Does anyone use powdered milk?

Margaret_

I'm considering switching to powdered milk, as I seem to get through a lot of normal milk (partly because I keep drinking it!) and it's costing me money and not helping my diet at all. I really only need milk for use in porridge and I sometimes use it in mash potato. Would powdered milk work for those things? If you use powdered milk I'd love to know what you use it for and if it saves you money. Thank you!

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Milk in porage! Never!

mardatha

Make porridge with water, and a good glug of single cream on top.

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I've tried it but didn't like it much, I thought I wouldn't taste the difference in porridge, but I did. That was when I used whole milk though, I might not notice as much difference now that I use skimmed milk.

Mohawk_3

I think it depends on what you are used to.

My dad always used to take powdered milk to work for his tea, but it was a practical decision, not a financial one. Well, it was a bit financial, because he'd have wasted a lot of milk if he'd insisted on fresh, but it was more convenience for him.

I rarely buy milk, often only for visitors. My mum (who takes her tea and coffee black) got me powdered for when they visit, because she reckons it's a waste to buy a pint of milk when Dad can make do fine with powdered! :rotfl:

Margaret_

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth wrote: »

Milk in porage! Never!

I'm Scottish so should have just water and salt but I have got very decadent since moving to Yorkshire

If it tastes weird Jack_pott I might be best to just try it with water and see how I go. I do like the sound of double cream Mardatha but not sure if that would do my waistline any favours although I probably wouldn't drink it like I do milk, at least I hope I wouldn't!

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katkin

Also Scottish so no milk used to make porridge!

I always have a packet of dried milk in, just in case I run out of fresh. It's fine for sauces, mash etc. If I ever have to make it up for tea/coffee I wisk it like mad then keep it in the fridge for a few hours to ensure its blended properly.

I prefer to keep a few cartons of uht in. It's handy for camping trips and tastes fine for that use when we can't keep fresh for long especially for wild camping!

Islandmaid

I use it for things like custard, adding to bread etc

ouraggie

I use powdered milk for making sauces, Angel Delight-type things, semolina, rice pudding, pancake batter, etc . I always have the bottle of real milk out on the worktop so that if OH walks past he just assumes I have used proper milk (he "hates" powdered milk and if I am about to make sauce/batter/pud he always says " use proper milk, not that dried c**p").
For porridge I also use dried milk but add more powder than they say to make it creamier.
I always take it with me on holiday and have been detained at various airports over the years, while they decide it's not some illegal drug I'm carrying! For tea and coffee I always make up a cuppa's worth at a time in a glass in the hotel room and pour it in, rather than adding it as powder. I find this dissolves much better.
PS -anyone remember St Ivel 5 pints?

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I too only use water to make porridge then a sprinkle of salt on top and a dribble of cream or milk around the edges, but I to have Scots antecedents (Mum and Dad and the rest of the family Only my brother and I were born in the south :)I tried using dried milk but never seem to get the powder/water ratio right ,probably just me but mine seems to get a bit on the lumpy side. I use UHT milk all the time though and find it great instead of fresh and its never ever gone 'off'.I buy 6 cartons at a time for about just over £4.25 and it does me for weeks.


P.S. Always reminds me of 'National Dried' from WW2

Prinzessilein

I keep a carton of dried milk in the cupboard...I mainly use it fir cooking - some of my bread-recipes use a spoonful of dried milk...But I also like to know I have dried milk on hand for those times when I can't get out of the flat (I am disabled, and sometimes housebound)

I don't use ot for porridge...I soak my oats overnight (usually just in water, sometimes in 'proper' milk...andn I use a mixture of flakes, not just oats!) and then (after warming in the microwave if I want) top with fruit and joghurt...and maybe some seeds. ...*runs away quickly before she is lynched as a porridge-heretic by the Scots !