On 10/25/2018 9:43 PM, Carlos Eduardo Vieira wrote:

>
> For emergencies for the milk for ice cream and coffee, I have resorted to
> canned milk (both types) but they change the flavor too much (they're not
> really milk at all, it seems).
>
> Then someone suggested "powdered milk", which I went to the grocery store
> to buy, only to my horror to find that it's far more expensive than fresh
> milk! (About $18 for 20 quarts worth of the powder.)
>
> Normally the "crap" solution is the cheapest, where I was in for a shock
> that the price for that crap powdered milk solution is more than twice the
> price for the fresh milk solution.
>
> Why?
>
> Do you find the same price disparity where you live?
> Is there any other "emergency milk" solution out there?
>

Whole milk is processed quickly and bottled in volume at large plant.
Powdered and canned do not have the same volume and require more
processing time, energy to dry and heat.

You can freeze milk but it will affect the texture.

We use very little milk. usually buy a quart for $1.19 at the
supermarket. Monday I happened to be in WalMart so I figured I'd get it
there. The do not carry quarts, but a half gallon there was only 80 cents.