Zebra averages about 2 cups every milking and since I'm milking her twice a day, we started to have some excess. A great problem to have! I finally broke down and made a simple cheese yesterday. It's just a soft cheese and you can mix in whatever seasoning you like. I ended up using Dill Mix in one and some Onion Soup Mix in the other. I made two and half pounds of cheese from just over a gallon of milk. We'll use this on snack crackers or throw some in with our scrambled eggs. Yummy! I can't wait to try making some other kinds.
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| A little drier than anticipated, next time I'll decrease the hanging time. |
As I was researching how to make cheese, I learned that you can re-use the whey. The whey is the liquid part of the milk that you separate from the curds. Wow! I had never heard of such a thing. The easiest way to use it is as a liquid substitution in baking; so today, I made bread. Instead of the water, I used whey. It's a winner!!
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| Fresh from the oven and shined with butter to keep a soft crust! |
It's such a blessing to have our own fresh milk and being able to put it all to good use!
4 comments:
Sweet!!!! I want to try some at some point!!
I hate dumping the whey. I know people that drink that instead of milk. Great looking bread. I make my own every week to last us through the week. I'll try the whey next time.
Does goat's milk taste a lot different? I've never had it. Great way to use up the whey...the bread looks delicious!
Ry - You can try some when I get a little better at it. ;)
Mary - check out fiascofarm.com under recipes is where I learned about using the whey. She did mention that some drink it... think I'll pass on that. :)
Alica - we grew up on cow's milk and were pleasantly surprised to find that goat's milk does NOT taste a lot different! I think for most people it's a psychological thing and it does have a lot to do with sanitary practices (just like cow's milk).
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