On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 11:43:24 AM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> "dsi1" <dsi1> wrote in message
> ...
> On Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 3:43:41 PM UTC-10, 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?
>
> You can try self-stable milk i.e., milk that doesn't require refrigeration.
> It's sterilized milk in a heavy duty container. It should keep for about 6
> months but my guess is that it will keep for longer than that. It will
> probably taste more like regular milk than canned or dried milk. I don't
> know how much it would cost on the mainland. What I do know is that a good
> price for milk on this rock would be 5 bucks a gallon.
>
> It can be expensive but Dollar Tree sometimes has it.

I like the idea of buying milk and not having to use it i.e., ignoring it. I used some condensed milk in my coffee this morning. It didn't taste very good but that's what I had on hand.