"Jinx the Minx" wrote in message news
Dave Smith > wrote:
> On 2018-11-30 2:00 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Friday, November 30, 2018 at 8:10:05 AM UTC-10, tert in seattle
>
>>> sounds like the moms do this for themselves - not surprising in a
>>> community where the median household income is over $200k
>>
>> My understanding is that Canadians will put milk in a bag. I'm not
>> sure how that works or if it's even true.
>
> It's true. Milk is sold in cartons of various sizes; 250 ml, 500 ml,
> 1litre or 2 litre, basically half, pints, pints, quarts and 2 quarts.
> The gallon equivalent is sold in bags. The 4 litre size is a bag that
> contains 3 smaller plastic bags of about 1.3 litres each.
>
> You need a special pitcher to slip the individual bags into.
>
>
> https://www.living.ca/en/p-369932-lv..._wcB#sku382630
>
> or: http://mentalfloss.com/article/81468...rink-milk-bags
>
>
You can even buy milk in a bag here in the Midwest US, although it isnt
prolifically available in all stores. The gas station up the street still
sells it. Several years ago it was a €śthing€ť, but its mostly fallen out
of favor.
==
When I was a very young child, at school we were given 1/3 pint bottles of
milk with a straw at break time
I have never seen those since