Milk

icedgemma

A lot of supermarkets are doing the 4 pints for £1 price at the moment. Unfortunately we don't get through 4 pints in the time until it goes off, but it seems silly to buy a 2 pint bottle for 89p when we can get twice as much for £1. Has anyone found any ways of making it last longer? Could I tip some out into a tupperware and freeze it?

Horseunderwater

As it is now homogenised yes you can. Make sure that you leave a fair space at top though as liquids expand when cold & if too full might knock lid off.

tessie_bear

could u use the rest in cooking ? such as cauli cheese/rice pudding/angel delight/smoothie thats what i do to make use of the £1 deal...i have never frozen milk so dont know how that would turn out

elsien

I freeze skimmed milk and it's fine. Not sure if it makes a difference with full fat milk or not.

alanq

Milk from supermarkets doesn't all keep for the same period.

ASDA online promises 7+ days and usually in my experience is delivered lasting 11 days including day of delivery.

Tesco promises 5+ days and usually is delivered to last 8 days.

There is filtered milk, such as Cravendale, that keeps much longer but the price gap between that and "normal" milk is now much larger than it once was.

In all cases the "use by" date is reduced once the container is opened.

jon81uk

I worry that the farmers are getting underpaid due to this supermarket price war. I don't think that £1.50 is expensive for 4 pints of milk (2.2 litres) when coca-cola is £1.85 (or 2 for £2) for 1.75 litres.

dlusman

elsien wrote: »

I freeze skimmed milk and it's fine. Not sure if it makes a difference with full fat milk or not.

yes - you can freeze all types of milk

Good idea is to freeze it as "ice cubes" , so when you come to defrost you can just take what you want

McKneff

jon81uk wrote: »

I worry that the farmers are getting underpaid due to this supermarket price war. I don't think that £1.50 is expensive for 4 pints of milk (2.2 litres) when coca-cola is £1.85 (or 2 for £2) for 1.75 litres.

:T:T:T exactly this, the farmers are being squeezed to within an inch of bankruptcy

aardvaak

jon81uk wrote: »

I worry that the farmers are getting underpaid due to this supermarket price war. I don't think that £1.50 is expensive for 4 pints of milk (2.2 litres) when coca-cola is £1.85 (or 2 for £2) for 1.75 litres.

I wouldn't worry about it farmers can afford it what with grants and

the recent increases in cereal and meat prices.

aardvaak

McKneff wrote: »

:T:T:T exactly this, the farmers are being squeezed to within an inch of bankruptcy

No they are not!

flashnazia

McKneff wrote: »

:T:T:T exactly this, the farmers are being squeezed to within an inch of bankruptcy

Farmers usually get very generous subsidies.

In answer to the OP, yes you can freeze milk. I do it all the time. Just give a good shake after it's defrosted.