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Post by Jimmers Nice Guy on Jul 1, 2017 16:23:33 GMT -8
and they have special 'cutters' for the bags as well...NEVER try to cut it open with a steak knife  That looks like the little urinal pot they give you at the hospital... panic flashback!!! |
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Post by Bats on Jul 2, 2017 1:35:30 GMT -8
and they have special 'cutters' for the bags as well...NEVER try to cut it open with a steak knife  It was bad enough when they switched from glass bottles to cartons... but that?! Can you buy milk in any other container? For the record, cartons never took off in the UK. Most of our milk now comes in plastic bottles...  |
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Post by Bats on Jul 2, 2017 1:45:02 GMT -8
 Oh how I miss these...   This was "gold top" milk, i.e. whole milk or "full fat". You had to shake it before opening to mix up the cream otherwise the it settled at the top and the first pour would be almost neat cream. It was delivered to your door by the local milkman, with whom you had a standing order. In the winter, if you left gold top on the doorstep for too long, the cream would freeze and burst out through the foil top. In the spring, if you left it out for too long, the birds would peck through the top and drink the cream! |
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Post by Jimmers Nice Guy on Jul 2, 2017 8:45:39 GMT -8
We can still get it in the carton,but much more expensive by far.
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Post by Stu on Jul 2, 2017 11:26:31 GMT -8
Oh how I miss these... This was "gold top" milk, i.e. whole milk or "full fat". You had to shake it before opening to mix up the cream otherwise the it settled at the top and the first pour would be almost neat cream. It was delivered to your door by the local milkman, with whom you had a standing order. In the winter, if you left gold top on the doorstep for too long, the cream would freeze and burst out through the foil top. In the spring, if you left it out for too long, the birds would peck through the top and drink the cream! My wife remembers getting glass bottles of milk delivered to her door 45 years ago. |
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Post by Jimmers Nice Guy on Jul 2, 2017 11:39:11 GMT -8
i'm craving strawberry quick
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Post by Bats on Jul 2, 2017 11:40:39 GMT -8
Oh how I miss these... This was "gold top" milk, i.e. whole milk or "full fat". You had to shake it before opening to mix up the cream otherwise the it settled at the top and the first pour would be almost neat cream. It was delivered to your door by the local milkman, with whom you had a standing order. In the winter, if you left gold top on the doorstep for too long, the cream would freeze and burst out through the foil top. In the spring, if you left it out for too long, the birds would peck through the top and drink the cream! My wife remembers getting glass bottles of milk delivered to her door 45 years ago. Last delivery we had was about 25 years ago. Things have changed though... We stopped getting a delivery around the time the shops started staying open late. |
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Post by Stu on Jul 2, 2017 11:51:15 GMT -8
My mom used to try to give us powered/evaporated milk when I was young. Most disgusting thing I've ever tasted.
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Post by Bats on Jul 2, 2017 12:11:23 GMT -8
My mom used to try to give us powered/evaporated milk when I was young. Most disgusting thing I've ever tasted. I love evaporated milk...  ...but only on the right pudding, of course. |
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Post by Stu on Jul 2, 2017 12:19:08 GMT -8
My mom used to try to give us powered/evaporated milk when I was young. Most disgusting thing I've ever tasted. I love evaporated milk... ...but only on the right pudding, of course. I guess I should've just said powered milk, the stuff you posted I think of as condensed milk. This stuff we had looked like flour and then you added water to it. God damn it was disgusting. We got it free b/c we hosted a lot of foster kids, but their lives was tough enough to begin with, why torture them with powered milk? The giant block of gov't cheese wasn't bad tho  |
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Post by Bats on Jul 2, 2017 12:22:42 GMT -8
I love evaporated milk... ...but only on the right pudding, of course. I guess I should've just said powered milk, the stuff you posted I think of as condensed milk. This stuff we had looked like flour and the you added water to it. God damn it was disgusting. We got it free b/c we hosted a lot of foster kids, but their lives was tough enough to begin with, why torture them with powered milk? The giant block of gov't cheese wasn't bad tho Powdered milk is bloody awful. Mum used to buy that for camping trips... |
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Post by Jimmers Nice Guy on Jul 2, 2017 14:37:59 GMT -8
powdered milk is not so bad in coffee or teas as a whitener.When first on my own as a teen,the high school would provide some groceries to me twice a month,and there was always powdered milk and potatoes(and baked beans and tins of creamed corn.ALWAYS).If I used one and half times the powder as it said and put it in the fridge over night it was not bad with cereal.
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Post by Jeffro on Jul 2, 2017 14:59:22 GMT -8
I like powdered water. Just add water
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Post by Jimmers Nice Guy on Jul 2, 2017 16:31:02 GMT -8
I like powdered water. Just add water I've actually seen a pic of dehydrated water in a can someplace... |
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Post by Stu on Jul 2, 2017 16:34:14 GMT -8
I like powdered water. Just add water I've actually seen a pic of dehydrated water in a can someplace... Steven Wright's website? |
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