Now if they could just come up with powdered whisky   

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This is what I use also, we had a supermarket (Albertsons) that use to carry it but they removed it from the shelves a few years ago and like you REI is the only place I've found it.
I tested it on the family, I guess you could call it a blind test. I filled a milk container with it and put it back in the refrigerator nobody could tell the difference, my better half used it in her coffee and the kids on cereal. Great product!
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Yechhhh, nonfat milk!  IMO, no matter how hard you try it will come out as white-colored water.

A local organic/health food store (Fruitful Yield) carries NOW brand whole dried milk.  This should be light-years better than any nonfat dried milk product.  You should be able to get it or order it from your local health food store.  (On the internet, Adventurefoods.com has whole milk powder too.)

I have no idea what "non-dairy nonfat milk" would contain, but I'm sure in the end it is nowhere near the organoleptic properties of real milk.

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Besides, Milkman, as stated in my orginal post, is lowfat. Not Non fat. It is not at all white colored water...

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Tim,
I am not a milk drinker, as a kid during the summers I would visit my great uncle in Central Florida and work on his dairy farm I list it as an eight on the gag scale. The only way I use milk other than in recipes is on cereal. My test was trying it on cereal, if you use 2% at home, as my family does I'll guarantee you will not taste a difference.
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Here is the deal. Go to the International food isle in your Kroger, Walmart...whatever. There is a product in the Mexican section called Nido. This is a powered milk they apparently drink hot. I have found nothing even close to this as a powered milk substitute. Tastes almost as rich as cream. Put some granola in a vaccum seal bag and put about 2 tablespoons of Nido in the bottom and seal it up, Mix in some lake water and squish it around and you have killer cereal, eat out of the bag and no dishes but a spoon (wipe it on your shirt and go ). Add this to cheap mac and cheese with squeeze parkay and it tastes so good you'll start making it like this at home. Trust me...this stuff is fantastic.

Prouboy,

Milkman is no longer on the market.  The company stopped making it due to lack of demand, maybe a year ago or so.  Too bad, as I liked it.

Have not been able to fiind Nido in any of the grocery stores I go to  (near Denver), even though they have a large Mexican Foods section.

I've thought of experimenting with the regular non-fat dry milk, and adding a bit of coffee mate to it - might be ok.

I've been using powdered Soy Milk. It's rich enough, but mixes kind of slow compared to powdered milk, even in hot coffee. I got the idea to try it from a gal that posted a dried food produces link here last spring. It does have a nice taste after it's mixed. I found mine at a health food shop.

   Now I'm glad I drink my coffee black, and eat my oatmeal with just plain water and a handful of trail mix

Found it!

I was talking about both milk and eggs here. I thought someone might be interested in the eggs part so I didn't delete it. Sorry to get off topic!



Milk

Nature’s First – This is my hands down favorite powdered milk. It’s a full cream milk with the simplest of ingredient lists. Milk. The downside is that because it doesn’t include any additives it can be a little more work to get it to fully dissolve. If I’m eating anything where milk plays a big part (smoothies, granola, etc) this is the one I reach for.

Nido – My old favorite and my current backup, Nido is also a great tasting choice. You can get it in most Asian and Latino grocery stores in a small or large can. It dissolves much more readily than Nature’s First so this is what I use in most of my recipes calling for powdered milk. It doesn’t have a full-cream milky taste, but it does taste like you're drinking milk NOT milk powder.



Eggs

This one is a little bit harder…. I hear many backpackers say they opt to pack in fresh or hard boiled eggs. Personally I wouldn't do it. I don't want to have to worry about spoilage or breakage so, unless it’s the first day out and I want fried eggs on the menu, I go with powdered. I’ve found a couple of good powdered options that taste a lot like real eggs.

Ova Easy – Made with just freeze-dried eggs, this one is definitely my first choice when it comes to powdered eggs. It’s the closest thing I’ve tasted to the real thing – in fact, I recently served these to a friend and they couldn’t tell the difference! Good on their own, I really like them with a little freeze-dried cheese tossed in or mixed with dehydrated bell peppers and tomatoes. Yum!

Sonstegard – This is more of a mix than Ova Easy as they’ve had milk, oil and salt added to them. These taste almost as good as the Ova Easy but (maybe due to the add ins?) they’re a little bit bulkier and heavier. A good option though and less expensive if you’re on a budget.

Regarding the bland taste of egg-beaters, the style with some egg yolk in it tastes much better than the one with no yolks. 

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marlin55388 wrote on Mar 27^th, 2009 at 1:31am:


Thanks! I really appreciate that!