Long life milk!

[pappaecho]

On a recent ferry met a yottie who had just replenished his stock of small packs of long life milk, which he reckons is a lot better than fresh milk as it stores for at least a year.
Seemed like a good idea, but the smallest we would find was 500 ml in ASDA. Anybody know of a supermarket selling it in smaller sizes?

 

[Malcb]

Ok, I reckon you can buy These smaller quantities

 

[KenMcCulloch]

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On a recent ferry met a yottie who had just replenished his stock of small packs of long life milk, which he reckons is a lot better than fresh milk as it stores for at least a year.
Seemed like a good idea, but the smallest we would find was 500 ml in ASDA. Anybody know of a supermarket selling it in smaller sizes?

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That will be the stuff sometimes known as 'Unbelievably Horrible Tasting' Milk?

 

[Genie]

Next time you're at a hotel/B&B that have those little pots of UHT milk, make sure you nab them if you're after smaller quantities. I think they are as small as you're likely to get!
Beware though, they have an alarming disposition to empty themselves vertically the moment you pull the foil top back.
Still, it's one way of making friends with the person sat next to you on an aircraft....
Heaven knows what they actually make it from mind, as I would guess there is no more than 20% milk in them, judging from the taste!

 

[Poignard]

We stock up with UHT milk in Carrefour Cherbourg, it comes in screw top bottles, last ages and tastes ok. [lot better than condensed milk, anyway!]

 

[Hoolie]

Varies quite a lot. Champion milk tastes awful but Super/Hyper U milk tastes excellent, almost as good as fresh. I expect Carrefour will be the same as Champion since it's the same group.

 

[gandy]

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Ok, I reckon you can buy These smaller quantities

[/ QUOTE ]That's what we use. The missus buys packs at trade price. The supplier doesn't guarantee to have a "use by" date more than 3 months ahead, since I guess normal trade users would get through the lot quicker than that anyway.

 

[ChasB]

Are you all smokers? Taste buds died a long time ago?

This is what you need:

Will keep for years!

I prefer this: /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[gandy]

No fridge on board, so its UHT or nothing.

 

[ChasB]

Ever tried dried milk?

 

[bobg]

I admit to knowing squiddly-dit about the technicalities of sailing, but I do know about food and drink because it is the daytime jobbie. The absolute best UHT milk is the single shot pots produced by Millac Maid. You get them on some trains. There is a process it goes through that means it does not carry that UHT poo flavour. The problem is that Millac Maid portion pots are not widely available in retail. Booker cash and carry have them, and I presume other trade warehouses do.

 

[ccscott49]

"UHT or nothing"

Then for this boy it's nothing!!

 

[quimby]

Dried is by far the better option.

 

[KenMcCulloch]

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Dried is by far the better option.

[/ QUOTE ]I think the best option would be to keep a nanny goat aboard and have one's steward milk her morning and evening. Any excess of production could be either fed to the hands or made into cheese.

 

[lille_bee]

while we\'re on the subject of dried milk...

Does this milk reconstituted from powder shape up well for use in recipes, such as rice pudding, or pancake batter?

 

[Medskipper]

Actually, I used a long life semi skimmed carton of milk on my cornflakes yesterday, it was a year old and I had put it in the fridge on the boat the evening before because I had forgotten to get any milk. I used it for breakfast and it tasted great! I could not tell the difference at all, I was really surprised. But the smallest size carton I have come across is the 500ml.

Barry

 

[graham]

500 MIL(about 1 pint) screw top plastic bottles for about 25p in Morrisons.Why would you need smaller?

Tastes fine to me in tea or on cereals but not on its own.

 

[jb2006]

If you buy skimmed milk (which we use all the time at home anyway) there is very little difference in taste between UHT and fresh because the fats which are denatured in the heating process have been removed. All the calcium and other good stuff is still there.

 

[VicS]

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This is what you need .Marvel. Will keep for years!

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It doesn't but it will keep a long time if stored properly. I prefer it to UHT for most things.

However if you buy UHT in cartons once open transfer the milk to a clean plastic screw capped bottle which has been scalded with boiling water to sterilse it. The milk will then keep without refrigeration for several days. It also does not spill if tipped over. Use a polypropylene bottle (or HDPE) not PET as the latter will not stand boiling water.

 

[lille_bee]

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skimmed milk : All the calcium and other good stuff is still there.

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Not true: the vitamin A and D3 are no longer there as they are not water-soluble, so they go where the fat has gone...