Storing your dry milk is just like storing any of your other dry goods. A good side note is if you store nuts as part of your pantry they can easily be made into milk in a pinch.Īlthough powdered milk already has a long shelf life, its actual shelf life will mostly depend on how you store it. I would also suggest storing a variety if your budget allows for it. But by far the best bang for your buck is gonna be Dairy Powder Milk or Soy Powder Milk. I have found Almond, Cashew, Coconut, and Oat Milk powder. Regular Dairy Powdered Milk is available for pennies still and with a little digging, you can find deals on plant milk powders as well. This is probably why I remember it, growing up in the 1980s. Though first marketed after 1900 it was offered to the masses in 1907 but didn’t hit its peak until the 1980s. Dry milk or powdered milk has been around for ages. When thinking about the long-term storage of milk you can either purchase shelf-stable milk in cartons or procure it in its powdered form. That is research you will need to tackle yourself. I will not be covering the many pros and cons of each form. Whether you are an Omnivore or Vegetarian or Vegan. Depending on who you are talking to, or the article you sight you will find information to support your view. There are two kinds of milk on the market today. And so the commercialization of dairy was born. Commercial pasteurization, via Louis Pasteur, machines were introduced in 1895. The first glass milk bottle was patented in 1884 by Dr. Anna’s invention was the milking machine, made up of rubber cups that when over the teat of the cow and was connected to a pump lever and bucket. All of these species were milked by early farmers.įlash forward to 1879 and one entrepreneurial lady by the name of Anna Baldwin. Subsequently, camels, llamas, reindeer, and yaks were domesticated. In fact, donkeys provide milk that is closest to human mother’s milk and was used for sick or orphaned infants. Following with were goats and cattle in the next thousand years. The first dairy animal to be domesticated was the sheep around 9,000 years ago. Most dairies during that time were consumed fermented in the form of yogurt, kefir, or cheese. So depending on your DNA you may or may not be able to handle dairy. I’m of Asian descent and do not have that tolerance for it. Somewhere along the way, certain groups of people developed a tolerance to it Europeans, Middle Easterners, and some African tribes. According to historians, they were domesticated and then began dairying about 7000 yrs ago. The dairy cows we see today are a far cry from where they started some 10,000 years ago. So I will discuss both and give options where I can.Ĭovering a brief history of milk I believe is first and foremost important because it lays a foundation for where we are today and why we need it in our pantry. If you don’t consume something currently why would you store it for the future? Whether that is Cow Milk or Soy Milk you need to store what you are most likely going to use if the emergency or disaster were to happen right now. You are preparing for the future with how you are living your life now. Food storage is an in-the-moment and future process. I believe in being prepared and that takes knowledge, time, and consistency. And I hope this information can help them, you, to navigate the map of “Food Storage for Beginners.” I do this so that no matter what your lifestyle choice you can make informed decisions for your family in preparing them for whatever emergencies come into your life. I have compassion for the animals and the planet but I also have compassion for my fellow human beings. That is all to say that it is my own PERSONAL choice and one I will not force or subject my readers to. For one I don’t do well when I consume it, two I don’t like the process it takes to get it and three I don’t like the toll it puts on the environment. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O Lord.” – Jeremiah 11:5Īs someone who is plant-based and strives to be 100% vegan, this is an article I have some difficulty with as I try very hard not to consume dairy. “That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.
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