Whatsit Wednesday: Mosquito milk

The weather is finally warming up and with the warm weather come moments of discomfort. The buzz around your ears of the mosquitoes. Worrying that they might get to you. Trying to get them first. Our sons, Sean always dreaded mosquitos season. He was a mosquito magnet. We always joked that if we wanted to stay bite-free, we simply needed to invite him to wherever we were. 

So how do you keep mosquitoes away? Citronella candles do a little bit, but you can’t really light those up all over the house. The problem in the past was that there was insect repellant, but it stunk so badly that the remedy was worse than the sickness. 

That is when mosquitos milk came to the rescue. In Dutch, a mosquito is called a “mug” (where the “u” sounds like the “I” of shirt and the “g” is a guttural clearing-your-throat sound). 

“Muggenmelk” was invented by the Belgian Alfons Vandoninck in 1987. In 3 years it had conquered the world and since then people have sworn by this insect repellant. It may be available now under various names, but most people who need it will always find “mosquito milk”. It rolls on smoothly, doesn’t stink and is effective at keeping the little suckers away. What do you do to get away from mosquitoes?