On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 22:43:37 -0300, Carlos Eduardo Vieira
> wrote:

>I'm not sure which ng to ask this question in, but it's related to homes
>but not to repair and it's related to food but not to cooking.
>
>I use Costco milk and cream (the real stuff, 100% stuff, not the watered
>down stuff) for my ice cream and coffee.
>
>I live a score of miles from the nearest grocery store (other than a 7-11
>gas station complex about a dozen miles away at a highway exit), which
>makes a round trip for milk an hour in transit (there's generally no
>traffic unless there's an accident).
>
>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?

My mom used to feed us milk from powder in the 50's. It was cheaper, and I didn't like it,
but it wasn't as bad when ice cold, and I guess it had the same nutritional value as milk.
I think it was for about a year, and probably due to high milk prices.
I only pay 2 bucks for a gallon of whole milk, so wouldn't even consider it now.
This one has decent reviews on Amazon, but it's still about 4 bucks a gallon.
https://tinyurl.com/y7esaj58