Semi-skimmed milk? I can't find any...

Steveire

Anyone know where semi-skimmed milk? I bought an ice cream maker for my sister, and most of the supplied recipies involve semi-skimmed milk. Trouble is, no shops seem to have it. I'm also looking for peppermint essence, i've tried loadsa shops and supermarkets for this.
Thanks.

Alun

It's everywhere, honest! Trouble is they don't always call it semi skimmed, but usually "light" or "lite", or something like that. There's also stuff around that's skimmed but that's like water.

Steveire

So does 'Slimline' mean semi skimmed, or should i get low fat milk?

Chick

slimline is skimmed i think.... dunno what semi skimmed is..


Id say go for the pink cartons...?

surely youd get peppermint essence with all the little bottle of stuff for baking eg.vanilla essence

Kalikat

I was totally confused by this when I first moved to Ireland.

Slimline (usually pink) = skimmed
Low fat (usually green) - semi-skimmed

Fantasy

Em , i would also say go for the pink carton .. im pretty sure thats semi-skimmed.

Mercury_Tilt

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Stark

Strange, it's usually everywhere. I know with Avonmore the semi-skimmed ones are the light blue and the red (supermilk) cartons.

Mercury_Tilt

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Stark

PS: Are you sure you can't use full-fat milk for the ice-cream maker? The recipes probably say "semi-skimmed" to delude you into thinking "hey it's only half as fattening" when the difference is neglible I'd imagine full-fat milk would make tastier ice-cream.

Steveire

yeah, i'm gonna save myself the trouble and use super milk.
cheers folks.

Blisterman

Low fat milk sucks. It doesn't taste like milk. Just like low sodium salt isn't salty.