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Encyclopedia > Milkman
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A milkman is a person who delivers milk in milk bottles or cartons. Milk deliveries frequently occur in the morning and it is not uncommon for milkmen to deliver dairy products other than milk like egg nog, cream and even yogurt or butter. The term "milkman" is used to refer to either a man or woman doing this work. Image File history File linksMetadata Milktruck. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Milktruck. ... A glass of cows milk. ... 4 milk bottles in a crate Milk bottles are reusable glass bottles used mainly for doorstep delivery of fresh milk by milkmen. ... Dairy products are generally defined as foodstuffs produced from milk. ... Eggnog (or egg nog) is a type of milk-based punch belonging to the posset family. ... Cream is a dairy product that is composed of the higher-fat layer skimmed from the top of raw milk before homogenization. ... Yoghurt Yoghurt or yogurt, less commonly yoghourt or yogourt, is a dairy product produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. ... Butter is commonly sold in sticks (pictured) or blocks, and frequently served with the use of a butter knife. ...


Originally milk needed to be delivered to houses daily as poor refrigeration meant it would quickly spoil. The near-ubiquity of refrigerators in homes in the developed world has decreased the need for frequent milk delivery over the past half-century and made the profession shrink in many localities, and disappear totally in others. “Freezer” redirects here. ...


Despite these drawbacks, the enterprise is still common in the UK and Ireland.


Historically, British, Irish, and other European milkmen have travelled in an electric vehicle called a milk float. In Australia the delivery vehicle was usually a small petrol or diesel engined truck with a covered milk-tray. In hotter areas, this tray is usually insulated. A streetcar drawing current from a single overhead wire, returning current through the rails and ground An electric locomotive, taking power through a pantograph An electric vehicle, or EV, is a vehicle with one or more electric motors for propulsion. ... A milk float in Liverpool city centre, June 2005 A milk float is a small battery electric vehicle (BEV), specifically designed for the delivery of fresh milk. ...


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