Keeping fresh milk without a fridge

[Scomber]

Fresh when we can get it. A few cartons of longlife and a couple of packets of powdered. A bit like backpacking really. No bother at all.

 

[Plum]

Obvious I guess but have you thought about a net bag hung in the water over the side?

Thanks, good idea, but for me that does not provide a better solution than the excellent Filtered Milk I was praising.

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

After some mentions on this forum I have been trialing Filtered Milk. I don't have a fridge, I don't want the hassle of trying to find ice to put in a cold box and I am not a fan of the taste of "long-life" milk.

Last Friday July 22 at midday I opened my 1 litre bottle of semi skimmed "filtered milk" (available from most supermarkets) I've kept it low in the boat but not in the bilges and have been using it for tea, coffee and porridge. I have just used some in my tea at mid afternoon July 26 and it is still good after 4 days! Remarkable, given we have had daytime temperatures from 20 to 28 degrees. The bottle was empty so will not know if it would have survived longer. On July 27 I opened another bottle purchased on July 24 and I am still using it on August 31 so another 4 days having had temperatures between 19 and 24. The next trial will be to find out how long an unopened bottle will last, not in a fridge, as that will mean I can have multiple bottles on board at the start of a holiday. It tastes just like normal semi skimmed milk. ?

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When instructing for a week on a boat which was only equipped with an icebox, my wife hit on the idea of including a frozen chicken , (or perhaps a small frozen turkey, there were six adults on board), in the victuals. It kept everything cool through the week and had thawed out enough to use by the second-last day.

 

[KREW2]

When instructing for a week on a boat which was only equipped with an icebox, my wife hit on the idea of including a frozen chicken , (or perhaps a small frozen turkey, there were six adults on board), in the victuals. It kept everything cool through the week and had thawed out enough to use by the second-last day.

That wasn't December the 25th by chance.

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

That wasn't December the 25th by chance.

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

That wasn't December the 25th by chance.

 

[MikeBz]

Before we had the luxury of a fridge we would take as much frozen stuff and possible in the cool box (including a bottle of frozen water). The cool box would live down below when it was warm, and up on deck in the breeze with a damp towel over it at other times - that trick worked very well.

 

[Fantasie 19]

These are available in most supermarkets in Switzerland and I've found them in Spain too! I always have some in my cupboard at home and some on the boat.

Tesco's here too.. I use these...