Dear LFTP January 7, 2013 · 46:28 · 8 min
Dear LFTP: the illegal Amish raw-milk run
- Can I buy raw milk from the Amish even though Iowa law prohibits it?
Mike, addressed by name on air, wants to buy raw milk from the Amish for his wife, but raw milk sales are illegal in Iowa. The hosts riff on the absurdity of the transaction — an undisclosed drop location, money left and milk appearing, 'Miami Vice' with the Amish — and conclude he must obey the laws of the land or work to change them (Pennsylvania or California being legal states). The banter spirals: an Amish auction story (an Amish man who buys power tools he can't use and resells them on eBay), almond milk tasting 'like toenails,' and a planned disguised road trip with ZZ Top beards to fetch milk. KTIA radio listeners are signed off for the night.