Serious question to Canadians.

**SmokeyTheBear** · 10-07-2006, 07:13 AM

just for the record.. not all canadians get milk in a big.. ( it must have something to do with how cold it gets.)

Im on the west coast and we dont have any milk in bags, but in the plains they have it...

p.s.s. milk in bags rocks , because you can use it as a cool pillow

**IWantU_Jeff** · 10-07-2006, 07:36 AM

Originally posted by puravida

i just buy the little boxes of milk on the shelves. was sooo weird when i got here that they sell milk and eggs unrefrigerated...just sitting on the shelves. and the expiration date is usually over a year away! i used to wonder what made costa rican milk so special, heh

yeah forgot about the eggs.. that was just wierd.. well still is heh

**IWantU_Jeff** · 10-07-2006, 07:42 AM

Originally posted by nekrom

Hurm that's prety neat. Down here we just have bottles or cartons never seen the bag before. As for useby dates, I assume it'd be stamped on the bag, or whatever the bag comes in?

But assuming the milk bag is put back in the fridge after each use, it would have the same shelf life as normal milk. And I'd say it'd be prety easy ASM to tell if it was off, by the rancid ass smell and chunks floating in the bag.

-N

The exp date is on the 'milk tag' that the 3bags are wrapped in. The milk tag is like the bread tag.. the thing girls scouts & cub scouts used to go around collecting & stuff.. at least they did where I was growing up.

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**TimBlaze** · 10-07-2006, 08:15 AM

pizza pockets

**Sarah_Jayne** · 10-07-2006, 08:35 AM

Originally posted by IWantU_Jeff

yeah forgot about the eggs.. that was just wierd.. well still is heh

The British do that too. I have lived here 10 years and I still am not used to seeing it.

**fuzebox** · 10-07-2006, 09:31 AM

bag milk to me is like an old classic thing... My grandparents did it when I lived with them when I was 6-7 years old. I haven't really seen bagged milk in the grocery stores (in Vancouver anyway) for almost 15 years anyway.

**RobbieRye** · 10-07-2006, 10:31 AM

It's easier to get in the container
It's less expensive
It's better for the environment
It's easier to carry

All things Canadian are better. Just accept it

**After Shock Media** · 10-07-2006, 10:53 AM

I can not believe this has gone two pages.

**MaLayLaH** · 10-07-2006, 10:56 AM

It's cheaper to buy it in bags because you're only charged by litres instead of by the gallon

**KrisKross** · 10-07-2006, 11:00 AM

Originally posted by SmokeyTheBear

just for the record.. not all canadians get milk in a big.. ( it must have something to do with how cold it gets.)

Im on the west coast and we dont have any milk in bags, but in the plains they have it...

p.s.s. milk in bags rocks , because you can use it as a cool pillow

Regarding west coast vs east coast, from Wikipedia:

"Plastic bags (sold as 4 litres in 3 bags) are widely available in some areas (especially Ontario and Québec), although the 4 litre plastic jug has supplanted them in western Canada."

**IWantU_Jeff** · 10-07-2006, 12:32 PM

Originally posted by KrisKross

Regarding west coast vs east coast, from Wikipedia:

"Plastic bags (sold as 4 litres in 3 bags) are widely available in some areas (especially Ontario and Qu�ébec), although the 4 litre plastic jug has supplanted them in western Canada."

Bastid westerners..
Vivre les sacs!!!!

on a side note.. and all those peoples from TO too!!
Habs guna take it tonight (after the dumbass loss to Buf

)

**After Shock Media** · 10-07-2006, 12:36 PM

Originally posted by MaLayLaH

It's cheaper to buy it in bags because you're only charged by litres instead of by the gallon

We have the other option. We can buy pints, quarts, half gallon, gallon, etc.

Though in CA milk is a strictly controlled commodity. Price breaks are super rare unless you buy 2 gallons at once.

**Sarah_Jayne** · 10-07-2006, 12:40 PM

Originally posted by After Shock Media

I can not believe this has gone two pages.

I've always found milk bags to be better in pairs.

**IWantU_Jeff** · 10-07-2006, 12:41 PM

Originally posted by After Shock Media

I can not believe this has gone two pages.

I can ;p
Milk Does a Body Good!

**Quotealex** · 10-07-2006, 12:42 PM

Originally posted by Furious_Female

Never saw it in the US but I like paper cartons best. I don't like teh crusty stuff that gets on the plastic ones

Until very recently, we didn't have milk in a plastik bottle, only plastik bag and carton was available in our store.

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