Comments on: Yes, Canucks Really Do Drink Bagged Milk!

By: Caroline

Caroline — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:43:37 +0000

I think I only saw bagged milk once here in Alberta and that was years ago.

By: Off With Their Shoes!! : Canadutch

Off With Their Shoes!! : Canadutch — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:13:24 +0000

[...] statement about how in Canada everyone takes off their shoes when they enter the house, but after the bagged milk thing, I realize not everything is as widely Canadian as I thought. So I will say, where I come [...]

By: Breigh

Breigh — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:15:15 +0000

Well, I’m always happy to give the Americans something more to make fun of us Canadians for :P

By: Breigh

Breigh — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:14:24 +0000

We aren’t big milk drinkers here either. I think every carton of milk we get ends up going sour before we drink it all. Hubby is slightly lactose intolerant and I lost my love of milk since moving here. So we often open it to make something and then it sits and goes off. We need to start buying the smaller cartons too.

I’ve never seen the beef / chicken broth in tetrapacks, I don’t think so anyway!

By: Breigh

Breigh — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:12:41 +0000

I’m with you. We always just cut the one corner, although I have experienced what she said when you cut it too big and it buckles over. That can be messy. I’ve never seen someone cut both corners before.

By: Breigh

Breigh — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:10:28 +0000

When I first read you say ‘here in NL’ I was like omg did she come back?! haha took me a minute to realize you were talking about Newfoundland.

By: Breigh

Breigh — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:09:13 +0000

Ok I googled the tetrapacks and a lot of milk comes in those here, especially the houdbaar (don’t need refridgeration) types. They are pretty common, never knew what they were called though.

By: Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah

Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:35:51 +0000

I am an American and I have never heard of milk in a bag until just now. .-= Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah´s last blog ..The Forecast Calls for 10 More Inches of Snow =-.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:44:06 +0000

born in Saskatchewan and raised in Vancouver with bagged milk.. so not just the east :)

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:32:37 +0000

I’d never heard of bagged milk either, until a couple of years ago through some online Canadian friends. Totally new concept to me!

I’m not a milk drinker, so I actually appreciate the small half-liter cartons of milk here. Just enough for our coffee and occasional recipe without going bad.

I do miss the chicken/veggie/beef broths in tetrapaks, though. Those were so handy for recipes where you need just a bit of broth, rather than having to deal with dissolving the cubes and ending up with more than you need.
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