Freezing Milk

tina68

Hi, Can anybody tell me if i can open freeze milk. .ie: in ice cube tray..i am getting sooooooooooooooo fed up of son and his girlfriend using it up and not bothering to replace when i'm out at work or when i get up in the morning, i even buoght UHT and they found it
Tina x

carly

I dont know about open freezing it, but you can certainly freeze it in the carton or plastic bottle . I do this all the time to prevent running out. It does take a long time to defrost though if you freeze a 4 pint container, so for convenience best done in a smaller container. I cant see any reason for not decanting some into a small spill proof container and then freezing that.

comping_cat

Ive frozen milk in its containers before, if its a full bottle, pour a little out as it will expand slightly. The milk will defrost slightly watered down, but ive always found it fine!!!

crazymom

Ive got 8 pints of skimmed milk in my freezer that i got on reduced! its my first time in freezing milk so will be interested to see what its like when its defrosted!

wolfehouse

in girl scout summer camp they used to serve us frozen milk in individual cartons everyday. i only know because occassionally it wasn't totally unfrozen by the time they served it to us. it was fine for drinking plain so i'm sure in a hot drink you wouldn't notice.

tina68

Just thought it would be convenient, one lump or two, and DS and his GF wouldn't have to know it was there either LOL!!!
Tina x

rchddap1

I regularly freeze milk. We only go shopping ever 2 weeks but can use 8 pints of milk in that time. As a result we buy 2 big cartons of milk and freeze one. Actually didn't occur to me until people started talking about it on the boards.

snax

We had a bulk delivery of fresh milk [ 1lt cartons] a few years ago and had to freeze them or most would have gone to waste ... all defrosted easilly and tasted fine - no probs
You could use ice cube bags that have a small fill hole at the top and once full you tie them tight to seal them ..... like this ..... they wouldn't be open then - most supermarkets sell them in rolls and they are quite cheap

Regards
S.

ps ... keep some milk for a few days until it turns and leave it for them to use - might put them off for a while !!!

tina68

oooooooooooh clever...don't really want him off work though or i would, he has a thing about dates and smells so it might not work LOL!!!

rchddap1

What about a new policy of......you finished off the last in the bottle so you replace it?