What to do with all that milk!

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:hide Printed the Milk Liquor recipe. Sounds interesting...looks a little weird a process but, hey.....:old
 

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I need to get by the liquor store tomorrow and pick up some vodka to use....after that it's 'game on'!
 

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Did you use lemons for the citrus? Any other fruits? I'll be waiting to hear just how much flavor remains from the fruit/juice. Raspberries sound lush to me!:) So I'm thinking that when I bring all those "extra" berries home from my Sunday sampling I should be prepared to make up a batch and hope for the best. Worth a try.

By the way, the first bottle of wine has stopped the bubble/gas thing, so it's waiting to "finish" itself. Since my patience just isn't always good -- I had to sip. Yep, just a 1/4 tsp ish nip to see if it was working. Much to my surprise, it was pretty good! Of course it isn't at the "pour a glass" stage but, did have a "wine" taste & probably a good amount of alcohol as I could get some "heat" from just that tiny nip!

Never tried this before and I am NOT a heavy red wine OR grape juice drinker. But this was milder than both. I'm thinking in a month or so it will be pretty tasty. With that in mind, I'm going to set off on the white grape/add cranberry juice blend and who knows what will happen. LOL

This adds another dimension to SS :woot
 

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I keep hearing about this wine making going on here, but is it a secret or something?!? ;) Go on and tell us what you're doing and how you're doing it! I love me a glass of wine in the evenings before bed and though I can get the stuff cheap enough, I won't mind making my own, especially if I can do a drinkable batch.

(Thinking about some ex-DH's brewing experiments now… Yikes)
 

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I'm no expert for sure- but I do enjoy trying new things.

@Mini Horses - I used half an orange. After I shook it up to help dissolve the sugar I had to give it a tiny taste test. Oh my gosh- had a bit if a creamsicle taste and I can tell it's going to pack a bit of a punch, lol. Time and aging should make it a bit more mellow.

edited because I can't type on my phone...argh
 
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The pigs are reaping the bounty these days. I've got my extra refrigerator chock full of milk. I can't keep up with it, lol. I don't want to stop milking any of them because I'm still trying to decide if I want to sell one or more and they sure sell better if they are in milk!
 

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Sell the extra milk? Advertise it as "for pets or soap"
 

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I'd do that in a heartbeat! A little help is always nice. :cool:

My own children won't even use the milk. :rolleyes: Actually DD is not a milk drinker, DgrD won't try it, DS won't try it either. Dummies.
 
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