On 3/2/2013 8:57 AM, Steve Freides wrote:
> OK, I know this is silly, but waste not, want not, so here we go:
>
> We keep heavy cream in the 'frig - my wife likes to use it in sauces,
> soups, etc., in small quantities.
>
> Our next door neighbors are taking a trip and this morning, they brought
> us an unopened container of orange juice (no problem there) and another
> of skim milk.
>
> My oldest is going to be home from college for a week and he's a whole
> milk drinker. I'd like to mix heavy cream and skim milk, in the right
> proportions, which I hope someone here can tell me, to make the
> equivalent of the whole milk I normally buy.
>
> Shaking it won't be a problem - we buy unhomogenized dairy from time to
> time and they're used to that particular weirdness of mine.
>
> Thanks in advance, and apologies if I don't respond because I might not
> have newsgroup access for a day or so myself.
>
> -S-
>
>
The simple answer would be to buy some whole milk when your son is visiting.

Freeze the skim (non-fat) milk *if* you have a reason to use it. But
experiment another time. Unless you think you can interest him in
playing around with how to reconstruct deconstructed milk. LOL

Jill