Milk affects me. However, cream doesn’t. Weird, eh? I mean, I don’t have a lot of cream, but it doesn’t affect me.
↓ Transcript
Panel 1 -
Leezet: I'll come here tomorrow morning. Shall I bring coffee?
Errol: Yes, please.
Panel 2 -
Lola: I have coffee here.
Leezet: Errol has cream in his coffee. You don't have cream.
Panel 3 -
Lola: I have milk.
Errol: I'm lactose intolerant, mom. I can't have milk.
Panel 4 -
Lola: Oh, right! I forgot!
Errol: No need to remember these silly details about your son, mom.
Leezet: I'll come here tomorrow morning. Shall I bring coffee?
Errol: Yes, please.
Panel 2 -
Lola: I have coffee here.
Leezet: Errol has cream in his coffee. You don't have cream.
Panel 3 -
Lola: I have milk.
Errol: I'm lactose intolerant, mom. I can't have milk.
Panel 4 -
Lola: Oh, right! I forgot!
Errol: No need to remember these silly details about your son, mom.
That would be because while milk and most soft cheeses (like cottage cheese and mozzarella) are full of lactose, cream and aged cheeses (like cheddar) have very little lactose. Interestingly, I can tell whether an ice cream brand uses more milk or more cream by how much it affects me. Some of the “high end” ice creams I can’t have, while some of the “really cheap, ‘junk'” brands (like Walmart’s Great Value) actually have more cream in them and don’t affect me at all. And I can have as much extra sharp cheddar cheese – my favorite – as I want!