I realize this thread has been quiet for about a month now, but I feel I have something beneficial and informational to it. So here goes.
When I was out shopping yesterday, I picked up my diapers as always, as well as some Gerber barley baby cereal as a healthier calm down treat and a nutrition boost for those days i don't eat much at all...then, I saw the baby formula. It reminded me of this thread, and of ricky's suggestion of what formula. It also reminded me of a horrible experience I had in drinking Enfamil when I was 10 years old, to see what it tasted like. I stared at the cans of formula for a while, trying to decide if i should buy some, and if so, what kind. I looked for the kind ricky uses, but to no avail. So, choices, choices choices. I finally decided on buying some.
The kind I purchased is Similac Advance 2 Toddler Formula. It says it's for toddlers, so I thought perhaps it'd be a little more palatable than the stuff for young babies. My review is this:
This doesn't smell very bad. When hot/warm, the taste is fine, different from that of regular milk, but drinkable. It'd probably taste better to an adult palate if you'd mix the formula with skim or 2% milk, but it is palatable alone, in my opinion.
Now the downsides: there's a not very nice aftertaste, even when warm...but that should be alleviated for the most part by mixing with milk, or even a flavored syrup. And also, a word of caution: It's nasty cold/room temperature. Vile. Never drink this cold.
Hope this helps someone.
~ moogle