jar or canister?

[curiousmarcus]

Open the bag of milk and pour it into a jar.

Open the bag of milk and pour it into a canister.

 

[GoesStation]

I'd call those canisters or containers.

 

[SoothingDave]

And they would be very ill-suited for pouring milk out of.

 

[emsr2d2]

I've never seen a "bag of milk" in my life. Here, milk comes in bottles or cartons. Why would you decant it into a different container? Jars are usually made of glass. The ones in your picture look as if they're made of clear plastic with a plastic lid. I'd call them containers or pots.

 

[GoesStation]

Milk came in bags when I lived in Ontario (Canada) in the 70s.

 

[emsr2d2]

Any more recent examples? ;-)

CuriousMarcus, is milk commonly sold in bags in The Philippines?

 

[Skrej]

I wonder perhaps if the OP isn't referring to powdered (dehydrated) milk, particularly since he's putting into a screw-lid type container. It sometimes comes in bags, as well as boxes or cans.

That would explain both the 'bag' (although we've seen other explanations) and the seemingly odd choice of container.

As to the original question, I'd call them jars, and they might actually work well for powdered milk.

 

[emsr2d2]

That's entirely possible but I look forward to clarification from CuriousMarcus himself.

 

[GoesStation]

Any more recent examples? ;-)

CuriousMarcus, is milk commonly sold in bags in The Philippines?

Wikipedia has an article on most any subject.

 

[Skrej]

I just asked my coworker who is from the Philippines, and she said people do buy fresh milk in bags there, because it's cheaper, due to the lower cost of packaging of a bag.

She said it's also sold in larger sacks, and people will sometimes buy a larger sack, and re-distribute into smaller containers, to share costs or even resell for a small profit.

Apparently milk is something of a luxury item in the Philippines, and according to her "only people with money" buy milk.

 

[SoothingDave]

I find it interesting that they sell the milk in bags in Canada with a total quantity of 4 liters. In other words, a "metric gallon."

 

[GoesStation]

Canada went metric while I was living there in 1976 or '77. Before then, they used the Imperial system, so milk was sold in ~4.5-liter gallons, ~2.25-liter half-gallons, and so on down to quarts and pints. I think the bags of milk we bought were Imperial quarts or about one and one-eighth liters. They came in bigger bags of four, if I remember right, making up a full Imperial gallon.

 

[curiousmarcus]

Should I have said milk powder? Because that's what I meant. Most people here buy milk powder as opposed to fresh milk, so I took it for granted and dropped powder.

Fresh milk is a bit more expensive than milk powder, but not by so much as to call it luxury. We buy fresh milk in cartons. I've also seen them in bottles, but never in bags.

 

[curiousmarcus]

I wonder perhaps if the OP isn't referring to powdered (dehydrated) milk, particularly since he's putting into a screw-lid type container. It sometimes comes in bags, as well as boxes or cans.

That would explain both the 'bag' (although we've seen other explanations) and the seemingly odd choice of container.

Elementary!

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes, you should have been specific. We call it "powdered milk", not "milk powder".