Blue john is cow's milk with all the fat removed -- for the purpose of making
butter.  It's an old country term.  But I have heard my grandmother apply it to
foremilk, which looks much the same -- bluish, very thin, and watery.  Her own
mother told her that she could not breastfeed, because she had "nothin' but blue
john."

Debbie McCallister
Louisville, KY


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>
> Date:    Mon, 10 Sep 2001 10:24:48 -0500
> From:    Rose Straeter <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: blue john
>
> Has anyone ever heard of "blue John" as a reason for someone years ago not
> being able to breastfeed?  It was apparently thought to be something wrong
> with the breastmilk.
>
> The mother who is know breastfeeding - or was - is being screened for
> galactosemia - is it possible the grandmother years ago also had the same
> problem and it was called "blue John"
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Rose Marie Straeter
> The Lactation Center
> The Women's Hospital

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