Uniquely ours

I had no idea that we who live in Ontario, Canada were so unique. Here I thought that everyone, at least many, many people, were familiar with the kind of milk packaging seen in this picture. At least 80 per cent of the people in this province buy their milk in plastic bags such as this one. These bags come in groups of three inside yet another plastic bag. All four bags are then placed in the recycling bin. today, in the Toronto newspaper I learned that most of the world has no knowledge of this odd way of packaging milk.

We used to buy milk in cartons and these are still available. Then we switched mostly to large three litre jugs which were difficult to pour when filled. People also used them oddly when the milk was used up. Some put gasoline or other noxious substances in the jug and a few children got very very sick by drinking the contents thinking it was milk.

These plastic bags have their challenges as well. First you have to have these plastic jugs for the bags to fit in. You could make do with one but we have three so that we can put all the bags in a jug. This takes up less space in the refrigerator. Sometimes the bags are filled too full and the first time you try to pour, it kind of overflows. You can end up with a bit of tea with your milk instead of the other way around. The garbage police insist that you rinse out all traces of milk from the small bags and this gets old really soon.

So - - - we're all odd here. I thought it was only me!