I am a self proclaimed cheapskate. I hate malls and love thrift shops. There is not a stick of brand new furniture in my house, and neither of the vehicles we drive were made in this decade. I always buy store brand. But occasionally I do wonder if (especially as far as food goes) I'm trading quality for my thriftiness. Well, at least some of those worries were dispelled last week when Rick and I took our home school group to the Mayfield Dairy Farm (which BTW is neither a dairy nor a farm but a processing plant, gift shop and ice cream parlor). While we were taking the 15 min micro tour (I believe the other groups got a longer/better tour because their group leaders did not knock down three display shelves of souvenir tee shirts. Thanks Rick) it quickly came to our attention that there were a lot of plain white or clear milk jugs being processed right along with Mayfield's trademarked yellow jug. Our tour guide hurriedly explained to us that the Mayfield plant in Brazelton also processes milk for Feildcrest, Atlanta Dairies, and (my fav) Walmart's Greater Value. She tried to convince us that Mayfeild milk was actually different from the others though because it is steamed to remove weird odors. And of course the all important yellow jug is suppose to make Mayfield really special (and expensive). She did finally admit (after being questioned) that yes, all the milk comes from the same dairy co-op, and is processed exactly like Mayfields (except for the steaming which she pointed out three times I think). So I felt a lot better knowing I hadn't been hoodwinked on this particular issue. Sorry, lady, same cow, same milk.
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