This morning I had, in the fridge, a small amount of milk left in a 1.1 litre plastic container it was supplied in. It was labelled 'Use By 2 Jan'. I've been using it until today and it smelt okay but then I've just had a dose of not being able to smell anything. So I disposed of it down the sink. That's not good because milk is quite a pollutant.
I was eating my banana and muesli quite happily with the fresh milk when I was informed on the news that the supermarket chain Morrisons is to replace the 'Use By' date on milk with a 'Best Before' date.Doubtless other supermarkets will all follow suit. I hope so. In any case I will now continue to rely on the smell test.
This has made me think about milk in glass bottles and delivery of milk to the doorstep both of which were common when I was a child. Perhaps another post in due course.
In the meantime I hanker for the days when the bluetits used to peck through the milk bottle top and drink the cream floating at the top.
