Posts under ‘raw milk’

I finally made a decent raw milk yogurt! I had the flavor I wanted, but couldn’t get the consistency. I kept getting something that would properly be called a yogurt shake. The problem was that I wasn’t heating the milk enough. Heat destroys the enzymes and natural good bacteria in the milk and I wanted [...]

We’re back on the road in search of food. First stop was Stuart’s in Bridgewater for some beef stuffs for the family Father’s Day BBQ. We got a bunch of burgers and a couple of huge top sirloin for the event and a bunch of other goodies to round out the freezer stock. Then on [...]

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted and I do apologize. My calendar got taken over by aliens and I’ve just wrested it back. Yes, I’m still eating local. My milk, eggs, and beef are exclusively local and my cheese and other meats mostly are. My grains never were. (Yes, I’m still on that.) My vegetables [...]

My biggest barrier to making my own raw milk yogurt was in finding a reliable low-heat source. My electric oven does not have a pilot and the light bulb lights intermittently. With the arrival of my Excalibur Dehydrator, I am ready to go! I do like the organic local Hawthorne Valley yogurt as well as [...]

As I mentioned in a previous post, I found a new raw milk supplier, Rich Farm in Oxford, CT. My usual supplier won’t be supplying over the winter, and having had raw milk for all of these months, I am not willing to go back to cooked milk. Rich Farm is a locally famous Ice [...]

I finally tried raw milk. I read a few articles, like How Raw Milk Got a Bad Rap, The Raw Deal (Washington Post) and What is Real Milk? According to this last reference: Pasteurization destroys enzymes, diminishes vitamin content, denatures fragile milk proteins, destroys vitamins C, B12 and B6, kills beneficial bacteria, promotes pathogens and [...]