FAQ’s about Powdered Milk
How much Milk can you make from a #10 can?
Okay, I’ve had a lot of people asking me about how much milk you can make from one #10 can of powdered milk. The answer is a little over 5 1/2 gallons which makes it about $2.36 a gallon. While you’re figuring out how much money that will save you, let me also mention that when you buy powdered milk the price is then fixed and you don’t have to worry about the prices going up from one week to the next! The best part of food storage is living off of last year’s income. For example: I bought powdered milk last year before it doubled (gulp!) in price at about $6.50 a can so I’m paying $1.15 a gallon for my milk. See why food storage is so awesome?! Food storage can do the same for you! Let me say again, that food storage is NOT just for a huge natural calamity! Food storage lets you get through a time of inflation with out an emergency on your food budget.
What is the difference between Powdered Milk and a Milk Alternative?
A good way to describe this is to think about the difference between Orange Juice and Tang (or for those of you who have been with this blog for awhile…the difference between whole wheat flour and all purpose flour 
. A milk alternitive is a milk drink but not milk. They make it from a by product of milk called whey and fortified (which only means they add back in) a couple of vitamins and minerals. Since it is made from whey (which is a by product of making cheese) it has far less protein than regular milk and it’s the protein in the milk that makes it a great food storage item. The current price of this “milk drink” is $12.02 while the cannery is selling powdered milk for $13.30 so for a dollar more you get real milk…not a bad deal. I’m checking into if you can cook with it but my guess is that since it doesn’t have the same properties of milk that you can’t. Also, check out the difference in ingredients:
Powdered Milk
Nonfat Dry Milk, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D3
Milk Alternative
Made from sweet dairy whey, non-fat dry milk solids, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following:canola oil and/or soya oil), corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate, dipotassium phosphate, propylene glycol monostearate, mono and diglycerides, lecithin, carrageenan, Vitamin A, Vitamin D.
WHAT??? Partially Hydrogenated Oil…does anyone else watch Dr. Oz on Oprah that is the worst kind of oil for you not to mention they throw in Corn Syrup…another Dr. Oz no-no.
So to sum up, personally I don’t think a milk alternative is worth it.
Is it true that you can make Sweetened Condensed Milk and Evaporated Milk out of Powdered Milk?
YES!!! Plus, you can make buttermilk, white sauces and so much more…check back to find out how.
For more tips and tricks for using food storage in your everyday recipes, visit www.everydayfoodstorage.NET
Tips for Making DELICIOUS Drinkable Powdered Milk
Here are the items you will need to start mixing your milk. Personally, I use a Sterilite 1 gallon jug that you can get at Wal-mart for a couple of dollars. It has an easy pour spout and has measurement lines for your water. Best of all it fits well in my fridge door.
Fill your jug with half of the water you will need. If you are making a gallon of milk then add 3 C. of powdered milk. Mix with a wire wisk.
The milk should look like this. It will be thicker, but don’t worry we’ll add the rest of the water later.
There are two tricks you can do to milk your milk taste fantastic! The first is to add 1 1/2 t. sugar.
The other is to add 1 t. of vanilla (which is about a cap ful).
See which one/both of the tricks your family likes best.
Then add in the rest of the water and mix again. Your milk will be a little frothy and because of that you may not be able to fit all of the water in the jug. Make sure to add a little more water to it before serving. (I’ve found that adding just a little more water than is called for also helps a great deal.)
This is a MUST!!! You HAVE TO, HAVE TO, HAVE TO serve the milk chilled. There is nothing worse than WARM powdered milk.
I taught my mom these tricks and now they drink powdered milk too. In fact, she had my niece over once and served her some milk from the jug and she didn’t even bat an eyelash that anything may be different. So again I say, DON’T warn your family. Just see what they do.
If you’re worried that your family isn’t ready to go straight powdered milk, don’t worry! Mine wasn’t either. We began by mixing it half and half with whole milk which creates 2% milk. Then we mixed it half and half with 2% milk and got skim milk. Now we just drink powdered milk. It’s great! I never have to worry about how much to buy, if we’re running out, or the rising cost of milk. Even if you never go straight powdered milk, mixing your powdered milk with store bought milk is a great way to extend the expensive milk and save you MONEY!
For more tips and tricks for using food storage in your everyday recipes, visit www.everydayfoodstorage.NET
Wheat Class
, click HERE to download my wheat class handout. (If you have any troubles downloading or have questions, please email me at everydayfoodstorage@gmail.com) Please hand it out and use it as you need. Let’s all get prepared!Come to one of my classes!
I hope you all had a great breakfast yesterday and were able to use some of your food storage as well. If you’re in the Utah area, I’ll be teaching a class on using wheat this Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in the Saratoga Springs/Lehi area. If you’d like to come, please email me for directions!
Stay tuned…we’re tackling powdered milk next! You’ll learn ways to drink it…and enjoy it, cook with it, and make other types of milk out of it. It will be great, keep checking back for more tips, tricks & recipes!
