Are you the kind of person . . .

[digitS']

. . . who just has to open the lid to the after-pull-date milk container,

just so you can sniff at it

before dumping it down the sink?

Steve

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

Unless it has gone thru several temp changes, it probably still is good. Frequently the sniff test gives you the residue on the jug/carton, not the contents. Best is the Taste Test!

I'm a food scientist by education, btw.

 

[Carol Dee]

YEP

 

[thistlebloom]

Well yeah, you can't believe everything you read you know!

 

[Kassaundra]

I ALWAYS sniff first, no matter the expiration date! Some suprises just aren't worth it.

 

[lesa]

I've actually only seen/smelled spoiled milk once- and I will never forget it- it was chunky!!! No wonder I drink soymilk now!

 

[Kassaundra]

I've actually only seen/smelled spoiled milk once- and I will never forget it- it was chunky!!! No wonder I drink soymilk now!

I drink soy also, but it spoils too. (I always sniff it before I pour) Gary my husband drinks cow milk (from the store) but he has very bad hayfever allergies and doesn't smell well so I get sniffing duty for him.

Have you tried the new Silk coconut milk? It is awesome!!!!

 

[digitS']

Sniffing sour milk has become something of a metaphor in this house. DD moved out 5 years ago and she was the last person to drink cow's milk. I began to think I had become lactose intolerant to some degree about 15 years ago. DW hasn't been a milk-drinker as an adult, at all.

I grew up on a little farm with milk cows. It was what was called a cow/calf operation but some of those cows were dairy and we always supplemented the Calf Manna with fresh milk and had so much for our own use that . . . well, it was wonderful! Cream and butter and milk. I still get away with having a little dairy - just better not have that 2nd bowl of ice cream , that sort of thing.

Having breakfast cereal was something I wasn't quite prepared to give up, 15 years ago. I'm having a bowl of honey nuts & oats with fresh raspberries this morning - with soy milk. Soy milk for this purpose is fine. Rice milk is okay. I haven't tried coconut milk . . . other than from a coconut. (There's also a "coconut" carbonated drink that's okay, if'n you like that sort of thing .)

Almond milk is real good but I can't really taste the almonds in my cereal bowl. Blue Diamond almond milk seems to be stronger-flavored than Silk. I usually drink coffee black (and brewed with fresh ground beans ) but putting BD almond milk in my coffee is really, something of a treat! Better than most espresso drinks!!

Steve

 

[ninnymary]

Steve, you must have no gardening duties to attend to, to be asking us questions like this! lol . I don't have to sniff since we go through milk before the expiration date. I do though always check the dates at the store and get the latest one.

Mary

 

[seedcorn]

Sniffing sour milk has become something of a metaphor in this house. DD moved out 5 years ago and she was the last person to drink cow's milk. I began to think I had become lactose intolerant to some degree about 15 years ago. DW hasn't been a milk-drinker as an adult, at all.

I grew up on a little farm with milk cows. It was what was called a cow/calf operation but some of those cows were dairy and we always supplemented the Calf Manna with fresh milk and had so much for our own use that . . . well, it was wonderful! Cream and butter and milk. I still get away with having a little dairy - just better not have that 2nd bowl of ice cream , that sort of thing.

Having breakfast cereal was something I wasn't quite prepared to give up, 15 years ago. I'm having a bowl of honey nuts & oats with fresh raspberries this morning - with soy milk. Soy milk for this purpose is fine. Rice milk is okay. I haven't tried coconut milk . . . other than from a coconut. (There's also a "coconut" carbonated drink that's okay, if'n you like that sort of thing .)

Almond milk is real good but I can't really taste the almonds in my cereal bowl. Blue Diamond almond milk seems to be stronger-flavored than Silk. I usually drink coffee black (and brewed with fresh ground beans ) but putting BD almond milk in my coffee is really, something of a treat! Better than most espresso drinks!!

Steve

Steve you had me on little farm w/real milk........oh I miss those days. The imitation milk, you lost me. I'll do my part and not buy it so that there is more for you......I give and I give and I give.