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Extreme moneysaving - milk!

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Sarahsaver
Sarahsaver Posts: 8,390 Forumite
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Had this idea, don't know if it would work...
I would not use much milk if it weren't for the kids, hate it on cereals, have porridge with water, and only a tiny bit in cups of tea.
AH! The cup of tea. If you put milk into ice cube trays you could add one to your cuppa. I am going to try this just to see if it's ok, even though we probably use a large bottle of milk every day (2 litre?)
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  • aimeelister
    aimeelister Posts: 600 Forumite
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    I put my un-used coconut milk/cream in icecube trays and then add straight from the freezer into sauces, it works really well, never thought of doing it for normal milk!
  • pavlovs_dog
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    dont know if it would work, because i dont know how it would taste, but what about powdered milk?

    i assume you can add water to this to make liquid milk :confused: would this be an option :think: ?
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  • kingmonkey
    kingmonkey Posts: 846 Forumite
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    wouldn't the fat and the water seperate?
  • susank
    susank Posts: 809 Forumite
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    Semi skimmed milk freezes fine and it does work in ice cube trays - even in ice cube bags too - I freeze 1 pint cartons all the time and when defrosted - just shake them first before opening them and they are just the same as fresh
    Saving in my terramundi pot £2, £1 and 50p just for me! :j
  • Sarahsaver
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    I wouldnt buy powdered milk it's sh*te. :rolleyes: the teeny tiny bit of milk i have in tea has to be proper milk, I tried soya and thats awful in tea too.
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  • pavlovs_dog
    pavlovs_dog Posts: 10,200 Forumite
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    how about then (to really get your moneys worth... buying full fat milk and watering down to make semi skimmed (if you dont already, queen of frugality you :p:D ) and then freeze that.

    twice as much milk for your money, and if its only going in your tea, you probably wont taste the difference.

    although again, i dont know if there would be separation issues...
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  • Sarahsaver
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    Can you imagine the kids faces when they get frozen cubes of milk on their weetabix!
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  • Shortie
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    Wouldn't putting ice cubes in your tea make a manky cupps, purely for the reason that it would cool you tea down really quickly?

    I'd be interested to see how it works as I sometimes throw milk when it's not used up in time.

    I use skimmed... would that make for even more savings if I watered down full fat? :p
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  • pavlovs_dog
    pavlovs_dog Posts: 10,200 Forumite
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    well they are anything like my OH, they wont mind. he insists on eating his weetabix with warm milk, so he nukes them in the microwave :eek:
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  • Sarahsaver
    Sarahsaver Posts: 8,390 Forumite
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    eugh my oh does that too. Very grim.
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