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

On 10/25/2018 10:27 PM, Vic Smith wrote:
> 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.

I live in the wrong place. 80 cents a half gallon, $2 for a gallon...
The USDA says the national weighted average advertised price for
conventional milk half gallons is $2.37 this week so I guess I'm lucky
to pay $1.98 a half gallon.

rbowman posted for all of us...


> I live in the wrong place. 80 cents a half gallon, $2 for a gallon...
>

Uh, is this correct?

In PA milk is price controlled. I can never figure out why gasoline is
cheaper than milk...

--
Tekkie

On Friday, October 26, 2018 at 2:15:36 PM UTC-4, Tekkie® wrote:
> rbowman posted for all of us...
>
>
> > I live in the wrong place. 80 cents a half gallon, $2 for a gallon...
> >
>
> Uh, is this correct?
>
> In PA milk is price controlled. I can never figure out why gasoline is
> cheaper than milk...

You answered your own question. You can thank the Pennsylvania Milk
Marketing Board.

Cindy Hamilton

"Vic Smith" > wrote in message
...
> 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

We had that too, most of the time. It was cheaper back then. It's not now.
Not here anyway. I've always hated to drink milk but the powdered was really
yucky. I don't mind using it in cooking though.

On 10/28/2018 05:33 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> We had that too, most of the time. It was cheaper back then. It's not
> now. Not here anyway. I've always hated to drink milk but the powdered
> was really yucky. I don't mind using it in cooking though.

Back in the day I used it to make yogurt from a recipe gleaned from the
Whole Earth Catalog. It wasn't bad but I doubt it would be worthwhile
now when everybody and their cousin is making yogurt and one brand or
the other is always on sale.

http://guide.sportsmansguide.com/tip...red-milk-ever/

That's the best one I found. It wasn't cheap and it was off the market
for a while.