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

> 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?

It takes a lot more milk to reduce it to a powder, however it is they
do it. Evaporation, for starters.

> Do you find the same price disparity where you live?
> Is there any other "emergency milk" solution out there?

I did look at the price of powdered milk once, don't know why because
I loathe the stuff, but it was quite pricey.

People freeze milk, then shake it once it thaws, I've never tried
that, myself.

nancy