On Saturday, March 2, 2013 9:33:16 AM UTC-6, jmcquown wrote:
> On 3/2/2013 8:57 AM, Steve Freides wrote:
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> > OK, I know this is silly, but waste not, want not, so here we go:
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> > We keep heavy cream in the 'frig - my wife likes to use it in sauces,
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> > soups, etc., in small quantities.
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> > Our next door neighbors are taking a trip and this morning, they brought
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> > us an unopened container of orange juice (no problem there) and another
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> > of skim milk.
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> > My oldest is going to be home from college for a week and he's a whole
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> > milk drinker. I'd like to mix heavy cream and skim milk, in the right
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> > proportions, which I hope someone here can tell me, to make the
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> > equivalent of the whole milk I normally buy.
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> > Shaking it won't be a problem - we buy unhomogenized dairy from time to
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> > time and they're used to that particular weirdness of mine.
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> > -S-
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> The simple answer would be to buy some whole milk when your son is visiting.
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>
It might be simpler if someone hadn't already done the math.

I just realized that Steve had not specified that the container was a gallon.
It's easy enough to halve everything for a half gallon. A gallon lasts 2-4
days in this house.
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> Jill

--Bryan