The Dairy Blog

Time flies when you are having fun, and it seems impossible that this weekend I’ll be attending my 40^th high school class reunion. I’m sure I have not changed much at all.

College football is a major topic of conversation in the South. Our collegiate ice cream flavors this year are: Bama Blast, Tiger Biltz, Dawg Bones and Big Orange Blast. They are all doing well in their respective markets. As you might expect, ice cream sales are very good if the associated football team is having a good season. Now that Auburn has beaten Florida, it can be said that the whole Southeastern Conference title is still there for any team to win. If you are a Georgia Bulldog fan, I suggest you hurry to get some Dawg Bones ice cream, as it looks like it will be the first flavor to sell out!

I’m still a Vanilla ice cream fan, and autumn is the best time for pie and ice cream. Thanksgiving is the traditional time for Pumpkin Pie with Vanilla ice cream. Also, we usually have Apple Pie with Vanilla ice cream as a choice. As for me, I eat a slice of both! Many times, I’ll drive from our Braselton, GA milk plant through the North Georgia mountains and purchase fried apple pies from the roadside orchard stores. What a treat when served with Vanilla ice cream!

We now have Nurture™ by Mayfield milk in all package sizes: gallons, half gallons, quarts, pints and both plastic and paper half pints. I try to drink three glasses every day. Perhaps you have noticed all the new probiotic products in the grocery stores: yogurts, small drinks and even in cheddar cheese squares. Clinical research does show that people who consume probiotics are healthier and sick less often. Nurture tastes the same as regular Mayfield milk – uniform year-round great dairy taste. Milk drinkers will find Nurture is the easiest way to get their bellies full of healthy probiotics.

Rob