Can, Powdered or Regular Milk?

[CampingFamily]

Which do you like to bring along when you are going camping for a few days? We prefer to bring Regular along when we have the room.

 

[ponderosa]

Car camping, we always bring a gallon of milk. Backpacking, we carry powdered milk for cooking and just go without drinking milk until we're back to civilization. I have friends who drink powdered milk on backpacking trips, but I can't do it.

 

[OldSole]

Me either, ponderosa. I can't stand to drink powdered reconstituted milk. I don't mind cooking with it, but drinking it is just out of the question for me. I will even cook with it at home if we happen to run out for some reason.

 

[wvbreamfisherman]

I always keep powdered milk around the kitchen to cook with. Fresh milk goes bad too fast.

 

[FreeWilly]

I've very picky when it comes to drinking milk. I'll only drink 2% and it has to be from a certain store. I just can't stand any other kind of milk. My mother use to get that powdered milk from the government center when we were kids. I hated it.

 

[wvbreamfisherman]

Powdered milk isn't all that good to drink- it helps to up the concentration of the powder a bit. In another thread here someone suggested that adding a few drops of vanilla extract makes reconstituted milk more palatable. Never tried it myself, but wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't work real well.

 

[Grandpa]

Have found that mixing powdered milk and letting it sit overnight in fridge helps some. But nothing like the real stuff.

 

[ponderosa]

Nido and Milkman are generally regarded among backpackers as the tastiest. I know people who claim they can barely tell the difference between these brands and fresh milk. They aren't nonfat, which apparently makes them taste better than the other options. I still can't drink it straight, although I can tolerate it on oatmeal or other hot cereal.

 

[Gabbie]

I'm not a big milk drinker myself but I do like to keep the powdered milk around for cooking with. It last a lot longer the regular milk and comes in handy a lot of times when you don't have milk on hand.

 

[Pathfinder1]

Hi...


I drink skim...also now called fat free...milk, but I don't bring it afield with me.

 

[ejdixon]

I tried bringing some regular milk along with me during one of my camping trips. It was spoilt by afternoon, even if I placed it in a cooler with ice. Been bringing powdered milk ever since. The only exception is whenever I go camping with my folks. They go camping with a trailer with a fridge where I can keep it during the entire trip.

 

[Lamebeaver]

Powered. I agree that the whole powered milk tastes much better, but I don't normally drink milk backpacking, just use it to cook with and add to cereal.

Now if they could just perfect powered beer........

 

[ppine]

Any form of milk is better than no milk. Powdered is good for cold weather because it won't freeze like cans. I saw an ad for a donkey outfitter in the Warner Mtns of No CA, for a small extra charge he will bring a lactating goat to supply fresh milk on week long trips. Goat's milk is tasty and easy to digest. Anyone else like it?

 

[ponderosa]

I always keep powdered milk around the kitchen to cook with. Fresh milk goes bad too fast.

I grocery shopped last night for the next two weeks, and bought the usual nine gallons of milk. We won't waste a single drop! I don't think we've ever had milk go bad at this house. :tinysmile_tongue_t:

 

[Grandpa]

Grandma always makes me check the expiration date on the milk. With grandson here, a gallon a day. We have an apartment fridge in the basement to hold 7-8 gal of milk. We never have one go bad either.