Yes, but the frugal mindset pays off.

Jessie, obviously there are people in the world that hate Americans (I think probably every country in the world is hated by someone) although from what I understand, it doesn’t have anything to do with milk. I have lived overseas for about 20 years and can tell you that in my experience in Europe, no matter what is going on, no matter who has been President, Europeans love Americans. They may not love American policies all the time but they love Americans .

$8 for organic milk at Whole Foods? Dude, you’re getting ripped off. Organic milk at the Safeway here in Seattle is $4.29. And I know this because I checked after reading this post the first time I don’t drink milk, like I said…

And OH GOSH FLAME WARS can get so silly, can’t they? JD – please – keep writing what you’re writing. I blog on personal finance and productivity and goal-setting and small business. Because I think they all completely interrelate and I can speak as an authority on all points. I have had readers complain, but so what? It’s what I want to write about, and since the blog is still growing, I must be doing something right.

JD, I’m sure you know when to shrug off meanies, but I thought I’d still make a point of offering you a smile and telling you that I got the satire off the bat. I love your writing and don’t think you should change a thing.

Only pasteurized milk (organic is often “ultra-pasteurized”) is safe to consume.

We have periodic listeriosis outbreaks here among the Hispanic population from products made from unpasteurized milk.

And the price of food/milk is not because of our ‘recession’ – food prices have been going up for about 6months-1year now (globally).

No wonder people hate Americans.

FYI Jazmin: You can’t make fresh cheese with 1% milk, it’s basically already whey.

I’m not a milk drinker, so I was always buying the smaller package…that is, until my sister mentioned that she freezes milk when she stocks up while it’s on sale.

Now, I buy the gallon and transfer 1/2 of it to a thoroughly washed 1/2 gallon jug and throw one of them in the freezer. I save money and rarely end up running to the store to buy regular price milk because I have the “reserve” in the freezer!

This is a great time to consider how you use milk, and how you can use less of it. Milk isn’t a necessary food item — it’s better used as an ingredient in other things (hence, using less) than for straight consumption. Even for kids.

Babies NEED human mother’s milk until they are weaned. Once we are weened, consuming milk isn’t necessary. There are other, arguably better, ways to get those nutrients.

I’ve read recently that yogurt is the best dairy product to consume if you’re going to consume dairy. And I do love my cheese.

But I go through 1/2 gallon of milk once every 2-3 weeks.

This is a great motivation to cut down on cereal consumption too. Cereal is skyrocketing.

Its yet another reminder to CHECK UNIT PRICES.

Consumer advocates started reminding people to do this and people realized that, often, the bigger size has the lower unit price. Soon afterwards retailers realized that people started mentally simplifying “buy smallest unit price” to “buy bigger size” so they’ve started to switch it around to get more money again.

In the end, “hints” like buy bigger don’t work – only doing the work yourself, each time, gets you the best deal.

Ed

The taste definitely takes getting used to though.

(Also, as someone who grew up on “Bessie” milk – yes, I could go pet Bessie the cow if I wanted to at our neighbors – any milk I have tried from the store just doesn’t compare in quality.)

If you don’t like it, don’t read it. And certainly don’t waste your time commenting. Your comment was far less useful and informative than anything JD’s written.