Monday, September 22, 2008

1%, please.

This weekend, sick of paying $6 a gallon for cartons of milk, I succumbed to the Canadian milk bag.

What's this you say? Milk in bags? It's the Canadian truth, folks. Yes, there are plastic jugs and paper cartons too, but the least expensive form of milk container by a fair chunk of dough is the bag. And I'm not going to lie; I've resisted for this long because the concept of milk in a bag was a wee bit too reminiscent of the actual origins of milk for my personal comfort. But the pull of the cheap is too strong. And my milk-drinking habits border on addiction. So now there are bags of milk in my fridge.

The bags come in packs of three, for a total of 4 liters per pack.



Then you buy a special pitcher (Conveniently they placed some directly above the milk in the grocery store) and plop in a bag.



As you can see I'm still working on my last carton, but when I'm ready to use it, I have heard that I just cut the corner off the bag and pour. I'm a little concerned that when the bag is mostly used up that it may just fall out while I'm pouring out the last dregs. But these Canadians seem like trustworthy people. I'll take the risk.

1 comment:

Jess said...

Blehhhh... I resisted buying bags while I was there... I figured the milk would go bad by the time I finished it.