"Carlos Eduardo Vieira" > wrote in
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> 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?

Powdered milk is always more expensive. I do buy it. Not much. Then again, I
don't use much milk ever. You can also get shelf stable in a box, Dollar
Tree sells it.