[pct-l] (Guest Post) RE: single milk cartons

[PlatyHiker at yahoo.com (Platypus)]

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I find them at my grocery store with the brand name Parmalat.  (They've recently been in the news due to financial mis-deeds.)  I can get three-pack of individual cartons each containing 1 cup of milk.  They do not need refridgeration until opened.  (For more information see http://www.parmalatusa.com/ourproducts/ultra.html.)  Some grocery stores do not put the parmalat milk near the powdered milk, but I forget where they put it - it can be quite a hunt to locate it.

Personally, I only use Parmalat milk when car-camping.  It solves the refridgeration issue, but still has all the water and weight of regular milk.  (It also tastes a bit funny to me - I use it only for cooking.)  For backpacking, I prefer the weight savings of powdered milk (which also tastes funny to me).