Thread: Aldi milk dilemma

J. Clarke wrote:
> Well, the new Aldi opened. Needed a quart of milk, so went by, they
> only have gallons but their gallons are cheaper than Stop & Shop's
> quarts. But I don't generally use up a quart before it goes bad. So,
> do a save a few cents and toss a lot more milk, or do I spend the extra
> and not toss as much of it?
>


Buy the gallon. Make chocolate or butterscotch pudding, custard or
pumpkin pie, or any other recipes that call for a lot of milk.
You can probably also freeze some of it in cup or pint containers to use
in cooking.

gloria p

On Oct 15, 10:26*am, "J. Clarke" <jclarkeuse...@cox.net> wrote:
> Well, the new Aldi opened. *Needed a quart of milk, so went by, they
> only have gallons but their gallons are cheaper than Stop & Shop's
> quarts. *But I don't generally use up a quart before it goes bad. *So,
> do a save a few cents and toss a lot more milk, or do I spend the extra
> and not toss as much of it?

Do you know anyone else in the same boat? Maybe three of your
neighbors only need a quart at a time.

I've been trying to apply this principle, to no avail so far. There's
an herb and spice company in SF that has really good prices, but the
minimum quantity is a pound. By the time I used a pound of anything,
it would have the flavor potential of wheat straw. But I figure if I
could split pounds of oregano, marjoram, cumin, etc four ways I
wouldn't be wasting anything.

On 10/15/2010 1:26 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
> Well, the new Aldi opened. Needed a quart of milk, so went by, they
> only have gallons but their gallons are cheaper than Stop& Shop's
> quarts. But I don't generally use up a quart before it goes bad. So,
> do a save a few cents and toss a lot more milk, or do I spend the extra
> and not toss as much of it?
>

Storage life depends on how warm it gets. We were constantly throwing
out stuff with our old fridge that didn't have uniform temperature in
the box. If you tried to turn the temp down some areas would freeze. I
keep the new one really cold and milk and leftovers last a really long
time now (easily 1.5~2 weeks on an open gallon of milk).

In article <[email protected] ocal>,
"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Well, the new Aldi opened. Needed a quart of milk, so went by, they
> only have gallons but their gallons are cheaper than Stop & Shop's
> quarts. But I don't generally use up a quart before it goes bad. So,
> do a save a few cents and toss a lot more milk, or do I spend the extra
> and not toss as much of it?

I suppose you could actually do the math and figure which is more
economical -- you could make some guesstimates about how much you're
tossing.

Christine Dabney, I believe, freezes extra milk. Or maybe it's Jill
McQuown.

Or you could buy the gallon and give half to a neighbor. <shrug>

If it were me, I'd probably pay more for the quart you'll use; to toss
it is wasteful and a false economy. JMTCW.

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On 10/15/2010 1:36 PM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article<[email protected] omain.local>,
> "J. Clarke"<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Well, the new Aldi opened. Needed a quart of milk, so went by, they
>> only have gallons but their gallons are cheaper than Stop& Shop's
>> quarts. But I don't generally use up a quart before it goes bad. So,
>> do a save a few cents and toss a lot more milk, or do I spend the extra
>> and not toss as much of it?
>
> I suppose you could actually do the math and figure which is more
> economical -- you could make some guesstimates about how much you're
> tossing.
>
> Christine Dabney, I believe, freezes extra milk. Or maybe it's Jill
> McQuown.
>
> Or you could buy the gallon and give half to a neighbor.<shrug>
>
> If it were me, I'd probably pay more for the quart you'll use; to toss
> it is wasteful and a false economy. JMTCW.
>

We freeze milk. We buy skim milk only. DH hates to pay almost as much
for a half as for a gallon, so we transfer it to a freezable container
and freeze half. I don't know how this would work with milk that had a
fat content, but it's perfectly fine for skim.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

On 15-Oct-2010, "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Well, the new Aldi opened. Needed a quart of milk, so went by, they
> only have gallons but their gallons are cheaper than Stop & Shop's
> quarts. But I don't generally use up a quart before it goes bad. So,
> do a save a few cents and toss a lot more milk, or do I spend the extra
> and not toss as much of it?

