Oh! Anyone have a link on how to make the ricotta? I'm making vinegar cheese with todays milk, 3/4 a gallon! I was super nervose that no one would drink any of the milk, so after straining, I took a small amount and put it in a jar in the freezer to cool quickly. When it was nice and cold, I gave everyone a taste. The kids chugged it, and DH said, you're playing a trick on me right? this is just the milk out of the gallon (cows milk) in the fridge! Lol! He liked it, and even started brainstorming... Saying well, if she is going to give us that much milk, we probably can stop buying it from the store... This kind of a statement is *HUGE* from DH, He confessed that his only real problem with it is that he doesn't know much about it and worries about things traveling from the goat into the milk that may make us sick. I'll have to find a safety fact sheet of some sort to put his mind at ease... If you know of any, please share!!
So my first milking went well! I don't have a milk stand so DH came out to help hold her still because the grain I have for her isn't the same sweet feed she's used to and she lost interest in it pretty quick. It took a while for me to get a good rythm going because she kept moving about and I had to keep snatching the jar away so she wouldn't knock it over. by the end she settled down and I got going pretty well. YAY!
Scored at the thrift shop today! I make out bread and found a plastic storage thingy and one of those things to make even slices for $1.99. I've been looking for a while for something like that.
Tanks, just give in gracefully, the peer pressure will only get worse! Our 5 acres is pretty nice, but it is a lot of work!! We live in a high fire zone and have to keep the brush cleared or the fire dept will come out and have a talk with you.
Glad they care enough to! But that was the way I talked DH into goats!
