# How to use expired milk? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2019, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-expired-milk/836089 "2019-06-26T09:02:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-expired-milk/836089/41 "2019-07-01T14:37:46Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Yeah, but it also has a different taste. I don’t know how detectable it is in recipe, but I definitely notice it in cereal (and just drinking it). > > That said, the **Zyada** says they buy the shelf-stable stuff, which also has a different taste to it. So maybe they’ll be okay with (or even like) the powdered milk taste. I thought you couldn’t have casein? (Not snarking. Just curious) ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-expired-milk/836089/42 "2019-07-01T18:55:59Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Yeah, but it also has a different taste. I don’t know how detectable it is in recipe, but I definitely notice it in cereal (and just drinking it). > > That said, the **Zyada** says they buy the shelf-stable stuff, which also has a different taste to it. So maybe they’ll be okay with (or even like) the powdered milk taste. Yes, I should have noted that. We pretty much only ever use it for cooking, where the taste of the milk itself isn’t a factor. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-expired-milk/836089/43 "2019-07-01T22:41:36Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > You should try buying powdered milk. It’s “real” milk; it’s just had the water evaporated off of it, leaving only the milk solids…and it’s shelf-stable pretty much indefinitely. If you only use a small amount of milk, and only occasionally, the it’s just what you need. Make it up a quarter cup at a time, or whatever the recipe calls for, and you never need to waste a drop. Has the technology has changed since I was a kid (40-50 years now, ouch!) ? Because I remember the powdered milk to be vile. The shelf-stable stuff is basically canned milk in individual serving packages. I just use less on my cereal than they think an individual serving should be. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-expired-milk/836089/44 "2019-07-02T11:58:09Z")
If you’re cooking with it, it’s usually okay. I wouldn’t want to drink the stuff, or pour it on cereal. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-expired-milk/836089/45 "2019-07-02T12:58:36Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > you’ll find a number of sources that say not to use “dairy” in a compost pile. Not sure why. . Might make the compost reek for a while; and might attract critters that you don’t want in your backyard who will come tear the heap apart. Also animal products are broken down by anaerobic bacteria and healthy compost needs aerobic bacteria; and many home compost piles don’t get hot enough to break down animal products properly and safely. You certainly can compost dairy products; there are ways to deal with all of that; but it won’t work well for a lot of home composting systems. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-expired-milk/836089/46 "2019-07-02T18:08:20Z")
If you have any enemies pour it under their car seats. In hot weather, it will reek for weeks. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-expired-milk/836089/47 "2019-07-03T02:58:45Z")
> [@naita](#): > > And why do you keep buying by the gallon if it turns bad before you finish it? Gallon of milk: $2.99 Half gallon of milk: $2.79 It’s cheaper to buy a gallon and possibly need to dump a quart of milk gone nasty than to buy half gallons. And every so often, I actually finish a gallon in time. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-expired-milk/836089/48 "2019-07-04T09:38:34Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > _shudder_ > I do not drink cow milk, it grosses me out. My gf drinks milk, so if I’m using milk in a recipe I’ll have her smell it, as _all_ cow milk smells bad to me. Agree 100%. I cannot understand why people drink milk, have they never seen where it came from? Cheese and butter, on the other hand, are fine with me. Incoherent, I know. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-expired-milk/836089/49 "2019-07-04T21:30:16Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > My fridge is at 34, so not much opportunity to go colder and not turn into a freezer. And it doesn’t make much difference whether I get my milk from Trader Joe’s, Smart & Final, Target, or Safeway. Do you store the milk in the door, or all the way at the back? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-expired-milk/836089.md?page=2)