Find someone, a relative or neighbor or????, who also can't use a whole
gallon and split it.
--
Change Cujo to Juno in email address.

On Oct 15, 12:57*pm, "gloria.p" <gpues...@comcast.net> wrote:
> J. Clarke wrote:
> > Well, the new Aldi opened. *Needed a quart of milk, so went by, they
> > only have gallons but their gallons are cheaper than Stop & Shop's
> > quarts. *But I don't generally use up a quart before it goes bad. *So,
> > do a save a few cents and toss a lot more milk, or do I spend the extra
> > and not toss as much of it?
>
> Buy the gallon. *Make chocolate or butterscotch pudding, custard or
> pumpkin pie, or any other recipes that call for a lot of milk.
> You can probably also freeze some of it in cup or pint containers to use
> in cooking.

We just stopped at Aldi to get a gallon of milk. Theirs is cheaper
than the supermarket, and tastes like it has more fat. I wonder how
standardized whole milk really is. Anyway, the Aldi milk tastes a lot
better. I'm going to see if the chocolate monster (wife) has cleaned
us out of chocolate. A square of chocolate and a big glass of milk
sounds wonderful.
>
> gloria p

--Bryan

On Oct 15, 1:26*pm, "J. Clarke" <jclarkeuse...@cox.net> wrote:
> Well, the new Aldi opened. *Needed a quart of milk, so went by, they
> only have gallons but their gallons are cheaper than Stop & Shop's
> quarts. *But I don't generally use up a quart before it goes bad. *So,
> do a save a few cents and toss a lot more milk, or do I spend the extra
> and not toss as much of it?

What I do is buy the gallon, freeze 2 or 3 quarts in Rubbermaid
bottles, and I never run out of milk, at least to the point of having
to make a special stop or run.

"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] in.local...
> Well, the new Aldi opened. Needed a quart of milk, so went by, they
> only have gallons but their gallons are cheaper than Stop & Shop's
> quarts. But I don't generally use up a quart before it goes bad. So,
> do a save a few cents and toss a lot more milk, or do I spend the extra
> and not toss as much of it?
>

Use the extra to make cheese, yogurt, or just freeze it.

Robert

On Oct 15, 1:38*pm, Janet Wilder <kelliepoo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> We freeze milk. We buy skim milk only. DH hates to pay almost as much
> for a half as for a gallon, so we transfer it to a freezable container
> and freeze half. I don't know how this would work with milk that had a
> fat content, but it's perfectly fine for skim.
>
>
> Janet Wilder
>
>
Whole milk freezes with no problem. The trick is to shake it
vigorously after it has thawed to redistribute the fat.

On Oct 15, 12:26*pm, "J. Clarke" <jclarkeuse...@cox.net> wrote:
> Well, the new Aldi opened. *Needed a quart of milk, so went by, they
> only have gallons but their gallons are cheaper than Stop & Shop's
> quarts. *But I don't generally use up a quart before it goes bad. *So,
> do a save a few cents and toss a lot more milk, or do I spend the extra
> and not toss as much of it?

The milk I buy from a large regional dairy usually has a "use by" date
2 to 2 1/2 weeks in the future when I buy it. It should certainly
last 2 weeks if it has been consistently properly refrigerated.
Select your milk from the back of the shelf where it stays colder
while it sits there. Also, the shelves are loaded from the back,
usually, so the newer containers are in the back. (Don't store it in
the door of your fridge, where it gets warm faster every time the door
is opened - put it towards the back on a regular shelf.) One of the
other local dairies' milk always went bad before 5 days was up, no
matter if the date said 10 days....there was obviously a refrigeration
problem somewhere along the delivery line.

