[cheyenne]

I have been wondering what is the longest time you should keep fresh milk? I have been tossing it when it's a week old but it does not smell bad... I haven't tasted it tho.

I wanted to try to make butter with the cream.... so would need to save it up for that project.

 

[nchen7]

i'll keep it unless it goes bad (smell, taste). then it either goes to the dogs or the plants. maybe a week?

 

[ksalvagno]

I have kept milk for up to 2 weeks. Taste is fine the whole time.

 

[nancy d]

Mine's good for at least 10 days if it survives humans that long.

 

[cheyenne]

I just know that it doesn't smell bad at a week or so.. but I don't have a lot of storage room or jars, so the chickens and ducks get what they want of it and the rest goes in the garden. I have only been keeping it about a week. I am the only one drinking/using it, and I don't cook that often so it's just going to waste and I HATE waste!!!

To make butter you only use the cream off the top after it's been sitting in the fridge a few days??? I haven't even had time to do much research on it yet!

 

[nchen7]

i dont' get much milk, so i scoop it out to another jar, and put it into the freezer. i keep accumulating until i have enough to make butter with.

sounds like you need to start making soap to get rid of some extra milk!

 

[Abra]

I have drank milk that has sat in my fridge for over 2 weeks.
Still tasted as good as the day I milked it.

 

[lauraanimal1]

Use the milk in the garden? doesn't that spoil and attract flies? How to you "add" it? just poor it on the soil at the base of a plant or all over the plant or? This is a new one on me. Was always taught you don't put dairy stuff into compost or gardening.....onder: