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Post by Weyland on Jan 16, 2011 11:53:17 GMT
I just drank almost a pint of tea, but noticed that the milk had curdled when I'd already drunk most of it.
The milk looked and tasted OK before I poured it in the mug (before the tea, naturally).
The tea tasted fine before I noticed the curdling. I feel fine. Should I worry?
Is there a way to know that it'll curdle?
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Post by Patrick on Jan 16, 2011 14:12:59 GMT
I've had that - you've guzzled over half in a thirst quench frenzy and suddenly notice white spots all down the side of the cup. Must have been "just" on the turn. Harmless enough I reckon - I'd just get a teaspoon and scoop them out. It's when you've just poured a load over some fresh cereal that's really annoying and it has gone off. Friend of mine used to hear Unigate milkman talking when she called into a café in the mornings for a coffee. It put her off milk deliveries (from them, anyway). Unigate became too big really, so fast distribution system or not, your milk could have been around four days old by the time it arrived on your doorstep. How much is a pint (delivered) these days? About 75p last I heard.
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Post by everso on Jan 16, 2011 23:15:25 GMT
I've had that - you've guzzled over half in a thirst quench frenzy and suddenly notice white spots all down the side of the cup. Must have been "just" on the turn. Harmless enough I reckon - I'd just get a teaspoon and scoop them out. It's when you've just poured a load over some fresh cereal that's really annoying and it has gone off. Friend of mine used to hear Unigate milkman talking when she called into a café in the mornings for a coffee. It put her off milk deliveries (from them, anyway). Unigate became too big really, so fast distribution system or not, your milk could have been around four days old by the time it arrived on your doorstep. How much is a pint (delivered) these days? About 75p last I heard. 62 p.
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Post by Patrick on Jan 16, 2011 23:41:35 GMT
Any advance on 62p? What am I bid!? ;D
Who's that with Mrs E?
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Post by everso on Jan 17, 2011 0:39:38 GMT
Any advance on 62p? What am I bid!? ;D Who's that with Mrs E? It's with Milk & More (Dairy Crest group). I have my milk delivered on Mon, Wed, Fri and Sat and I buy any extra in the supermarket. I'm loathe to cancel my milk delivery - clinging on to the past I suppose. If everyone stops having their milk delivered the supermarkets won't have any reason to keep their prices low and you can bet your life they'll hike their prices up sky-high.
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Post by Weyland on Jan 17, 2011 10:12:28 GMT
It's with Milk & More (Dairy Crest group). I have my milk delivered on Mon, Wed, Fri and Sat and I buy any extra in the supermarket. I'm loathe to cancel my milk delivery - clinging on to the past I suppose. If everyone stops having their milk delivered the supermarkets won't have any reason to keep their prices low and you can bet your life they'll hike their prices up sky-high. When I went to live in Holland in 1979, milk deliveries as such were long gone, but there were lots of mobile shops -- called nostalgically de melkboer or the milk farmer -- even in built-up areas. They sold milk and all sorts of other food as well, including bread, fresh vegetables, and alcohol. Dearer but handy. Also in some places de kaasboer (cheese) and de groenteboer (fruit & veg). This was still going on until I came back here. Dunno about now. Good idea, I think. Mind you, there are not nearly as many supermarkets over there, and hardly any anywhere near as big as even your average Tesco / Sainsburys / Morrisons / Asda.
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Post by riotgrrl on Jan 17, 2011 11:19:02 GMT
It's interesting that 'what is the price of a pint of milk' is one of these questions politicians regularly get asked and are expected to know the answer to to prove they're still 'in touch'.
(It was even a sub-plot in one episode of the West Wing, so this seems to be a feature in both US and UK politics.)
But I haven't a clue what the price of a pint of milk is . . .
(Apparently every politician worth his/her salt does however, and if you ask them they can tell you.)
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Post by Weyland on Jan 17, 2011 11:57:21 GMT
I haven't a clue what the price of a pint of milk is . . . Yes, Riot, but you didn't even know about Larkrise until Ev and I educated you. Or even Wallander! I mean! What amazes me is that milk is still measured in pints here. It's like living in the Dark Ages. Do you know about the metric system? The rest of the world -- apart from the USA, naturally -- has been using it for centuries. Which is since even before I was born, if I remember correctly.
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Post by Patrick on Jan 17, 2011 16:41:11 GMT
I'd like to support a local dairy with a delivery - not to mention not having a pile of plastic cartons growing in the cupboard under the stairs - though we start the week off with a couple of four pinters which eases things off. Still, if we could afford it a local one would be handy. I hear a float whining up the road in the early mornings - one day I'll dash outside and see who the dairy is (that'll surprise the neighbours!) He only delivers to one house as far as I can hear.
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Post by Patrick on Jan 17, 2011 16:48:10 GMT
My Spar sells it's milk in litres - charges the same price though!
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Post by Weyland on Jan 17, 2011 16:50:20 GMT
He only delivers to one house as far as I can hear. No. No. No. I won't. I can't. I dare not give that scenario the detailed narrative conjectural treatment it surely deserves. Not here. Not before the watershed.
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Post by Weyland on Jan 17, 2011 16:55:18 GMT
My Spar sells it's milk in litres - charges the same price though! 1 litre = 1.76 pints (Imperial) [or 2.2 pints (US)]
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Post by Patrick on Jan 17, 2011 17:07:05 GMT
At the Spar it was 49p for 500ml or 98p for a litre. Now 92p a litre - compare that with S'bury's at 86p for two pints.
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Post by Patrick on Jan 17, 2011 17:10:53 GMT
He only delivers to one house as far as I can hear. No. No. No. I won't. I can't. I dare not give that scenario the detailed narrative conjectural treatment it surely deserves. Not here. Not before the watershed. Awww. I quite like it. A play on words - a little literary licence. "As as I can see" or "As far as I know". "As far as I can hear" where the milk float stops along the road! ;D
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Post by Weyland on Jan 17, 2011 17:22:12 GMT
Awww. I quite like it. A play on words - a little literary licence. "As as I can see" or "As far as I know". "As far as I can hear" where the milk float stops along the road! ;D I like it as well. Nothing wrong with a bit of licence. I was just quietly conjuring up a mental image of the lady waiting at the door for the milkman to deliver what she'd ordered, thin walls, etc. . . . I'll get me red-top. (I almost said gold-top. Lucky escape there.)
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Post by Patrick on Jan 17, 2011 23:20:43 GMT
Never trust a milkman who's still out in the afternoon mid morning!
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Post by everso on Jan 18, 2011 10:25:53 GMT
Our milkman leaves our milk about 6.30, later on Fridays when he has to collect money, although I pay my milk bill on-line. "Milk & More" has a website where you can find out if they deliver milk in your area and you can then set up an account with them. You can order other stuff on line and change your order up to the night before delivery.
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Post by jean on Jan 18, 2011 10:59:20 GMT
Milk bottles are now almost the only sort of bottle that can be properly recycled, rather than being smashed up and reconstituted (at considerable cost) into something completely different.
That alone is a good reason for getting your milk delivered.
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jan 18, 2011 11:05:57 GMT
Any sub-standard cup of tea experience is a human tragedy IMO.
AH
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Post by aubrey on Jan 18, 2011 12:08:23 GMT
I'm not sure that a milkman would appreciate the idea of bringing 2 pints a day to our flat, 65 stairs up.
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