Freezing Milk

Eenymeeny

Can you freeze soya milk please? I have a vegan stepson who visits on occasions and just uses enough for cereal, then the rest is thrown out.
Also how long will it keep, opened please? (He often returns a few days later!)
(I buy the long-life sweetened type as then it's a store cupboard item)
Sorry to hijack thread OP. Thanks for any advice.

pigpen

iammumtoone wrote: »

thanks but be honest I have no need to do that, I always have too much milk as it is, I would never get to the stage when I would need it.

EDIT: just realised what you mean. I could buy the four pints, separate into 1 pint containers to freeze and take out when needed - why did I not think of that before :mad: I can be so dense sometimes

Of course you'd get to the point to use it lol.. you get it out when you are running low instead of buying more!!

My mother buys the bigger cartons and decants into 1 pint cartons and freezes them, when one starts running low she gets another one out!


And if you don't want to waste it, buy smaller quantities.. it may be cheaper per pint but it costs more in the first place!!

DigForVictory

Eat more porridge!

As for soya milk, there's a *lot* of water in there so it'll expand & probably defrost needing shaking. Try it? It either works or it won't.

jackieblack

pigpen wrote: »

And if you don't want to waste it, buy smaller quantities.. it may be cheaper per pint but it costs more in the first place!!

Actually, it's cheaper to buy a 4 pint (£1.00) than it is to buy a 2 pint and a 1 pint (89p + 49p = £1.38)

skogar

Milkshake, milky coffee?

Pancakes / yorkshires use milk and can be frozen. You might want to put something between the pancakes so you can get them out one at a time.

Egg custard / creme caramel.

I found an icecream recipe that doesn't use cream or eggs. I've not tried it though but it would definately freeze! Could be worth a try. http://www.food.com/recipe/simple-vanilla-ice-milk-373964

Yogurt?

Add to mashed potatoes. Think I've made sliced potatoes cooked in milk before. This looks similar. http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/allotment/2011/jan/28/cookery-blogpost

Add to a soup? Cream of something or a smoked fish one.

Or just freeze it.

White_Rose_Tight_ThaKnows

This has some good tips, and I hope not to ruin it by being a smart-!!!!... However...

If you use 2-3 pints as you say, why not buy 2 pints and cut back? (and perhaps make it clear to whoever else may be in the household that once the 2 pints are used that's it for the week?)

If it were me I'd approach it like cutting back on spending by a third and basically pay closer attention to the usage. That little bit less on cereal, one less brew per day, etc.

But feel free to tell me to shut up! :rotfl:

White_Rose_Tight_ThaKnows

...or make a simple cheese by warming the milk and adding some lemon juice.

pigpen

jackieblack wrote: »

Actually, it's cheaper to buy a 4 pint (£1.00) than it is to buy a 2 pint and a 1 pint (89p + 49p = £1.38)

not if you throw half of it away!!!


You buy 4 pints, use 2 and throw 2 away that is 50p a pint used!

You buy a 2 pint .. you use it all it is 44.5p a pint and no waste!


I'd get 2 pints, use those and refill bottles from the 4 pint.. freeze 1 and get it out when running low.. best of both worlds!... but we use about 7 pints a day

White_Rose_Tight_ThaKnows

Tweak the settings on the fridge?

On Saturday I finished off a bottle of milk, which had a use by date of 20th June. It wasn't opened until around the 21st, but I was very surprised how well it kept considering there were only two of us having a smallish amount per day.

jackieblack

pigpen wrote: »

not if you throw half of it away!!!

If you need more than 2 pints, then even if you throw some away (which is madness if you can freeze it in any case) it's still cheaper because you're spending £1 as apposed to £1.38

It's only cheaper if you buy and use 2 pints and don't need a drop more, but OP has stated that they use 2-3 pints a week

pigpen wrote: »

You buy 4 pints, use 2 and throw 2 away that is 50p a pint used!

Or you use 3 pints and freeze 1 pint for a later date

Either way, you've spent £1

pigpen wrote: »

You buy a 2 pint .. you use it all it is 44.5p a pint and no waste!

But then you've spent 89p and if you need 2-3 pints you've got to buy another pint and spend another 49p (if none in the freezer) then you've spent £1.38

£1.38>£1