Milk

[Skreecheeboy]

Has anyone else noticed that milk keeps a lot longer than it says on the label? I have just drank a glass of milk that''s a week out of date and it tasted fine. Do you think this is to compensate for the low price of milk for farmers or do you think that the way they process it has got better or should I have poured it down the sink and the only reason it tasted fine was because I was eating sour cream flavoured pringles?

[redhead23]

firstly get the weasel out of your kitchen , they are trouble

also this is a question that i have asked many a time , check out my favourite website in the whole world lover
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/milk

[red~bez]

Ewwwwwwww Skreech.......lol

[Skreecheeboy]

Whatever for? The weasel keeps the mice at bay!

[redhead23]

he may do but weasel also makes me stay away from your kitchen as our weasels fight ,

if u want to make love to me on your marble workssurface again i suggest u get rid of the blimming creature

he stinks

also did u check out my website ?

[redhead23]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Edible-Weasel-Coffee/d p/B0001VJE3M
WHAT ON EARTH IS THE WORLD COMMING TO

[Skreecheeboy]

I'm not that keen on condensed milk! Is that the sort that nestle make and it tastes dead sweet?

[Skreecheeboy]

That fist link was good thanks Redhead, i found out that whales make milk and in some countries they drink yak's milk and reindeer milk and a few other strange creatures but not weasels. I have also found out that milk is consumable when it is on the turn and even can be consumed when it starts to curdle, so long as it's not too far gone so looks like the supermarkets are deceiving us by labelling their milk as being out of date a week to early!

[Goodsoulette]

Skreech, milk goes through a long process before it gets to your door. They are just trying to save you from listeria poisoning, covering their backs. Not about deception, it will the dairy they get it from doing it. Besides milk is hardly a product that you have go off a lot. 6 pints go in under 2 days in my house and I dont drink it, thats 2 kids.

[Skreecheeboy]

Yeah it usually does but this one was left by my flat mate who is away for a week on holiday and it passed the sniff test so I drank it. Making the use by date a week early is totally misleading though, I mean loads of folk must chuck it out on account of the date on it and if there's a week left, it means they are paying over the odds for more when it's not needed!

[Sasha13]

As long as milk smells ok you're fine to drink it regardless of the date on the bottle. That's because the bacteria that causes the damage to us when we drink off milk is (handily) the same bacteria that is responsible for milk smelling rancid. So no, as long as it smelled ok, you should be alive and kicking after drinking it!

[peppy]

I bought some Cravendale milk and it fell out of the bag in the car and went under the seat.
I found it 10 days later and decided to taste it before I threw it away, and it was absolutely fine.
Make of that what you will x x

[MrBen5]

Hmmm, what i make of that peppy is that your just buying it for the sake of it. You mustnt have really needed it other wise you would have missed it and found it earlier... :)

[Champagne]

This might give a bit of an answer here:-

http://www.rsc.org/Education/EiC/issues/2007Ja n/SqueezeHarderFresherMilk.asp

Also, there's the use of dissolved carbon dioxide to extend the shelf-life of milk. A technology which is also used in a lot of pre-packed foods, including salads, which is not a good thing because it kills the nutrients.

Here's another interesting article about milk/cow farming today. This applies to UK farming:-

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/ 0,,2074536,00.html

[RATTER15]

Carakeel and myself have gone over to Cravendale as it does last a lot longer. Generally I find that ordinary full cream milk will only last a day or two after its sell by date before it starts getting a bit ripe!!

[peppy]

That's funny Mr.Ben, Mr. P said exactly the same thing !

Is it a man thing or has my hubby got himself an AB account and has forgotten to mention it ?? x x