Is it true that in Canada...

[GeneralElectric]

Is it true that in Canada, milk comes in bags? If this is true, why do they do it?

[CanadaMan]

Possibly in Nunavut, or the Yukon, but now here. I buy my milk one carton at a time.

And it's either because it's rly cold up there, or just cause.

[GeneralElectric]

TEH EVIDENCE:

[CanadaMan]

Originally Posted by GeneralElectric

TEH EVIDENCE:

[EADG mx]

Bags, cartons, and plastic jugs here.

Bags imo are easiest to pour and most convenient. If my household used cartons we'd have to get at least 1 a day. There are 4L jugs but they are really just a pain.

[GeneralElectric]

If its bagged, how do you drink it?

[Psychicpet]

it's another type of container for milk.... why not?


besides, it's got a closer consistency of packaging to, well, umm, uh.... I'ma shut up now.

[EADG mx]

Originally Posted by GeneralElectric

If its bagged, how do you drink it?

I typically pour it into a glass, pour it in my mouth, and swallow it. Don't know what you guys are doing but that's the way I was raised.

[Psychicpet]

Originally Posted by GeneralElectric

If its bagged, how do you drink it?

typically with one's mouth.




dang it, beat to the punchline yet again

[GeneralElectric]

What I meant was, since its bagged up, how do you close it. I mean, once you punch a hole in the bag to pour milk into your Fruit Loops, what do you do with the rest of the milk?

[GeneralElectric]

Ah crap, I just realized that milk said homo and now I can't stop laughing.

[EADG mx]

Originally Posted by GeneralElectric

What I meant was, since its bagged up, how do you close it. I mean, once you punch a hole in the bag to pour milk into your Fruit Loops, what do you do with the rest of the milk?

I had no idea this was so foreign in the US.

You put the bag upright in a container and cut one corner off. Our friend gravity keeps it in place until you pour it.

Or you could cut and pour into an empty jug.

[EADG mx]

Check out this ingenious invention:

[bmc]

It's popular in Quebec and Ontario. I never saw it out west or up north for that matter. Since produce destined for the eastern part of Nunavut comes from Montreal or Ottawa, it's very likes to find in stores on Baffin Island.

[Psychicpet]

Originally Posted by EADG mx

I had no idea this was so foreign in the US.

yes, bagged milk is weird but global policing is cool

[FrizzleFry]

I think that's only Ontario that does that, Never ever have I seen a bag of milk in Alberta.

[GeneralElectric]

But since the milk is open, doesn't it expire quicker?

I've only ever seen milk sold in either a plastic or cardbord carton/jug.

These milk bags... they perplex me...

[EADG mx]

Originally Posted by GeneralElectric

But since the milk is open, doesn't it expire quicker?

I've only ever seen milk sold in either a plastic or cardbord carton/jug.

These milk bags... they perplex me...

Open 1 at a time. Expiration has never been a problem for me.

[GeneralElectric]

Does anyone know why the milk is bagged in the first place? Simple convienence?

[EADG mx]

I find it more convenient. Also maybe because the packing is clear unlike a carton, making it easier to check for expiration.