Milk slightly but not on the turn

Down the sink with it!

I am likely to face this problem very soon. When we opened our front door this morning we found 2 pints of milk on the doorstep in glass bottles. Certainly not ours, we use very little milk.

Our various neighbours are at work, so I have popped postcards in their doors to say, if it is yours come and claim it, but so far no one has.

I have rung the dairy whose milk it is, and they have given me the name of the local supplier, but they have packed up for the day, so if no one claims the milk this evening, I will ring them first thing tomorrow.

Meanwhile the milk is in my fridge.

About 8 years ago we had some very slightly whiffy milk from our regular organic farm supplier. We opted to use it as it tasted fine. Turned out the farm's pasteuriser was mal functioning causing an outbreak of Campylobacter across several counties. Both myself and our 2 year old DGD were very ill for quite some time.... If it was my milk, I would chuck it. It's not worth the risk. There was the beginnings of a court case but the wonderful Tories had just lowered the salary threshold for Legal Aid to below £13,000 a year so the Legal firm demanded DD took out insurance to cover there 'No Win No Fee' arrangement.... We could not afford that, having given up work to care for DD. Seems we were not alone as the Farm were eventually not prosecuted/ or the case failed......even though it was their second offence...

NotSpaghetti Im sure it is Morrisons who have/are removing dates on milk. Ill check though.

No. best before means it's not at its peak after.
If the food is unsafe after x days there is no intention to remove the date apparently.

I admit we don't pay very much attention to "best before" except regarding "rotating" items in the fridge.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 .

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.

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!

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!

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

Chuck it out. Nothing is worth an upset tum.

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.

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!

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.

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.

Ladyleftfieldlover

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

Thats exactly what I do!

Yes the sourness makes the mixture “lighter”

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

Oh yes cottage cheese🙂. Tasteless stuff!!

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.

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.