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Milk slightly but not on the turn

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Allsorts Tue 20-Jun-23 05:24:19

I have just opened a 2 litre of organic milk, noticed a slight tang when I drank my tea. Did the sniff test, it's not off yet so I decided in my wisdom to boil it in case it was on the turn and I cant get go the shops until Friday. Know lack of sleep doesn't. help in such situations. Thing is will boiling stop it turning or should I throw it away.

Whitewavemark2 Tue 20-Jun-23 05:35:44

As a child milk was scalded - brought to just under the boil, - the surface was moving and then Le t go cold overnight, the cream was skimmed off to use for deserts etc and the milk drank.

To stop it going sour in hot weather.

notnecessarilywiser Tue 20-Jun-23 05:45:51

Whitewavemark2 - that was a preventative measure, not a cure wasn't it? I think that the souring process can't be halted once started.

Whitewavemark2 Tue 20-Jun-23 05:58:54

Yes, - I was just chatting🙂 -

Personally I’d use the milk in say a rice pudding or something along those lines. The sugar and nutmeg or whatever will mask the tang I would have thought?

BigBertha1 Tue 20-Jun-23 06:30:36

For me it would be thrown away my husband reacts badly to even a one day over yogurt and I get to clean up so pour it a way.

NanaDana Tue 20-Jun-23 06:56:32

As you have two litres which you suspect is on the turn, plus it's organic, rather than throw it away I'd be inclined to make homemade cottage cheese. Delicious, healthy, so easy to make, and plenty of recipes on line.

NotSpaghetti Tue 20-Jun-23 07:02:39

Was just going to suggest cottage cheese.
Organic cottage cheese is no longer available in my area so this is a good plan in my opinion.

Not so great if you have to go shopping for fresh milk for tea etc but I think you will have to do that anyway.

Whitewavemark2 Tue 20-Jun-23 07:28:28

Oh yes cottage cheese🙂. Tasteless stuff!!

Ladyleftfieldlover Tue 20-Jun-23 07:32:34

My mum would have made scones with it. She always used turned milk.

Whitewavemark2 Tue 20-Jun-23 07:35:28

Yes the sourness makes the mixture “lighter”

Marydoll Tue 20-Jun-23 07:37:00

Ladyleftfieldlover

My mum would have made scones with it. She always used turned milk.

Thats exactly what I do!

Allsorts Tue 20-Jun-23 07:38:19

Well I have scalded it and will let you know if it tastes any different or upsets my stomach.
I remember now my nan scalding milk, now Whitewave has mentioned it. Meanwhile I am looking up cottage cheese recipes the future.

LRavenscroft Tue 20-Jun-23 07:58:43

I do the tea test. Pour into a cup of very hot tea. If it curdles out it goes. My system won't tolerate off milk sadly. I did know a lady who made scones with off milk though.

Juliet27 Tue 20-Jun-23 08:02:58

BigBertha1

For me it would be thrown away my husband reacts badly to even a one day over yogurt and I get to clean up so pour it a way.

I ate a yoghurt last week and then realised it was a week past the use by date - and luckily I’m here to tell the tale with no visible repercussions!

Greenfinch Tue 20-Jun-23 08:23:23

Scones is a good option as many have said and you can freeze the milk you don’t use. Remember to decant it into several smaller containers as you won’t want to defrost it all at once.

nanna8 Tue 20-Jun-23 08:33:41

Chuck it out. Nothing is worth an upset tum.

Farmor15 Tue 20-Jun-23 08:38:23

If it's been boiled, the bacteria that cause spoilage (or illness) will have been killed. So perfectly safe to use in cooking etc.

NotSpaghetti Tue 20-Jun-23 08:44:57

I use sour/off milk in scones and soda bread and if I don't have any I sour my fresh milk.

...but the OP has two litres of it. That's a lot of scones and soda bread!

SusieB50 Tue 20-Jun-23 08:48:41

Exactly the same happened with me yesterday .Fortunately I have a very old yogurt maker . So scalded the milk added the remains of a live natural yogurt pot and voila I have 5 little pots of lovely yogurt!

Witzend Tue 20-Jun-23 08:54:10

I often freeze milk if we have too much. We still have it delivered in glass, though, so that means always keeping a plastic bottle or two for the purpose.

Esmay Tue 20-Jun-23 09:04:45

Once milk is on the turn there's nothing that you can do .
You can use it in cakes / scones .
I wouldn't drink it in tea nor coffee .

I've had so much milk go off before the sell by date that I've changed to Cravendale .
Off milk definitely made me nauseated and gave me diarrhoea .

M0nica Tue 20-Jun-23 09:16:57

I am among those who would chuck it. Not for safety reasons but because I have a mild lactose intolerance, and fresh milk and all its barely processed products, yoghourt, cottage cheese etc make me feel really queazy, if not physically sick.

Once it is well processed, a solid cheese from camambert onwards I love it and eat as much as I can.

Farmor15 Tue 20-Jun-23 10:29:08

Cows producing organic milk may be a bit more "free range" than others and may be grazing in fields with a variety of plants other than plain grass. Some plants can make the milk taste different!

Allsort's milk may not have actually been going off, but tainted by what cows ate.

Oldbat1 Tue 20-Jun-23 10:33:46

Dreading the “use by” dates being removed. How do you know how long milk has been on the shelf - could be many many days unless shop rotates diligently. Please do not suggest me smelling the milk as the thought would make me vomit.

Callistemon21 Tue 20-Jun-23 10:35:46

Whitewavemark2

As a child milk was scalded - brought to just under the boil, - the surface was moving and then Le t go cold overnight, the cream was skimmed off to use for deserts etc and the milk drank.

To stop it going sour in hot weather.

My MIL used to do that when milk was delivered, before bottled milk, and the householder would take a jug to be filled.

She's scald it and make clotted cream
There were no fridges then, of course.

Yes, you could use it for scones.

Does yogurt go off immediately after the best before date? I didnt think so.