On 05/12/2005, at 1:50, Diane Wiessinger wrote:

>> If mom has 1 promille in her blood
>> (which is quite a lot for a woman), her milk contains 0,1 ml alcohol
>> per 100 ml milk. Would that really be enough to stop milk from
>> freezing? I bet not, but would love to have someone to test it.
>
> I put 1/4 teaspoon of 97% isopropyl alcohol in 8 oz of water, in  
> the front of my front-opening freezer.  At 3 teaspoons per  
> tablespoon and 2 tablespoons per ounce (why oh why haven't we gone  
> metric yet???), that's a ratio of about 1 part per 200, or .5 percent.

Spot the empiricists amongst us! A few hours ago I prepared two 100  
ml bottles of full fat cows milk, and inoculated one with 1.3 ml of  
37% alcohol gin. Placed in the front of an old fridge-freezer, both  
froze solid and are indistinguishable from each other.

I suspect the only way maternal drunkenness can cause milk to not  
freeze, is if she forgets to put it in the freezer.

Lara

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