Should I freeze milk?

[Cwood]

Originally Posted by TomN

Ice cream FTW!! And I am NOT snarky!

[pmpmstrb]

My grandma does it, so it must be ok.

[NEOCON]

We have dairy gotas and regularly freeze their fresh milk when they are producing more than we and our leasees can use. It is ok for just about everything besides just drinking a glass of milk. But on cereal, for cooking, cheese, butter and soap it is fine. Fact is we save colosterum in icecube trays then dump them into a bag. Then when we have a kid (baby goat) that we want to pull from the mother or she doesn't want to nurse it right away we will thaw out the colosterum and bottle feed it. Colosterum is the very strong high it antibodies, and high in the stuff that a newborn needs when they come into this world. Usually if they do not get this they seldom live until adulthood but we have yet to loose one that we gave the frozen colosterum to.

[Scutter01]

I just read a factoid somewhere that in India, milk is sold frozen in blocks and in Denmark it's sold in dehydrated sheets.


Oh, and of course Canada sells it in bags.

[Ri22o]

Originally Posted by Scutter01

Oh, and of course Canada sells it in bags.

When I was in highschool, they tried this for a year. I don't know why, it was the dumbest thing ever. You used a pointy straw to poke a hole in the bag. That was some smart thinking. :rolleyesedit:

[Scutter01]

Originally Posted by Ri22o

When I was in highschool, they tried this for a year. I don't know why, it was the dumbest thing ever. You used a pointy straw to poke a hole in the bag. That was some smart thinking. :rolleyesedit:

I grew up in Detroit, so I spent a fair amount of time in Canada. (Factoid: Windsor, Ontario is SOUTH of Detroit). The bagged milk was actually not bad when sold in 2-litre bags. You could either pour it into a pitcher, or you could buy a special plastic pitcher that had a notch in it. You put the whole bag in and the notch would hold the opening of the bag in the right spot to pour, and also hold the bag closed when you were done pouring. At the end, you had less waste to throw out. I imagine they were cheaper to produce than plastic jugs, too.

I remember the little bags of milk. I think my school tried that too. I can't imagine why anyone thought that would work. It always reminds me of the pointy cups at the water cooler.

[Bigum1969]

I never knew milk could be so fascinating! The things you learn on a firearm forum...

[bwframe]

Originally Posted by spasmo

While pasteurized milk can be frozen; it may separate or be slightly grainy when thawed. Frozen milk works best for cooking, but you may find it's still okay for drinking.
Freeze milk in plastic freezer containers or special freezer-proof glass jars. Leave some extra space at the top since milk expands during freezing. If packaged in a wide-mouth container, leave 1/2-inch head space for pints and 1-inch for quarts. If packaged in a narrow-mouth container (such as jars), leave 1 1/2-inch head space for either pints or quarts.
Plan to use frozen milk within a month. Thaw milk in the refrigerator. Stir well before using.


obtained from...

http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/ciqo.htm

Whoa, couple of negatives for my plans in there. I was looking to pour off an inch or so of the half gallon jug and freeze in that container. Also was hoping to hold it for much longer than a month, maybe 6 months to a year.

[Scutter01]

Originally Posted by Bigum1969

I never knew milk could be so fascinating! The things you learn on a firearm forum...

Depending on the source, sometimes the container is the best part.

[rhino]

If you transfer milk to another container before you freeze it, make sure you sterilize the container first.