Using raw milk

[big brown horse]

Wow that is inexpensive! I pay 9 bucks per gallon here for raw cow's milk. I had to give up drinking wine to be able to afford it! Now I'm a grumpy, healthy, sober person.

 

[ZohBug]

I have a friend with a cow, several friends with goats, and a friend with a water buffalo, so we end up with quite a bit of milk in various stages (cream skimmed, etc.) for just me and my two kids. There are quite a few things to be done with milk in addition to butter and yogurt (which we have lots of around here!). There's milk kefir, but also cottage cheese, ricotta, cream cheese, chevre, and other soft cheeses that are easy to make and don't require the costly (or creative) molds and such. You can google for ideas or get started at www.fiascofarm.com. I sometimes mix the milks just to get more adventurous flavor combos and we have some fun lasagnas around here too. Ricotta is a great way to use up whey! You can also use whey for watering plants and I believe it's helped my herbs thrive since we brought them in a couple of months ago and our broccoli, lettuce, leeks, and lettuce are also doing great indoors.

 

[miss_thenorth]

Seriously? where do you live that your brocolli etc is doing well indoors? That's great!!!!!

 

[ZohBug]

Seriously? where do you live that your brocolli etc is doing well indoors? That's great!!!!!

Wisconsin. Trust me, I'm more surprised than anyone! I thought my 7yo was nuts when she asked to dig everything up and put it in window boxes to bring inside when it started to get cold. I figured the herbs would survive for a while, but I figured the veggies would go kaput fairly quickly. My dd has been watering them and taking notes in her Science journal for homeschool and this is her project. One day she asked how much longer till we'd be able to eat the veggies and I looked over in shock and surprise to see that they were still growing. Maybe it's the whey?

 

[Wifezilla]

I have been using my whey to ferment veggies and beans, but I might have to save some for the indoor plants!