The sister in law has been scouring the local animal keepers to try and find me some form of raw milk. Her family spent a week camped in the local County Fair showing their chickens, turkeys, and rabbits, and had asked everybody they came into contact with for a source for ANY form of raw milk, and she just said this week that an acquaintance close-by has a small herd and will make available some goats milk without a fancy legal agreement.
I couldn't believe my ears. She said to give her a couple weeks and it should happen.
Today she came over to help the wife do a flower arranging party with my wife for a friend's wedding, and said that she had another source of goat's milk-with a gallon waiting to be picked up-today.
I tried mozz with every brand of store-bought that I could find and had very poor luck, even with CaCl and animal rennet. My best was a creamy, or sludgy, rather, base suitable only to make a party dip out of.
I have prepared to make hard cheeses, have the equipment and cultures for over 100 pounds of cheese waiting, but I have not had access to the main ingredient-until apparently today. And yet the ease of the arrangement is still beyond my belief...
More to follow....hopefully....
I couldn't believe my ears. She said to give her a couple weeks and it should happen.
Today she came over to help the wife do a flower arranging party with my wife for a friend's wedding, and said that she had another source of goat's milk-with a gallon waiting to be picked up-today.
I tried mozz with every brand of store-bought that I could find and had very poor luck, even with CaCl and animal rennet. My best was a creamy, or sludgy, rather, base suitable only to make a party dip out of.
I have prepared to make hard cheeses, have the equipment and cultures for over 100 pounds of cheese waiting, but I have not had access to the main ingredient-until apparently today. And yet the ease of the arrangement is still beyond my belief...
More to follow....hopefully....