MS Dilemma

countrylover_2

It has been interesting hearing all the opinions on this subject. I hope I might be able to give an alternative, although to some it may be unpalatable. For a number of years now I purchase powdered skim milk. I buy 1kg for around $5.00 AUD this lasts me (I'm the only one in the house) around 1 month and I have never run out of milk. I purchase it when it is on sale and it lasts.

I have found that it is excellent for baking, making cuppas and for cereal. I know that we all would like to support our local farmers (I know I would) but when the pennies count it can be hard. Perhaps saving on other things, like homemade where possible, can allow us to splurge on supporting the locals. But it can be tricky to balance.

This solution of powdered milk allows for stocking up, in case of harder times ahead too. :j

rosieben

countrylover wrote: »

I have found that it is excellent for baking, making cuppas and for cereal. ...

I use it for baking too, its great. I always have a good stock in my cupboard. I use a lot of milk every day, I like proper milk in my tea and on my cereal butpowdered is fine for my milky coffee (one cup, usually every other day) and also powdered is so much easier to carry home from the shop!

Penny-Pincher!!

We buy 2 pints of sterilised milk on a Saturday at 54p per pint. When we go to Makros we normally stock up their reduced milk to 5-10p a pint and freeze. I use the sterilised milk in my milky coffees (extra protein & calories for me) and in milk puddings sometimes.

PP
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beemuzed

We gave up having milk delivered when the local dairy changed the routes around and instead of waking up to the milk on the doorstep it wasn't arriving until past 9am and we both leave the house before 7.45am......warm milk by early evening, even in a "cold" type container.
I guess someone is always going to be at the end of the delivery run!

Stompa

beemuzed wrote: »

We gave up having milk delivered when the local dairy changed the routes around and instead of waking up to the milk on the doorstep it wasn't arriving until past 9am and we both leave the house before 7.45am......warm milk by early evening, even in a "cold" type container. I guess someone is always going to be at the end of the delivery run!

Unfortunately, we're at the beginning of the run, so it arrives about 2am!

Surfbabe

We still have milk delivered but I supplement it with Milk form the supermarket or local shop if they have any!!!!. I live in a rural area and it helps the older residents who don't drive and have limited access to public transport as the milkman also deliveres eggs, potatoes etc. He also keeps an eye out for them and on several occasions has noticed people haven;t collected milk, pulled the post through etc. They can be a real life saver. So depiste the price increase just announced I'll still get a pint a day from them! :T

grayme-m

We tried the milkman a few years ago as he came round knocking for business.

It stopped a few weeks later, he delivered mid morning when no-one was in and the milk was going off soon after (it was summer).

Now we get a load delivered by Mr T and freeze it.

JohnFW

We still have our milk delivered and I can now get organic milk delivered in bottles which is environmentally friendly. Yes it is more expensive but I hate accumulating the cartons I would get buying supermarket milk. Another point - my milkman delivers excellent fruit and veg every Saturday. It is cheaper than the supermarket and delivered to the doorstep. ( But I have stopped buying his bananas as they seemed to end up at the bottom of the bag with disastrous results.)
I would say - see what else your milkman delivers and think about the recyclable glass bottles. Saving a few pounds isn't the only issue here.

MrsTinks

I had organic milk delivered but the cost for 2 of us was over £5 a week... so I have changed to non-organic against my personal beliefs because I want to keep supporting my milkman... Just can't keep paying for the organic prices
For me it was a trade off... local business won

frannyscho

We have all our milk delivered because I would just hate to see milkmen (ok and milkwomen) disappear forever. I also hate the waste of disposable plastic but I do have to stop deliveries during the hot parts of summer (if there are any) as the milk does go off to quickly then. I just resume it in September, but I have told him why, so that he has a choice to remedy this.

I never asked my mum though...where should the tops go now Blue Peter don't collect them for the guide dogs? I still keep them all but don't know where to send them.

I personally hate all the consumer waste these days. I remember that when I was a kid abroad there were never any bottles littered around because the spanish shops would give the kids 10 percetas per bottle collected for all the fanta bottles etc. and then they would go back and get re-used and we would buy sweeties. I can remember loads of kids cleaning up vast swathes of beaches as these bottles were treasures to us. The same thing should happen with all glass bottles so there wouldn't be any need to use a carbon creating furnace to melt them all down after only one use.....

Just don't get me started...that's just one of my pet soap box's.....