On Friday, October 26, 2018 at 10:00:55 AM UTC-4, danny burstein wrote:
> >Nancy Young wrote:
> >>
> >> I did look at the price of powdered milk once, don't know why because
> >> I loathe the stuff, but it was quite pricey.
>
> Back when I was a widdle wun (the 1960's), powdered milk
> was about 1/2 the price of regular.
>
> We'd (or rather my parents) would add it to macaroni and
> cheese and it was ok for that.
>
> About a decade ago I priced it at the market and saw, like
> you did, that it's more expensive.
>
> I have absolutely no idea why and how this was and is
> the case. There's so much gov't price fixing and support
> in milk pricing that there's plenty of questions
> involved...

It might also be supply and demand. If there's little demand for
powdered milk (from consumers; obviously industrial food operations
use a lot of it), the price would tend to rise.

Cindy Hamilton

"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
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It might also be supply and demand. If there's little demand for
powdered milk (from consumers; obviously industrial food operations
use a lot of it), the price would tend to rise.

Cindy Hamilton

==

It was a very odd day today. Someone from McQueen's dairies arrived at our
door to see if we wanted a milk delivery!!!

I have not seen a milk delivery for over 50 years) Yes, I will be having
it)

A bit different though as this will be only twice a week and we will pay
over the phone !!! LOL

I am a bit stunned still) I didn't answer the door. D. did and and said
no thanks! When he came in and told me I was a bit ....Get Him Back !!

LOL

Strange day)

"l not -l" wrote in message ...


On 26-Oct-2018, "Ophelia" > wrote:

> "Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
> ...
>
>
> It might also be supply and demand. If there's little demand for
> powdered milk (from consumers; obviously industrial food operations
> use a lot of it), the price would tend to rise.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
> ==
>
> It was a very odd day today. Someone from McQueen's dairies arrived at
> our
> door to see if we wanted a milk delivery!!!
>
> I have not seen a milk delivery for over 50 years) Yes, I will be
> having
> it)
>
> A bit different though as this will be only twice a week and we will pay
> over the phone !!! LOL
>
> I am a bit stunned still) I didn't answer the door. D. did and and
> said
> no thanks! When he came in and told me I was a bit ....Get Him Back !!
>
> LOL
>
> Strange day)
When we had young children at home, we had home milk delivery. That was
25-ish years ago and there were a couple of dairies that offered home
delivery. When one of them gave up, the other took over delivery to those
customers and continues delivery to this day. The biggest change is, when
we had the service long ago, there were two delivery days per week to the
area, today, there is only one. However, there is the full range of dairy
products available today, pretty much anything available at the supermarket.
In olden days, we didn't have 100+ variations on yogurt, ersatz milk, etc.
==

It will be 2 deliveries a week. Milk in Glass Bottles!!!!

LOL not seen that in years) I don't know yet what else will be on offer
but I guess I will find out I am very pleased though))

"l not -l" wrote in message ...


On 26-Oct-2018, "Ophelia" > wrote:

> "l not -l" wrote in message ...
>
>
> On 26-Oct-2018, "Ophelia" > wrote:
>
> > "Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> >
> > It might also be supply and demand. If there's little demand for
> > powdered milk (from consumers; obviously industrial food operations
> > use a lot of it), the price would tend to rise.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
> > ==
> >
> > It was a very odd day today. Someone from McQueen's dairies arrived at
> > our
> > door to see if we wanted a milk delivery!!!
> >
> > I have not seen a milk delivery for over 50 years) Yes, I will be
> > having
> > it)
> >
> > A bit different though as this will be only twice a week and we will pay
> > over the phone !!! LOL
> >
> > I am a bit stunned still) I didn't answer the door. D. did and and
> > said
> > no thanks! When he came in and told me I was a bit ....Get Him Back !!
> >
> > LOL
> >
> > Strange day)
> When we had young children at home, we had home milk delivery. That was
> 25-ish years ago and there were a couple of dairies that offered home
> delivery. When one of them gave up, the other took over delivery to those
> customers and continues delivery to this day. The biggest change is, when
> we had the service long ago, there were two delivery days per week to the
> area, today, there is only one. However, there is the full range of dairy
> products available today, pretty much anything available at the
> supermarket.
> In olden days, we didn't have 100+ variations on yogurt, ersatz milk, etc.
> ==
>
> It will be 2 deliveries a week. Milk in Glass Bottles!!!!
>
> LOL not seen that in years) I don't know yet what else will be on offer
> but I guess I will find out I am very pleased though))
Yes, still glass bottles from the home delivery service. I don't have them
deliver; but, I know that because they also have a store that sells all
their products.

==

I am looking forward to having fresh milk in a glass bottle

It could take me back to my childhood) We don't drink milk but I do use it
in cooking, so full fat milk it will be

I am only getting 2 a week so if I don't use it in my everyday cooking, I
can make some curds with it. Not done that for a long time.

I always used to make Yorkshire curd tart and will again now

On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 16:29:43 GMT, l not -l wrote:

> When we had young children at home, we had home milk delivery. That was
> 25-ish years ago and there were a couple of dairies that offered home
> delivery. When one of them gave up, the other took over delivery to those
> customers and continues delivery to this day. The biggest change is, when
> we had the service long ago, there were two delivery days per week to the
> area, today, there is only one. However, there is the full range of dairy
> products available today, pretty much anything available at the supermarket.
> In olden days, we didn't have 100+ variations on yogurt, ersatz milk, etc.

We had the insulated galvanized metal flip top box on the porch for
deliveries - most houses had them (ours sat out there for at least 5
years after our most recent delivery).

It used to be milk in glass bottles but at some point in the
mid-late 70's they switched to the plastic jugs. I think the
dimensions of now ubiquitous standard size gallon plastic jugs were
based on the dimensions of these standard[?] milk boxes. 4 jugs fit
perfectly inside the milk box.

-sw