Milk
| Milk | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Animal Product |
| Animal | Cow |
| Sell Price | 125g |
| Energy | 38 |
| Health | 17 |
Milk is the daily product of the Cow and the base of every early dairy. A grown cow is ready for the Milk Pail each morning, which makes Milk one of the steadiest incomes a Barn can offer. A Cheese Press turns it into Cheese, and Cheese keeps gaining value when aged in a Cask. Milk is also one of the most useful cooking ingredients, needed for soups, puddings, pies and a full breakfast. A cow with high friendship and a good mood sometimes gives Large Milk instead, which is worth more and makes better Cheese.
The in-game description reads: A jug of cow's milk.
Production
A mature cow that has eaten can be milked once a day. Marnie sells the Milk Pail at Marnie's Ranch, and using it on the cow fills a jug of Milk. Milking by hand also gives the cow a small friendship boost each time. Later, the Auto-Grabber from Marnie collects every cow's Milk overnight, though the cows then miss that boost.
Care decides how good the Milk turns out. Friendship grows with daily petting and with grazing outdoors on fine days. Mood rises with food, a pat and fresh grass. Higher scores bring better star quality and a growing chance of Large Milk. The Shepherd profession speeds up friendship with Barn animals and improves the quality of their produce.
White and brown cows produce identical jugs.
Prices
Milk is a modest sale raw, and an iridium jug fetches twice a normal one. Rancher farmers sell each jug for a fifth more.
A Cheese Press needs about three and a third hours to turn a jug into a wheel of Cheese. The press ignores the Milk's stars and always makes normal-quality Cheese. That Cheese sells for nearly double normal Milk. Iridium Milk is the one case where pressing loses money, because it already sells for slightly more than the Cheese. The Artisan profession fixes that gap, since it raises Cheese by two fifths.
Cheese gains even more in a Cask. Aging raises it one star at a time, and iridium Cheese sells for double its base price. A Cask therefore turns a jug of plain Milk into well over three times its raw value.
Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.
| Quality | Price | Rancher (+20%) |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | 125g | 150g |
 Silver
|
156g | 187g |
 Gold
|
187g | 224g |
 Iridium
|
250g | 300g |
Uses
Milk appears in many cooking recipes, and Large Milk, Goat Milk and Large Goat Milk all work in its place. Cooking Milk with an Egg makes an Omelet. Milk and Sugar make Ice Cream, a recipe Jodi sends by mail. A Clam and Milk make Chowder, and a Lobster and Milk make Lobster Bisque, both recipes that Willy sends by mail. Pumpkin and Milk make Pumpkin Soup. Adding Wheat Flour and Sugar to that pair makes Pumpkin Pie. Milk, Sugar and Rice become Rice Pudding. Cave Carrots, Sugar and Milk make the Miner's Treat, a recipe learned at Mining level 3. Combining Milk with a Fried Egg, Hashbrowns and Pancakes makes the Complete Breakfast.
Milk also goes into Artichoke Dip, Parsnip Soup and Banana Pudding.
Completing the Animal Bundle in the Pantry awards a Cheese Press, the very machine that Milk needs. Cheese made from it is an option in the Artisan Bundle in the Pantry.
Cooking Milk with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.
| Dish | Image | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Artichoke Dip | 
|
Artichoke (1), Milk (1) |
| Banana Pudding | 
|
Banana (1), Milk (1), Sugar (1) |
| Chowder | 
|
Clam (1), Milk (1) |
| Complete Breakfast | 
|
Fried Egg (1), Milk (1), Hashbrowns (1), Pancakes (1) |
| Ice Cream | 
|
Milk (1), Sugar (1) |
| Lobster Bisque | 
|
Lobster (1), Milk (1) |
| Miner's Treat | 
|
Cave Carrot (2), Sugar (1), Milk (1) |
| Omelet | 
|
Egg (1), Milk (1) |
| Parsnip Soup | 
|
Parsnip (1), Milk (1), Vinegar (1) |
| Pumpkin Pie | 
|
Pumpkin (1), Wheat Flour (1), Milk (1), Sugar (1) |
| Pumpkin Soup | 
|
Pumpkin (1), Milk (1) |
| Rice Pudding | 
|
Milk (1), Sugar (1), Rice (1) |
Notes
Evelyn, Jodi, Linus, Pam, Pierre and Robin like receiving Milk. Elliott, Haley, Lewis and the Wizard dislike it. Kent hates Milk of every kind.
A cow repays its price faster than most animals because it gives Milk every day. Turning that Milk into Cheese roughly halves the time it takes.
Since Large Milk and Goat Milk work in every Milk recipe, cooking with the cheapest jug on hand saves the better ones for the Cheese Press.
All Animal Products
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Animal | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Products Profitability | - | - | - |
| Dinosaur Egg | 
|
Dinosaur; Artifact Spot in The Mountains / Quarry (0.6%); Fishing Treasure Chests (0.7-0.8%); Pepper Rex drop (10%); Prehistoric Floors in the Skull Cavern; Crane Game in Movie Theater | 350g |
| Duck Egg | 
|
Ducks | 95g |
| Duck Feather | 
|
Duck; Cat | 250g |
| Egg | 
|
Chicken | 50g |
| Goat Milk | 
|
Goat | 225g |
| Golden Egg | 
|
Golden Chicken; Marnie's Ranch; Qi's Walnut Room; The Witch; Fishing Treasure Chest (0.12%) | 500g |
| Large Egg | 
|
Chicken | 95g |
| Large Goat Milk | 
|
Goat | 345g |
| Large Milk | 
|
Cow | 190g |
| Milk | 
|
Cow | 125g |
| Ostrich Egg | 
|
Ostrich | 600g |
| Rabbit's Foot | 
|
Rabbit; Traveling Cart; Serpent drop (0.8%); Cat | 565g |
| Roe | 
|
Fish Pond; Fishing Treasure Chests | - |
| Slime | 
|
Slimes; Krobus; Slime Ball; Traveling Cart; Fish Pond | - |
| Slime Ball | 
|
Slime Hutch | - |
| Void Egg | 
|
Void Chicken; Witch; Krobus; Void Salmon Fish Ponds | 65g |
| Wool | 
|
Rabbit; Sheep | 340g |