Its impossible to know who the individual was, however animal milk was first used as human food at the beginning of animal domestication. Goats and sheep were domesticated in the Middle East between 9000 and 8000 BC.

I invented that!

ofcourse the milkman

Maybe the cows like it, and they asked us to? But in all seriousness, it probably wasn't hard to figure out, since we drink our mothers' milk as babies.

most likly the first thirsty person watching a calf drinking.

Steven Wright

LOL, why did he get sick? We all drink milk?

Cows? Maybe in the old days, they fed cows their own milk to save work/money. Cow milk isn't that gross, I don't like it but it may smell a bit gross (while drinking it too). I don't think its much different from breast milk. I'm not sure. I haven't tried either (at least breast milk for a long long long long time).

pliny the elder, 452 bce

We do not know. We do not even know that it first happened with a cow. In some societies, particularly ancient ones, milk is consumed from several species (goat milk is common). The consumption of milk crosses many, although not all, cultures. The first person to try it is something that is lost in the mists of times, and is not part of recorded history.

Animal milk was first used as human food at the beginning of animal domestication. Cow's milk was first used as human food in the Middle East. Goats and sheep were domesticated in the Middle East between 9000 and 8000 BC. Goats and sheep are ruminants: mammals adapted to survive on a diet of dry grass, a food source otherwise useless to humans, and one that is easily stockpiled. The animals were probably first kept for meat and hides, but dairying proved to be a more efficient way of turning uncultivated grasslands into sustenance: the food value of an animal killed for meat can be matched by perhaps one year's worth of milk from the same animal, which will keep producing milk — in convenient daily portions — for years (McGee 8–10). Around 7000 BC, cattle were being herded in parts of Turkey. Milk was also consumed in the British Isles during the Neolithic period. The use of cheese and butter spread in Europe, parts of Asia and parts of Africa. Cattle were then introduced to European colonies after the Age of exploration. This is the reason why cattle became widespread. In the Western world today, cow's milk is extracted on an industrial scale for human consumption and industrial uses. It is the most commonly consumed form of milk. Commercial-scale dairy farming using automated milking equipment produces the vast majority of milk in many countries. Types of cattle such as the Holstein have been specially bred for increased milk production. According to McGee, 90% of the dairy cows in the United States are Holsteins, and 85% in Great Britain (McGee 12). Other milk cows in the United States include Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Jersey, and Milking Shorthorn. The largest producers of dairy products and milk today are India followed by USA and New Zealand.

It may have been the same person who saw a chicken lay an egg and thought "wow! That hard little round thing just came out of that chicken's butt! I'm gonna crack it open and eat the gooey snotty stuff inside!" I know that it sure would not have been me!

That's hilarious! I was just asking my friend today...This is what I said: "Hey..Have you ever wondered what the person was doing when he discovered what cow utters do?" Haha!

It was Howard Stern I believe!!

Steve O, from "Jackass". (gross)

Good answers. I think a better question might be: Who was the first person to look at a chicken and said "Hey, I think I'll try and eat that strange round thing that just came out of its butt"

Don't know, but must have been a real pervert...could be French.

A possible situation may be a family that was trying to feed a newborn baby without a mother and hoped they could steal milk from a cow that had a young calf. Then, maybe they tried some, especially if it was a famine. Or maybe it was just a famine, and someone desperate tried cow's milk and liked it and spread the word. So, I don't think you could actually know who was first. Of course, I could be entirely wrong and it might have been someone famous and it's recorded in every history book ever. Try Google.

I don't know, but I like the way you think. I'll take a stab at it though... Possibly someone needed to find milk for a motherless child, saw the cows feeding their young, and thought it was better then nothing

Milk in its current form became widely used when pasturisation was discovered (1860's). Prior to that milk was used in its fermented state and for its by-products (cream, butter, cheese, yoghurt). Man has been milking cows since around 5000BC Here is a great food history link... http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodbeverages.html#milk

I've always been curious who the first daring person to eat an artichoke was, and how many failed attempts there were until the cooking process was mastered so that it was edible.

I wonder about coke/cola, because I don't think they're dark brown/black until color is added. So who created this drink and then thought to make it black, not red, clear, or whatever?

Yeah I wonder where people got the idea to squeeze their stuff lol...well maybe they knew there was milk in there and tested it out and found they were correct.

Another one...who thought "I like fish...but why cook it?"

I'm sure it wasn't a hard one to discover that cows, sheep, camels, horses, donkeys, and whoever, wold be good to drink. We ALL drank milk as kids, no matter what kind of kids we were. People seem to have always milked whatever mammal was around them. In just about every continent, man has milk and very often in cooler climes, cheese or kefir.

We knew what came out. We saw calfs drink.

Bill Clinton.

i dont know but they were brave

Me It was just so tempting...

The first man to say "Why have a wife when I can get "this" milk for free".

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW!!!

a pedophile

They already knew about breast milk. Doesn't matter who or what's breast. What's the mystery?

That I actually understand because of seeing calfs drink it. What I don't get is the guy who thought "Gee, let's set the milk out for a while, let it rot, turn hard and moldy, and then let's eat that!"

they saw that the calf drank milk from there

about when we started raising our own animals instead of hunting them. we knew we dra nk it, saw our animals had it... bam 2+2 = 4 that was a LONG time ago, about the same time we made cities and villages for the first time

the preson who first said "lets go and have some fun squising thos things and look what hepens" then he or she got thisty and trunc that not good look ugly withe stuf and thoug it was sperm

I smell a reference. >_> Bill Waterson.

Probably the first cousin to the person who thought: "I think I'll crack open one of those oyster thingies and eat it raw." +5

Hahaha! Probably someone very thirsty.

I dont know..but im sure glad they did....

probably someone from Uddersfield in england,i reckon it must have happened early on as time began & cows evolved when food was scarce & cro-magnum man thought if it was good enough for the little calves it'd be ok for him/her,so my guess would be "Arthur the cow tugging nomad":)

I'm pretty sure it was a calf who first discovered this on cows. Hardly an earth-shattering discovery for humans, who are also mammals and drink what comes out of their own mothers' dangly things.

Not sure though I've often wondered that myself. Similarly mushrooms, considering what they are usually growing in, who first said 'I wonder what that tastes like?'

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/64009 Probably the same guy who killed the first calf for some great tasting veal cutlets. He saw what that baby was doing, and it looked very tasty.

Bull Clinton! :p

Adam or Eve ????

Beats the heck out of me. I'm still trying to figure out who looked at an oyster and said: "HEY! I'll bet if I can pry one of those open, I can slurp the slimey thing down raw!"

BOOBIES!

Its not a woman but it will do!

It's my fate.

I that newborn calf won't suckle, maybe I can pour some of this down her throat. <splash some on hand><lick it off> Hey, this crap ain't bad.

that it is 'utterly' rediculous

i want some of what that baby cow is having!!