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I noticed a mark on the inside of a bottle of milk we had delivered and I didn' fancy drinking it, so it had been left on the counter top, I forgot to return it to the milk man the next morning so now (3 weeks later) I have a glass bottle with some very off milk in it.

I was wondering if I can use it to make paint or something... does anyone have any suggestions?

To add - it has seperated, the bottom half is solidish white stuff, the top is clear liquid.

Er...drain cleaner?? Sorry, can't think of anything except chucking it.

Think you can use it to "paint" on new or harsh concrete/brick work/ terroacotta pots etc to encourage a aged greenish growth type look

Sounds like you've got curds and whey.

I used to use milk that had gone off to make a basic cottage cheese - I put the lumpy bits in a coffee filter to get the moisture out, and it tasted okay. I used to add chives and a bit of salt.
Now I hardly ever get to the stage of having milk hanging around, so the practice has lapsed.

Gidday

Feed it to your chooks, or use it in your garden as a fertilizer. Put it in your compost.

Don't put it down the drain cos that's a waste.

Yup, feed it to the chooks, if you get some thats only a BIT sour sometime-try making sourdough starter, 1 cup milk, 1 pinch salt, 1/2 tsp baking powder and a pinch of baking soda, mix with the milk until its like a custard consistency, cover with cheesecloth and set somewhere reasonably warm to "work"

Note: Put a plate under it in case it gets over excited and bubbles out of whatever jar you make it in

Lois

yugogypsy wrote:Yup, feed it to the chooks, if you get some thats only a BIT sour sometime-try making sourdough starter, 1 cup milk, 1 pinch salt, 1/2 tsp baking powder and a pinch of baking soda, mix with the milk until its like a custard consistency, cover with cheesecloth and set somewhere reasonably warm to "work"

Note: Put a plate under it in case it gets over excited and bubbles out of whatever jar you make it in

Lois

that sounds very interesting what do you do with it next? recipe needed please?

Use it in any sourdough bread recipe-lots out there, sourdough French bread is the easiest.

Lois

Put it in the compost.

I chucked some gone off milk out on the lawn once and a couple of days latter I noticed the grass there was really green, thick and much longer then the surrounding area.

Grass likes milk.

The problem with modern milk is, it doesn't go sour, it just goes off. Sour milk (what we used to call thick milk) was what we had instead of yoghurt when I was little: all the milk we got was "raw" milk then. Pasteurised milk keeps forever and a day (if it's done properly), and then it goes off - but you can't get proper sour milk from it. So I'd just chuck it out (on the compost, of course - although some might say that could attract vermin).

There was something on raw milk and the latest craze about it as "superfood" on radio 4, Farming Today this morning.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/farmingtoday/

Gidday

There is an almost religion based on the worship of raw milk, and I am a paid up member, well not paid but a believer anyway.

So am I... Although I resent the title "superfood" - it's just real food!

I worked for a market garden here a few years back,. where we also had dairy goats. As the milk couldn't be sold any more (no equipment for pasteurisation), we had to throw out a lot. Can't say I ever noticed whether the grass was greener on those patches, but then, I never looked out for it, either... I tried to not chuck it on the same place every time, so maybe it all benefited in the end!