CarolPG wrote:
and was given a free carton of what he thought was milk.......... erm......... it wasn't! He has no idea what it was, says it tasted a bit weird - but he drank it anyway!


It may well have been soya milk or a rice based milk. 

My friend's adopted granddaughter is Chinese and she has a dairy intolerance, which they say is very common in China, and has to have soya and other dairy substitutes.