N.

itsjoannotjoann wrote:
> On Oct 15, 1:38 pm, Janet Wilder <kelliepoo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> We freeze milk. We buy skim milk only. DH hates to pay almost as
>> much
>> for a half as for a gallon, so we transfer it to a freezable
>> container and freeze half. I don't know how this would work with
>> milk that had a fat content, but it's perfectly fine for skim.
>>
>>
>> Janet Wilder
>>
>>
> Whole milk freezes with no problem. The trick is to shake it
> vigorously after it has thawed to redistribute the fat.

itsjoannotjoann wrote:
> On Oct 15, 1:38 pm, Janet Wilder <kelliepoo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> We freeze milk. We buy skim milk only. DH hates to pay almost as
>> much
>> for a half as for a gallon, so we transfer it to a freezable
>> container and freeze half. I don't know how this would work with
>> milk that had a fat content, but it's perfectly fine for skim.
>>
>>
>> Janet Wilder
>>
>>
> Whole milk freezes with no problem. The trick is to shake it
> vigorously after it has thawed to redistribute the fat.

Agreed. Half-and-half doesn't freeze well, though - the cream becomes
lumpy.

"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] in.local...
> Well, the new Aldi opened. Needed a quart of milk, so went by, they
> only have gallons but their gallons are cheaper than Stop & Shop's
> quarts. But I don't generally use up a quart before it goes bad. So,
> do a save a few cents and toss a lot more milk, or do I spend the extra
> and not toss as much of it?

We use very little milk. I know I could buy it cheaper by the gallon, but I
tend to buy single serve bottles. This last time I bought shelf stable
cartons. They are still not opened.

On 10/15/2010 3:04 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> On Oct 15, 1:26 pm, "J. Clarke"<jclarkeuse...@cox.net> wrote:
>> Well, the new Aldi opened. Needed a quart of milk, so went by, they
>> only have gallons but their gallons are cheaper than Stop& Shop's
>> quarts. But I don't generally use up a quart before it goes bad. So,
>> do a save a few cents and toss a lot more milk, or do I spend the extra
>> and not toss as much of it?
>
> What I do is buy the gallon, freeze 2 or 3 quarts in Rubbermaid
> bottles, and I never run out of milk, at least to the point of having
> to make a special stop or run.
>

It works well with skim milk because we do it, but I'm wondering what it
does to milk with butter fat

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

On 16/10/2010 3:26 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
> Well, the new Aldi opened. Needed a quart of milk, so went by, they
> only have gallons but their gallons are cheaper than Stop& Shop's
> quarts. But I don't generally use up a quart before it goes bad. So,
> do a save a few cents and toss a lot more milk, or do I spend the extra
> and not toss as much of it?
>
split it and freeze some

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"J. Clarke" wrote:
>
> Well, the new Aldi opened. Needed a quart of milk, so went by, they
> only have gallons but their gallons are cheaper than Stop & Shop's
> quarts. But I don't generally use up a quart before it goes bad. So,
> do a save a few cents and toss a lot more milk, or do I spend the extra
> and not toss as much of it?

Freeze what's left. Make icecream/gelato, make simple fresh cheese,
rennet pudding.

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>
> itsjoannotjoann wrote:
> > On Oct 15, 1:38 pm, Janet Wilder <kelliepoo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> We freeze milk. We buy skim milk only. DH hates to pay almost as
> >> much
> >> for a half as for a gallon, so we transfer it to a freezable
> >> container and freeze half. I don't know how this would work with
> >> milk that had a fat content, but it's perfectly fine for skim.
> >>
> >>
> >> Janet Wilder
> >>
> >>
> > Whole milk freezes with no problem. The trick is to shake it
> > vigorously after it has thawed to redistribute the fat.

Freezing a gallon of milk does me no good. Once I thaw it I still won't
use it up before it goes bad.

Oh, and try making a Bechamel sauce with thawed milk and see how it
goes.

In article <4cb89f9e$0$30844$c3e8da3$[email protected] om>,
Janet Wilder <[email protected]> wrote:

> We freeze milk. We buy skim milk only. DH hates to pay almost as much
> for a half as for a gallon, so we transfer it to a freezable container
> and freeze half. I don't know how this would work with milk that had a
> fat content, but it's perfectly fine for skim.

It works for milk with fat as well, but needs to be thawed slowly in
the refrigerator to taste/feel right for drinking.

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