We had our first experience with raw milk today. Husband was wondering about it and asked around and in a few days we had an address to go to to get fresh raw milk. It was just down the road a piece.
We pulled up into the driveway. Paul went and knocked on the door. A very nice woman came out and showed us to the milk stash. Her name was Andrea. She lead us to a stairway that went down into a basement. We ended up in her second kitchen especially for the purpose of handling the milk. We told her we had never done this before and she kindly explained how people wrote their names on an envelope ( she handed us one of our own and a handful of pencils and a pen.) Then she said that this was a self service business and people come in and use the envelop for pay and then just wrote down what they bought. There was a refrigerator with big glass bottles with dates written on them. She says after 3 days they feed the milk to the pigs.
" You may want to skim off that cream on the top" she said pointing to the bottle. We had never seen real cream before. We were wide eyed as we looked at the heavy cream on top of the milk. Andrea said we could make butter and whipped cream. We could also go buy Rennet and cheese salt etc. to make cheese.
Paul and I had seen she had pigs so I asked her permission to take some pictures and she agreed. This was a working farm with cows, pigs and chickens. We met the new litter of piglets.
And we also met her hens.
When we got home we ladled off the cream and shared some milk. It was delicious !
You can read how we made the butter here. We Made Our Own Butter!
Thank you for stopping by Little Utah Farm,
Until next time,
Believe In Your dreams !
Deborah `MOON`
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| Bottle of raw milk. |
We pulled up into the driveway. Paul went and knocked on the door. A very nice woman came out and showed us to the milk stash. Her name was Andrea. She lead us to a stairway that went down into a basement. We ended up in her second kitchen especially for the purpose of handling the milk. We told her we had never done this before and she kindly explained how people wrote their names on an envelope ( she handed us one of our own and a handful of pencils and a pen.) Then she said that this was a self service business and people come in and use the envelop for pay and then just wrote down what they bought. There was a refrigerator with big glass bottles with dates written on them. She says after 3 days they feed the milk to the pigs.
" You may want to skim off that cream on the top" she said pointing to the bottle. We had never seen real cream before. We were wide eyed as we looked at the heavy cream on top of the milk. Andrea said we could make butter and whipped cream. We could also go buy Rennet and cheese salt etc. to make cheese.
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| We met her pigs. |
Paul and I had seen she had pigs so I asked her permission to take some pictures and she agreed. This was a working farm with cows, pigs and chickens. We met the new litter of piglets.
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| Just born these piglets were adorable and very healthy. |
And we also met her hens.
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| Andrea's hens. |
When we got home we ladled off the cream and shared some milk. It was delicious !
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| Harley McFarley is a new fan of raw milk. |
You can read how we made the butter here. We Made Our Own Butter!
Thank you for stopping by Little Utah Farm,
Until next time,
Believe In Your dreams !
Deborah `MOON`
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