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On Apr 21, 11:22*am, JeanineAlyse > wrote:
> I rarely drink a glass of milk, maybe once in the past ten years. *I
> do use milk in baking, so I used to buy those little six-packs of 1-
> cup size boxes of "shelf milk" that do not require refrigeration until
> they're opened because keeping even the small, one pint size of
> refrigerated milk would too often sour before I'd use it up.
>
> A friend that never cooks but does drink milk often with her micro'd
> meals or sandwiches suggested I try refrigerated organic milk, and
> that a half gallon of it lasts her more than a month. *I tested my
> first buy of "Horizon" brand organic well before my massive Christmas
> 2010 baking was to begin, and what a deal, with very good flavor! *My
> question is why does the organic milk have such a long good-use life
> as compared to (what I'll call) plain ole fresh milk?
> ...Picky


High-temperature pasteurization, just like the whipping cream being
discussed in another thread.

It makes the make taste cooked, which isn't a problem for cooking,
but I don't like it for drinking.

Cindy Hamilton