Food waste: People misread 'use by' label; 40% of U.S. food is tossed

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29. I drink skim milk

so it's already 1/3 watered down (LOL)

It's funny that I grew up on 2% and drank whole when I could get it (like at school, I would grab the little half pint of whole milk at lunch), since I was trying to gain weight. When I got out on my own, I started buying 1% because it was about 16 cents a gallon cheaper than 2%. Skim milk was even cheaper than 1% but seemed too watery to me at the time. 1% otoh, was not that different from 2%.

Later (probably 30 years ago) I switched to skim. The step from 1% to skim was not so big any more.

Now the local store stopped carrying skim, and sometimes rather than go the extra mile to another store, I will be forced to buy 2%. And it looks like sludge to me, like I am drinking half and half or something.

It's funny what you get used to.