Just when you thought life couldn’t get any stranger, it seems that milk no longer has to come from a nipple these days. That’s right—ever since the escalating mainstream popularity of soy in the late 1990s/early 2000s, plant-based and non-nipple-produced milks alike have become somewhat of a norm.
It’s possible they’re even more popular than classic dairy milk. Let’s take a closer look at all of the products than can yield milk, sans nipples.
Nuts
Grains
Barley, oat, rice, and spelt are all popular grains used to yield milk. Additionally, they all make great sources of fiber. Check out this grain milk recipe if you’re seeking to create milk out of another grain!
Seeds
Legumes
Besides the obvious soy milk, lupin, peas, and other beans are often converted to milks due to their high levels of proteins.
Fruits
I could only find two legitimate-looking types of fruit milks, and they were banana milk, and the oh-so-popular coconut milk, obviously. But that doesn’t necessarily mean other fruits are incapable of producing milk. It just means we haven’t tried it yet. Or, you know, we’re too busy using them for juices and smoothies.
Kefir
Apparently you can even “milk” milk itself. Ever heard of milk kefir? It’s essentially regular milk fermented with kefir grains.
Peeps
Technically, you can’t exactly “milk” a Peep (yet), but wouldn’t you be willing to try out this Peep-flavored milk? Try anything once.
Algae
More of a work in progress, but San Francisco-based company Solazyme, a leading innovator in microalgae, is on the verge of producing a milk with a microalgae flour base. It will be dairy, lactose, soy, and nut free.
