A taste of remembrance: how milk shaped one family’s life
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In Quảng Ngãi, Vietnam, a woman reflects on how Ông Thọ milk has connected her family across generations.
She remembers neighbors bringing the milk as a gift for the sick when she was a child, associating it with care and kindness.
Her most cherished memories center on her grandparents, particularly her grandfather’s habit of mixing Ông Thọ milk with Dung Quất beer for her grandmother with every meal, ensuring she always had it as long as he was able to provide. The author continued this tradition when she moved to Sài Gòn, enjoying a daily coffee with the sweetened condensed milk.
After starting her own family, Ông Thọ milk became a comfort for her child, who enjoyed warm milk with cartoons and even dipped bread into it. Looking back, the author sees the milk as a constant presence throughout her life, a link to her childhood, her grandparents, and now, her own child. Though her grandparents are now gone, the taste of the milk still evokes powerful memories of their love and connection, a sweet reminder of a life shared.
