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Question about raw milk
I am really trying to move towards a local diet. There is a farm close to us (within 15mi) that sells free range, 100% grass fed dairy products including milk, butter, cheese and yogurt as well as eggs.
I am really excited to try some of the products, but don't know much about "raw" milk and dairy products. Are they safe (assuming everything is handled properly)? Any thing I should consider or ask the farmers?
Re: Question about raw milk
WendyGR would probably be a good person to ask (page) if you don't get many replies here.
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Do you (or did you, at first) notice a difference in taste from the store-bought stuff? How would you describe it? I can't imagine that raw would taste similar to processed.
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It's not necessarily raw just because it's from a local farm. Ask if it's pasteurized or not.
I grew up on raw milk, and I hated the taste so much I still don't really drink milk. It didn't help that ours was a single cow, so her diet directly impacted the flavour, and not always in a good way.
What I noticed the most was the absence of plastic jug taste. Just like my homemade yogurt has no plastic taste. DH had a glass of it after a long run one day, he said it just looked good. He said he had expected it to taste thick but he claims it is actually less thick than whole milk from the store. I really don't ever drink milk on its own, usually in cereal or for baking or in smoothies. Most of the time the farmer will give you a sample to try.
Thank you for your responses. I am fairly certain that this farm sells raw milk.
WendyGR - how did you plan to pasturize the milk at home? (I know I can google this, but I am curious as to what your actualy plans were).
To pasteurize at home, you just heat it to a certain temperature in a pot on the stove, then cool it. It's not hard at all, all you need is a thermometer.
Yup, this!
We get raw organic milk from a local farmer. It is cheaper than organic at the store.
I didn't really ask our farmer any questions so I can't help there. I have an extremely knowledgable friend so I just trusted her when she said my farmer was a good one.
We pour off the cream and DH and I drink/eat the skimmed milk, and DS gets extra-cream milk since he is underweight.
I have no idea what it tastes like bc I actually hate plain milk- I only drink/eat it in other stuff or on cereal.