Cravendale Milk Jug alerts of sour milk
No one ever wants to make the mistake of drinking sour milk. Personally I’m so careful about it that I’ve probably dumped perfectly good milk down the drain before. It’s usually because I’ve noticed that the milk is right within that gray area and rather than risk it, I get rid of it. This would be great for anyone that wants to be sure just where they stand when it comes to the freshness of their milk. It’d also save a whole lot of good milk from being sent down the drain.
According to UK milk-merchant Cravendale, over 300,000 tonnes (364,000 tons) of milk are tossed out every year because people cannot tell whether it is sour or not. A new milk jug tests the white stuff for you and gives a readout on its LCD display: “fresh” or “sour”.
The jug is simple. As milk sours, it becomes more acidic. A sensor in the bottom of the jug detects the drop in pH and sounds the alarm. This gives people a reliable measure of the milk’s freshness, and will supposedly stop so much milk being poured down the sink every year. The blog post, from Cravendale’s site, is thinly veiled publicity, but offers some interesting tidbits about milk. For instance, Cravendale’s own brand is filtered as well as pasteurized for a truly mind-boggling 21 days of (unopened) freshness.
Then again, milk is scary stuff anyway. If you’re happy to drink the fatty white liquid secreted by lactating mammals, then you’ll probably be happy to suck down anything. Seriously, if God had meant us to drink milk, he wouldn’t have invented cheese. For those still stuck at the cow’s udder, though, this resource-saving jug is just the thing.
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Oxo Good Grips Cherry Pitter – Pit Remover
Having made a few cherry pies in our day with pit removal being a pain, it’s nice to find this pit remover from Oxo. The Splatter Shield protects your work area from juices and removes for cleaning. The sturdy, die-cast zinc construction removes pits with ease by pushing the pit right out the bottom. The generous cherry holder accommodates large cherries like Bing and Rainier, and is recessed to secure smaller varieties. And if you’re worried about having this in the kitchen with kids – it locks closed for convenient storage and safety.
