“So have you stocked up on powdered milk?”
I have some from the grocery but need to get more the next time I go. I have some professionally packed for long term storage also. No matter how much you have, you need more of this product.
I ran out of regular milk yesterday and opened a quart package of the instant which is one quart. One quart does not last long at all, can use that in one day if you drink it and cook with it. Drinking it only (not cooking with it) might make it last two days.
There is a difference between instant milk at the grocery and powdered milk one can get from long term storage companies. If you compare a cup of instant and a cup of powdered, you get more milk using powdered. It takes a bit of stirring for powdered to dissolve and it costs less, so I got the powdered from one of those companies - I figured I could stir a bit to have more milk.
If you add some hot water to the powder first, then stir to form a paste, it will further dissolve better as you add the cold water. Once it is all dissolved, cap the bottle and shake until some bubbles form. That puts some air back into the mixture and improves the taste.
Once upon a time, there was only non-instant powdered milk.
I have plenty of powdered in number 10 cans. I also keep some of the instant on hand, but I find that the powdered has a better taste.
I use it for cooking, and when we run out, I can drink it just fine. All of my milk products I bought for 3 bucks a gallon. Milk is now 3.89 per gallon.