Re: UHT milk in France - was CIVILITY

[Guest guest]

Wanita Sears wrote <<Is UHT milk like the double walled soy milk rectangular

containers here? <snip> Is there not much refrigeration where you were or maybe

because of low milk consumption UHT is better packaging? >>

----- the French UHT milk came in a variety of bottles [plastic] and rectangular

cartons.. they do last a very long time without refrigeration till you open

them... it's not for lack of refrigeration I think... more to do with the fact

that this part of France is sparsely populated... village we stayed in has only

80 inhabitants, not even one shop... [there are smaller more remote villages

yet]... it's all mountains and valleys... nearest shop to us was 13km away...

nearest supermarket in a town 30km away... the village is visited by various

suppliers in vans [once a week by the butcher, same with the fishmonger and a

local farmer with seasonal and very fresh fruits 'n' veg. and 3 times a week by

the baker/patissier]. for the rest you have to drive down the mountain in what,

at places, is a real 'white-knuckle-ride'.. we missed the annual wild boar hunt

because of the heat wave and the 'fete de cochon' in autumn.... still... what a

place... can't wait to go back...

Dedy

[Guest guest]

Sounds wonderful, Dedy! Especially the deliveries. Cochon was one of the

first French words I learned. Maybe because we raised pigs when l was

learning to talk.

Wanita

more to do with the fact that this part of France is sparsely populated...

village we stayed in has only 80 inhabitants, not even one shop... [there

are smaller more remote villages yet]... it's all mountains and valleys...

nearest shop to us was 13km away... nearest supermarket in a town 30km

away... the village is visited by various suppliers in vans [once a week by

the butcher, same with the fishmonger and a local farmer with seasonal and

very fresh fruits 'n' veg. and 3 times a week by the baker/patissier]. for

the rest you have to drive down the mountain in what, at places, is a real

'white-knuckle-ride'.. we missed the annual wild boar hunt because of the

heat wave and the 'fete de cochon' in autumn.... still... what a place...

can't wait to go back...