Ive got 4 pints of milk with a use by of the 15th...

[EvilPea]

Ive just opened it.
Other than rice pudding, what can i do to use it up?

Thank you!

Pancakes?

Have you got a smaller bottle still? You can freeze it. Or pour some into ice cube trays and freeze. Always got emergency milk then.

You can freeze milk, if you aren't going to manage to use it all.

Anything with white sauce - fish pie, mac'n'cheese, lasagne etc.

If you’ve only just opened it it should be fine for at least a couple of days, we’ve used milk past it’s date and it’s always been ok. Just smell it before each use!

Milk always keeps for way after the use by date, in my experience.

Custard

Bread & butter pudding?

Hot chocolate.
Custard.

These are excellent suggestions. Thank you.
Sadly my freezer is pretty full of stuff that’s probably never going to be eaten

I’m thinking a cheese sauce, We can have Mac and cheese for dinner (it is their favourite, so a very good suggestion) and I can keep some for cheesy leeks for Sunday’s roast.

Custard is also another good shout, I have some cake that would go well with it and may stand a better chance of being eaten than rice pudding.

Bread and butter is also a good suggestion, I’ve some croissants that are being ignored every time I offer them.

Good work people!

Milkshakes!

You don't have to stick by use by dates you know
The milk will be fine for a few days yet if it's in the fridge.

Yorkshire puddings

Panna cotta

Yorkshire pudding for toad in the hole
Clafoutis with custard (plums or blackberries or fresh figs)
Iced coffee
Scones if the milk is on the turn
Drop scones

I make paneer with excess milk, though that probably only works if you own cheesecloth! I then freeze the cheese

I’d make white sauce batches and custard batches and freeze some.

You don't have to stick by use by dates you know

Whilst this is true, if the milk has reached its use by date, it is likely to turn fairly soon so it needs using before it gets to that point or it is wasted.

I can send my teenager round?

Scones - both sweet (with raisins) and savoury (maybe cheese?) versions - and they're freezable.

Cheese sauce for a lasagna - make a nice batch to have tonight and freeze cooked lefotvers, and also make up a couple to freeze before cooking for other easy nights.

Poach smoked fish and make a white sauce with that milk to accompany the fish with potatoes and steamed veg. Or make into a pie with brocolli florets, flake the poached fish, cover in the white sauce and top with mashed potato (with a handful of breadcrumbs over the top for crunch). Which is another dish that can be frozen before or after the oven cooking part.

(Sorry, I should have been clear that you poach the smoked fish in milk...)

@EvilPea

Ive just opened it. Other than rice pudding, what can i do to use it up?

Thank you!

Make paneer

sorry just saw freezer is full - is there anything "less" useful in there that you could either sacrifice, or defrost for today/tomorrow in favour of more useful meals/portions?

@MrsFin

You don't have to stick by use by dates you know The milk will be fine for a few days yet if it's in the fridge.

I agree However, the reason i opened it was i had to throw 2 pints away this morning with the same use by date after ruining my coffee by using it.

and i never waste coffee.

Milk is one of those things in this house we are either getting through so much we need our own herd or very very little. It depends if the kids have decided to have hot chocolates/ milkshakes / cereal.

I also feel bad for the cow that made it.

@DanceForeverUnderTheLights dont do that, i haven't enough in to sustain them once they get through the milk.... i am currently envisaging me sat in the kitchen all the cupboards bare and surrounded by wrappers. mascara running down my face going sobbing "theres nothing left"

@BiddyPop

sorry just saw freezer is full - is there anything "less" useful in there that you could either sacrifice, or defrost for today/tomorrow in favour of more useful meals/portions?

You mean, Use the christmas gravy from 2018

Yeah, i probably should