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I have a small in home daycare and now that summer is here I have several older kids(siblings of my younger ones). We go through A LOT of milk..I was wondering if anyone has used powdered milk?? I am thinking for cereal..making muffins etc..just not giving it in the cups like I do the milk from the jug..is there a noteable difference??
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I don't think there is such a difference. I used to use powdered all the time, but here they don't really have it. I used to make it up in a rubbermaid flask and leave it in the fridge so it tasted more like real milk. I think for cooking for sure it will be fine. I didn't notice a difference in my cereal, but pickier kids might. I say give it a shot! -
If you are a part of the food program you might not be able to use it. Check with your rep. They just came out with the new milk rules and since it is skimmed milk I don't see why not but did not see it addressed in the rulings.
That being said I always cook with it and stretch my families milk by mixing 1/2 & 1/2 with milk I buy.I see little people.Comment
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I am on the food program and I know that here we are allowed to cook with powdered milk but can only serve fluid milk as the meal component. I'm not sure if this is a federal requirement of the program or if this is one of those things that is left up to each sponsor to interpret.:confused:Comment
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Powdered milk is against regs here.
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hahaha, i wonder though, powder + water = fluid milk. WTH is the difference??? is the nutritional aspects of powdered milk less?
Honestly, I can see the whole reasoning behind the no powdered milk coming down to people who stretch every penny and put more water than called for. Like some people do with baby powdered formula. They don't mix is appropriately and baby isn't getting anything out of the formula because it's mainly water.Comment
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worth a shot i figured. i mean, maybe someone out there was serving powdered milk in the powder form! kinda like the labels "caution! HOT!" on coffee and "do not use hairdryer in the bathtub!" seriously, some people need these labels?!?!?!?!Comment
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This is terrible! I'm laughing, and I do find it true, though I'm not sure I would have had the courage to admit it out loud. :
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Darwin's "Survival of the Fittest" theory and of course the corresponding "Darwin Awards" is what comes to mind.Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.Comment
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Oh, and my food program lady said we are not allowed to "serve" powdered milk. She never said I couldn't cook with it. I never asked, as I don't, but now am thinking this may be a more inexpensive way to cook certain things, like home made alfredo sauce in which I use quite a bit of milk.Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.Comment
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I hope you know I was kidding (sort of 
)!! I mean it is just so sad that we actually have to warn people that coffee is hot, kwim?
As child care providers, do we not teach the children in our care natural consequences? If they jump on the sofa and fall off, then we tell them that is why we do not jump on the sofa. That is a natural consequence right? So how come it is okay to let children learn natural consequences but not adults?... just sayin'..
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you know, i checked out the powdered milk yesterday because I had no idea of the price, never bought it before. I don't see how it is that different to fresh milk in terms of cost.
When I worked out a bag to the number of litres you can make out of it was 1.22/ Litre and this was store brand skim milk.
I normally buy 2% milk in 4 L jug for about 4.79 and that works out to 1.1975 per litre. That doesn't make any sense? the powdered milk is more.
I also triple checked my math (which I just passed btw! got 94% on my exam woohoo) and came out with the same answers.
I will check around because that was only from 1 store, but often I buy milk at 3.99 for 4 L because it's on sale and cheaper at certain stores.Comment
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