Milk

[Shogun]

Hi All

 

Is all milk UHT or do they use any pasteurised,

 

yours Shogun

[ancientmariner]

Milk is all UHT - it has to be for storage. I buy a pint of fresh at the first port to keep in the refrigerator.

[GUT2407]

Every time I've seen a carton it's been UHT.

[keithm]

Hi All

 

Is all milk UHT or do they use any pasteurised,

 

yours Shogun

Pretty much UHT. They've gotten pretty good at keeping the flavor more like standard milk, so for me it's not a problem.

[Cruise Raider]

I never knew what UHT milk was before ... never even heard of it before this post. I had to look it up and realized I have it all the time.

I learned something new! :)

[Stevi]

When I was a kid growing up in a small fishing village (in Fife) we used to use UHT when the regular milk supply ran dry. It tasted awful. Granted it is over 30 years later, but it's going to take a lot to convince me it tastes as like regular milk.

[greenie082756]

Ultra-high temperature processing (UHT), ultra-heat treatment, or ultra-pasteurization[1] sterilizes food by heating it above 135 °C (275 °F) – the temperature required to kill spores in milk – for 1 to 2 seconds.[2] UHT is most commonly used in milk production, but the process is also used for fruit juices, cream, soy milk, yogurt, wine, soups, honey, and stews.[2] UHT milk was first developed in the 1960s and became generally available for consumption in the 1970s.[3]

 

:)

[tjwa]

When I was a lad(over 55 years ago) it was called 'steralised milk' and it tasted awful. The milk on the ship is much improved.

[Shogun]

Hi All

 

Just found a story about freezing pasteurised milk gives it a life span of a month,

 

will need to ask chef next week how Princess deals with milk.

 

yours Shogun

[caber]

We freeze the plastic milk bottles all the time at home. The milk is just the same when it defrosts.

[cruising cockroach]

Having grown up with it, I actually don't mind or even quite like the taste of UHT milk. Carnation used to sell these in cans.

 

Lately, have been drinking the stuff in France (fresh milk is surprisingly rare there) and on a recent ship voyage, the supply of milk first came from Germany (where the ship's route was nowhere near) before switching to a Utah supplier (which advertised it as being handy to campers, military, survivalists/preppers).

Edited June 13, 2016 by cruising cockroach