March 27, 2017. Madison, Mississippi. Milk.

In Canada and The United States, we buy our milk  at a grocery store, when we move the milk from a large refrigerator full of milk into our basket.  When we get home we put the milk immediately in the fridge to keep the milk fresh.   But in Mexico, in addition to buying 4 cartons of milk at the Mega store from the big refrigerator, I also buy a case of 16 quarts of milk which will be kept on the pantry shelves until needed.  After opening, the milk must stay in the fridge.   Our life is easier without carrying the heavy milk from the market one half mile away.

Years ago when we were skiing in Europe, we discovered  milk that did not need to go into the fridge, so we bought it.  The boys drank lots of milk and the fridges were small, so we got used to the milk.  But the milk tasted just a bit different.  When we came home we discovered that the grocery stores did not stock this milk that had been irradiated.  Evidently, Americans would not drink it.

The milk in Mexico tastes exactly the same in the milk from the shelves as the milk from the fridge at the store.  We could tell do difference.  So clever Ken, when he ran out of milk this morning, checked on the internet to find this milk that will stay on the shelf.  And he bought a case.  It will arrive on Wednesday.  Now all we need at the store is fruit.   He is definitely a keeper, that Ken.