re: fairlife chocolate milk doesn't have to be refrigerated per the lady at the gas station

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I don’t know if I’ve ever bought milk that was sired in a refrigerator

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sounds like something other than milk if it was sired

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Egg farmer tells me the processing is what makes them have to be refrigerated, breaks the protective membrane or something. Farm fresh eggs are fine long term at room temp. Unless you refrigerate them then you have to keep them refrigerated

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Right.

My neighbor has chickens and their eggs just sit on the pantry shelf.

They are also amazing. They give us the surplus and they are so much better than store eggs. Deep orange yolks, great flavor, stick together in the pan so much better when cooking over-easy, etc. .

Their chickens live the life in a big yard eating bugs and whatever else. That is, until they get mauled occasionally by a fox or some other critter.

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All throughout Europe the milk is stocked on a shelf next to all the canned goods. This is extremely common everywhere in Europe.

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You're talking about Parmalet ... and that's different. That's ultrapasturized and then boxed (hermetically sealed) in a mylar lined container.

You can buy that kind of milk all day at the Dollar Tree for $1.25 qt. We typically keep 15-20 gallons of it in our preps pantry just incase.

Fairlife ... I've actually toured their facility, and I drank it for a long time. (My Goddaughter's Husband was a big wig with them at the time and he gave me a book of coupons, I got hooked on the stuff.)

Fairlife and Parmalet are not the same.

Every community has a local milk producer. They usually distribute the best milk that has been low temp pasteurized. Ours is Hickory Hill and both their chocolate and whole white are amazing.

LINK: https://hickoryhillmilk.com

I've been a bit of a milk connoisseur my entire life ... started with the titties I'm told.

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It doesn’t. Wife buys 12 packs from Sam’s. They stay room temp until she puts them 1-2 in the fridge to drink them cold.

Picked up a dozen eggs from a grocery store in Puerto Penasco about 15 years ago. Brought them back to the condo to cook breakfast for the crew . Living in the carton underneath each egg was at least one cock roach . ??

are we talking about the milk or the various fairlife protein shakes (ie Fairlife Nutrition Plan and Fairlife Protein Shake Powered by Core Power)? My impression is the milk product (ultrafiltered, pasteurized milk) has to be refrigerated, but the protein drink products are definitely shelf stable un-refrigerated for quite a long time until opened.

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It's sold at room temperature at Sams, Amazon, etc.

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the protein shakes are kept at room temp (that is what you are seeing at sams etc), the milk should be refrigerated...not sure what the OP saw at the gas station, I have seen both


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protein shake

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Egg farmer tells me the processing is what makes them have to be refrigerated, breaks the protective membrane or something

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It's called "Bloom"

Unwashed eggs are good for 3 weeks on the counter and 3 months in the fridge.

I've heard of longer in the fridge, but most people go with 3 and 3

Ultra-pasteurized milk has been the norm in Europe for a long time. It is odd to see shelves of it sitting out in a grocery store though if you are 'Merican.

Also the expiration date is always
months away as opposed to days for regular milk.

It blew my mind in Switzerland how none of their dairy is refrigerated in the grocery stores. Milk, eggs, cheese, all of it.