Milk in NYC

[debka_notion]

I just tried to make myself a nice cup of tea with milk in it before bed, and when I poured the milk in, it was chunky. This is 4 days before the sell by date in NYC- whereas the milk I bought in Boston usually lasted quite a good while beyond that date, when I didn't use it up too fast, except once in the summer.

I don't understand New York City. Is there something about the place that causes milk to curdle?

Comments

[jessebeller.livejournal.com]

in new york city, agricultural products are generally in transit for much longer periods of time before being purchased by consumers. also, new york city vendors are a vastly less uniform (and therefore less reliable) group than is the case other places. the result is that dairy products sold in the five boroughs have earlier expiration dates, and even those are less reliable indicators, than other places.

you can cut down on the spoilage factor by purchasing dairy products from larger chain vendors who have higher standards in refrigeration equipment and use larger transcontinental shipping firms with higher standards in refrigerated shipping.

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

This one was bought from a pretty darn large supermarket which is I gather a fairly respected one. Or did you mean the brand rather than the store?

Thanks for the input.

Shanah Tovah!

[jessebeller.livejournal.com]

you were right, i meant the supermarket.

i would be so bold as to say your chunky milk was a fluke.

sometimes you can dig to the back of the dairy case to get the gallons of milk that just came in this morning and have expiration dates another week down the line.

but yeah, canned milk would pretty much guarantee it wouldnt ever happen again.

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

Hmm- well the previous thing of milk also went bad a few days before the sell-by date (and I'm talking about the one for NYC), just not as dramatically. Maybe the two of them are a fluke. And I'm not even buying gallons- I'd heard food lasts less time in NYC, and I live basically alone, so I was only buying half-gallons...

Yeah- I wonder how long it takes for canned milk to go bad. I'm not sure I've even ever seen that happen....

[jessebeller.livejournal.com]

whoever told you that was right.

i know next to nothing about canned milk, so i cant offer much advice on that score, but you might also consider soy milk, which doesnt really begin to decay (and consequently doesnt require refrigeration) untill its been opened.

bonus point of interest: soy milk is spanish for i am milk!