT
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  • 17620
    Not ambiguous at all.  Odor.  Things have an odor or they don't. 
      September 14, 2020 11:10 AM MDT
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  • 339
    It smells like hardworking cows.
      September 13, 2020 1:35 PM MDT
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  • 44656
    I don't know what fresh milk smells like. I never drink it.
      September 13, 2020 2:08 PM MDT
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  • 234
    It has a cold dairy cooler type odor. You can definitely tell when it's gone bad. This post was edited by Nightwolf5 at September 13, 2020 5:00 PM MDT
      September 13, 2020 4:57 PM MDT
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