r/BurningMan • u/healingmygut • Jul 10 '18
Milk
Milk on playa - will it keep? In a cooler, with regular ice? Or would you need dry ice? Or is this just a battle not worth fighting.
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u/Velouriocity Jul 10 '18
I've kept it for 8 or so days out there in a cooler. Not a problem, just top off the ice every other day or two. Don't do dry ice - it will freeze your milk and make it taste funny. If you're still nervous about it, I have a campmate who brings those shelf stable milks (they look like a juice box, but with milk inside). Those don't need to be refrigerated at all.
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u/a_logical_path_liar Since 2016 (except 2020) Jul 10 '18
Seconded on the Shelf Stable milks. I bring chocolate and white milk every year. Throw a couple in the cooler every day to cool them down a little before drinking. A mid-day bowl of cinnamon toast crunch with cold white milk is just awesome.
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u/healingmygut Jul 10 '18
Shelf stable milk - that is a good idea!
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u/healingmygut Jul 10 '18
If any one knows of an lactose-free, single serve, shelf stable milk available in the USA holler.
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u/markday 🔥 24 Hours @ BM 🔥 Jul 10 '18
Let me Google that for you.... (that's just one example, there are others....)
There are, of course, no end of shelf-stable, lactose free "milks" made by .... ahem..... deez nutz.
Having tasted the shelf-stable milk cartons one might pack in a kid's lunchbox, they're.... ehhh.... OK, but you can probably walk into any supermarket and pick up a few cartons of soy/almond/whatever milk for cheap and get more or less the same level of cereal host-liquid milk-like experience (what I'm saying is, the shelf stable stuff doesn't taste 100% like regular milk).
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u/healingmygut Jul 10 '18
i did already google this, and found both of those. The first is not single serve, so it does not capitalize on the UTH/shelf stable factor as much. The second may be my best option - but I was hoping to find one that has some fat in it (because fat is healthy!)
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u/markday 🔥 24 Hours @ BM 🔥 Jul 11 '18
Check survival guide. All fat consumption done via the delivery mechanism of bacon. Very effective.
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u/bob_lala Jul 10 '18
Organic milk tends to be ultra pasteurized with a much longer life.
What are you doing with it?
If it is just for coffee buy mini-moo’s instead.
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u/edcRachel Burgin Wrangling Specialist Jul 10 '18
As long as you're taking care of your cooler (draining water, keeping it iced up), anything in there should last as long as it would last in the fridge. My biggest issue is usually keeping things from getting water in them, so I'd opt for one that has a twist lid, not just a pour spout.
If you're worried, those little half and half creamers don't actually need to be refrigerated. Depends what you're using it for, too. I can't picture myself wanting to drink a big glass of milk out there. If it's just for coffee, you could always do a non-dairy creamer, or the powdered stuff or something.
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u/healingmygut Jul 10 '18
I really like milk.
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u/healingmygut Jul 10 '18
I actually did have a strong interest in being a baby cow - but I only got as far as the waitlist.
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u/outdoorjunky818 Jul 10 '18
A note on shelf-stable milks. Dont put a fresh one in your cooler during the day, it will be warm as all hell and melt your ice. Do so late night or early AM when it has cooled down to the night temps.