Originally Posted By micmse My family and I were at DL yesterday and stopped for our usual morning treats at the Blue Ribbon Bakery on Main Street. Imagine our surprise when we ordered milk and were handed a pint size bottle of milk in a plastic bottle instead of the time honored "glass of ice cold milk" poured from the carton. Besides tasting like plastic, it wasn't very charming. Does anyone know if this was a one day one time experience or another cost cutting measure?
Originally Posted By DVC_dad You have GOT to be kidding me. I would MUCH rather have an individual milk in its own container so that my child can put a straw in and drink it himself. And as for the taste...I have yet to have milk in plastic that tasted like plastic instead of milk.
Originally Posted By TP2000 I would prefer an individual bottle of milke too. And modern manufacturing techniques don't use plastics that transfer tastes to the liquid inside. It was likely just a psychological reaction to drinking from a plastic container that fooled your brain into thinking it "tasted" plastic when you were drinking the product. I vote for individual bottles of milk rather than just a glass poured from a common carton.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins Modern manufacturing is failing in milk cartons because you CAN taste the plastic along with the milk. I haven't tasted plastic in products bottled in clear plastic. I wonder why they don't use that for milk?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros As of less than two hours ago, they have the same things at the Coke Corner as well. My cousin was surprised that it didn't come in a little carton, but she was quite happy about it, as she thought the other kind tasted like cardboard. Different strokes for different folks I guess.
Originally Posted By PDX_Mousefan I prefer the carbonated milk in an aluminum can. It has a liner so as not to taste like metal, and the light carbonation extends it's shelf life.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins ^^^^ Wow, I've never seen that. Where do you get it? I want to try it. Does it have to be refrigerated?
Originally Posted By gadzuux Regualar old milk doesn't make you gassy enough as it is? Now they're adding carbonation too? I've never heard of it, and I'm not sure that's it's such a good idea.
Originally Posted By PDX_Mousefan This is an article about a couple who make carbonated milk drinks. Not in cans though. <A HREF="<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/09/01/carbonated.milk.ap/</A>" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCAT ION/09/01/carbonated.milk.ap/</A></a>
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I am guessing here, but I think that clear plastic is not used to bottle milk because it allows in harmfull UV while the opaque plastic does not. While the opaque plastic can leech off-flavor into the milk, generally milk is consumed before this can happen.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins Wow, trekkeruss, thanks for that information. We can learn a lot, not just about Disneyland, at Laughing Place! Interesting, so there is hope: although I'll never buy milk in plastic containers by choice because of the taste, I hope that at Disneyland they go through it quickly enough so that it will be consumed before much of a plastic taste can be acquired.
