Posted: 9/6/2008 11:23:29 AM EDT
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We have 2 kids, well teenagers now, both really like to drink milk so we have been looking for a long term storable milk product. Searching around here Morning Moo from Blue Chip Group received high marks so we decided to give it a try. Ordered a 2.5# bag to try it out. www.moosmilk.com/ We really like it. Not exactly like fresh milk but very close. Just a very slight aftertaste that is not unplesant, just different than fresh milk. Liked it well enough that we are going to switch to Morning Moo as our regular milk product. Bought in a 50# bag it works out to about $1.70 a gallon. About 1/2 the price fresh milk is going for here. So we ordered a 6pk of #10 cans for the long term storage and a 50# bag for the house. Kind of nice when a prep product can also help you save some money every day. As we go through 5 gallons of milk a week this will save us about $430/year. Not bad. |
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I ordered a 50# bag last July and had it three weeks later even though their web site says it was backordered. Even my three year old daughter, who is very picky about her milk, likes the regular milk flavor. Oddly enough, she didn't care for the chocolate flavor. I guess she's just stuck on Hershey's. Also note that, pound for pound, the chocolate flavor MM makes less product than the milk flavor. We also drink the MM instead of regular milk since it's less than half the price. MM works out to $1.70/gal while regular milk is just under $4/gal where I live. It's nice having a prep that saves you money! I do get some regular milk for cooking. |
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We have three types of instant milk/milk substitute put away in long-term storage. Morning Moo's is definitely the best tasting. Great stuff to dig out for an emergency for cooking or drinking. We also use these if we run out of milk between trips to the grocery store. However, as much as it's great for long-term or an occasional replacement, I would not recommend it for a permanent milk replacement, especially for children. Both Morning Moo's and Honeyville milk substitute have soy/coconut oil and corn syrup solids — not the best ingredients for any of us as a regular diet. If using it is for financial considerations, you could mix it half and half with regular milk and still save some money. |
I have waited until I have had other things to put into storage at the same time, but you could just as easily do a couple of buckets at a time. Kept dry, a few weeks (probably a few months?) isn't going to hurt anything. You just don't want to leave bags of food stacked when they might attract mice. A 50 lb. bag pretty much fills two 5 gal. buckets. I copy the mixing instructions and ingredients (just in case someone may have allergies to an ingredient) and tape it to the side of the bucket. I also make several copies and put them along with some some Ziplock bags on top of the mylar-sealed bag before sealing the lid on it. It provides the option of easily breaking it down later to smaller units for use or barter. |