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Milk in a bag. I always thought it was normal.

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Having grown up in Ontario, I always just assumed that milk bags was just the way it always was. It was well into my teens before I realized that nobody else seemed to do this.
 
I too thought milk in a bag was was different as well. I actually saw it in the "News of the Weird" section of my local radios website. Looks like too much work to get a sip of milk I'll be keeping my bottled milk:D
 
We used to get these when I was growing up in eastern PA. Milk in a bag, a pitcher, and a pair of scissors. Sweet memories!
 
It was around when I was a kid in Michigan, too. Once one got the hang of it, it worked very well. I've only really used the single-serving sizes, though. Do the larger bags have some kind of resealable mechanism or lid/spout?

On this topic also is that I wish the US would use milk packaging that did not require refrigeration more than they do. OTOH, I buy soy milk mostly, since I get dairy from cheese and yogurt. But actually now I buy Silk, which is also sold in refrigerator cartons instead of room temp cartons.
 
glocke12 said:
We used to get these when I was growing up in eastern PA. Milk in a bag, a pitcher, and a pair of scissors. Sweet memories!
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Where did you grow up? I live near Lancaster and i've never seen milk in a bag. And its not for the lack of cows around here, lol.
 
NoSmokingBandit said:
Where did you grow up? I live near Lancaster and i've never seen milk in a bag. And its not for the lack of cows around here, lol.
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This would have been back in the 70's. I grew up in Upper Bucks County PA, about 20 minutes north of small town called Doylestown.

The milk came from a place called appropriately enough "The Milk House". They came in clear plastic bags, and you would usually by a package of four.

I recently discovered the joys of organic milk in a bottle also, not THERE is a treat.
 
For all those in disbelief...

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That's pretty usual here in Germany.
 
Zombie Acorn said:
Liquids in thin plastic equals a disaster waiting to happen. I can't imagine letting a kid pour a bowl of cereal with that.
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Then I guess Canadians are smarter than you, because I've never had a problem with milk in a bag, even as a kid. ;)

notjustjay said:
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Having grown up in Ontario, I always just assumed that milk bags was just the way it always was. It was well into my teens before I realized that nobody else seemed to do this.
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Me too. Actually, I think only realised it after I started uni. I read about Ontario's "milk bags" and didn't realise it was strange until that point.


rdowns said:
Didn't most of us start off by drinking milk from mom's fun bags?
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They stop being "fun" when they're your mum's bags.
 
Milk in a bag or a carton is normal round here. Dagless - do you have a milkman that brings the bottles to your doorstep? Hmm milk in bottles eh? "You might want to whack a brillo around that or else it'll stain"
 
AngryApple said:
What is the method for keeping the milk bags all nice and neat inside the 'fridge?
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You buy a bag at the grocery store which contains 3 smaller bags of milk inside. You just throw the whole thing in the fridge somewhere. The nice thing is that since they're bags, they can be pushed and formed to fit whatever space you have :)

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Some places sell milk bag organizers but I think that's just another silly gadget.

mkrishnan said:
Do the larger bags have some kind of resealable mechanism or lid/spout?
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You just put the bag in a plastic pitcher and cut a slit in the corner. That corner becomes the spout. There's no sealing mechanism, but the slit is so small that I've never heard of any problems with the milk being exposed to air/smells. Typically you finish the bag of milk within days anyway.

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I haven't used milk in a bag in ages, but I have seen it, I think it is very practical if you plan to consume most of it at one go or have a container to keep it in at home.

Definitely less materials to pack.
 
notjustjay said:
You just put the bag in a plastic pitcher and cut a slit in the corner. That corner becomes the spout. There's no sealing mechanism, but the slit is so small that I've never heard of any problems with the milk being exposed to air/smells. Typically you finish the bag of milk within days anyway.

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We "sealed" the cut corner with a clothespin.
 
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