Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Tue 01 Jul 2008 05:05:56a, Nancy Young told us...
>
>> I was in Costco yesterday and came across a strange
>> sight ... palettes of milk sitting outside the cooler. I did
>> a double take to see that it really was milk without it
>> clicking that something was odd about it. Odd enough
>> for me to think, is that really milk? if that makes any sense.
>>
>> It's the new square containers. Seems they cost less to
>> ship, and use less labor somehow, saving some 15 cents
>> a container.
>>
>> nancy
>
> In Cleveland, at least, back in the 70s-80s or so, they had square quart
> waxed cardboard containers. The tops were flat (not like "peak-roof" style
> of today). The cartons opened at the one of the corners.
>
We used to buy irradiated liter containers of milk that didn't need
refrigeration until opened. We lived in the Middle East for several
years and our milk came out of the Netherlands. Tasted okay to me and
was easy enough to cook with.

I stayed up a couple of nights to see if we glowed in the dark but no
such luck.