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Suggestions for using curdled milk

PipneyJane
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Because the cheapest way to buy milk is in a 2 litre/4 pint bottle, I often end up freezing half of it. Yesterday, I put a 1L bottle of frozen milk in the fridge to defrost. A few moments ago, when I went to make my mid-morning cuppa, I took a look at it and realised that the milk had curdled!
It's still partially frozen, but what has defrosted is definitely curdled, with the whey on top and the milk solids at the bottom of the bottle.
Any suggestions what I can do with a litre of curdled, skimmed milk?
TIA.
- Pip
It's still partially frozen, but what has defrosted is definitely curdled, with the whey on top and the milk solids at the bottom of the bottle.
Any suggestions what I can do with a litre of curdled, skimmed milk?
TIA.
- Pip
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It's probably fine. I find when I defrost frozen milk it needs a shake to remix it. It tends to separate out and defrost inconsistently. The quickest way to defrost it is to stand it in a bowl of tapwater. I never bother defrosting in the fridge, our fridge is very efficient and it takes way too long to thaw.Make £2025 in 2025
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Slinky said:It's probably fine. I find when I defrost frozen milk it needs a shake to remix it. It tends to separate out and defrost inconsistently. The quickest way to defrost it is to stand it in a bowl of tapwater. I never bother defrosting in the fridge, our fridge is very efficient and it takes way too long to thaw.
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Maybe you can mix it with a mixer? Or try it for pancakes? I use slightly off (only slightly-off though, never really off!) milk and you can't taste it and it doesn't have ill effects. Maybe it works for curdled milk, too?
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My late Father always used slightly off milk to make soda scones or pancakes .As he was a chemist by profession I suppose he knew it wouldn't kill us.
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My mum used to make cream cheese with soured milk - strain it through a muslin and then mash it with some chopped chives, she usually made it in summer when milk went off. It’s not quite like the cream cheese you buy, it’s stronger tasting, but it’s one of my childhood memories.Life is mainly froth and bubble: two things stand like stone. Kindness in another’s trouble, courage in your own.6
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Siebrie said:Maybe you can mix it with a mixer? Or try it for pancakes? I use slightly off (only slightly-off though, never really off!) milk and you can't taste it and it doesn't have ill effects. Maybe it works for curdled milk, too?
- Pip
PS: One thing I have learned is that, if you are re-using a plastic milk bottle as a freezer container, make sure it smells fresh before you decant the new milk into it. If there is any hint of sourness in the smell, it will definitely curdle."Be the type of woman that when you get out of bed in the morning, the devil says 'Oh crap. She's up.' "
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Thank you for sharing the life lessonI'm pretty sure I've read somewhere that you can use the whey in baking.
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Soda bread? If you Google whey recipes loads of other possibilities come up.5
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scones. Some recipes tell you to add lemon juice to make the milk curdle! I think that was for soda bread.Being polite and pleasant doesn't cost anything!
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I discovered filtered milk several months ago. I thought it was a bit of a con but it really does keep for longer. The 2 litre bottle of semi skimmed I bought this morning has a use by date of 12 December which is more or less when I will have used it up.4
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