Re: Thanks, Ya'll!! 8^)

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> My question: Is raw milk supposed to taste naturally creamy?

Also, do any of you live in Massachusetts, and if so, are you aware

of any farms or communities that allow for the sale of raw milk?

-----> yes - creamy.

i don't live in mass but i know there's a goat farm in Natick that's

supposed to be selling raw milk. there's another farm somewhere in the

boston vacinity that sells raw cow's milk. if you go to www.westonaprice.org

and look up the local price chapter leader in boston, she can probably tell

you where you can get raw milk in MA. there are (or were) some MA residents

on this list who get raw milk, so hopefully if they're still here, they can

help.

Suze Fisher

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The taste of the milk will depend on the breed of cow and the feed they're

on. Milk from a Jersey cow will taste creamy. The raw milk I've tasted

from holsteins does not. That has to do with a difference in fat content.

The stuff I buy is approximately 5% fat. In large milk producing operations

they actually separate the cream from the milk and then reconstitute to the

published 4% milk fat for whole milk. Who knew? Next time you might ask the

farmer what breed of cows he has.

Irene

At 05:52 AM 7/27/02, you wrote:

>Just wanted to say thanks to all those who responded to my posts and

>offered your great suggestions! I'm a newbie here, so any and all

>help is sincerely appreciated. I have so many questions to ask some

>of you, and I also think I have a lot to offer in the way of help and

>suggestions.

>

>I've just read the recent posts concerning raw milk. I'm from

>Massachusetts and it is NOT easy get raw milk here...unless you live

>on a farm, of course. I've heard that if you go to a farm here and

>tell the farmer that you would like to purchase some raw milk inorder

>to make some cheese, then that is the loophole that will allow them

>to sell it to you! Funny, isn't it?

>

>I've also heard that there are certain towns and communities in the

>state that have ordinances which allow the individual farms to sell

>it to the consumer. I thought that I had found such a farm, but

>after tasting their milk, I decided to stop buying it from there.

>The milk actually tasted like skim milk...not creamy and tasty as I

>expected! Perhaps I was expecting too much, never having tasted raw

>milk before! The other possibility is that since he drained the milk

>from a sprout near the bottom of this fairly big tank, the cream had

>seperated from the milk and had risen to the top. BTW...when I first

>went to this farm, the farmer treated me with much suspicion, prolly

>thinking that I was from the gov't! 8^)

>

>My question: Is raw milk supposed to taste naturally creamy?

>Also, do any of you live in Massachusetts, and if so, are you aware

>of any farms or communities that allow for the sale of raw milk?

>

>

>

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In a message dated 7/27/02 8:52:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

skyking1717@... writes:

> My question: Is raw milk supposed to taste naturally creamy?

> Also, do any of you live in Massachusetts, and if so, are you aware

> of any farms or communities that allow for the sale of raw milk?

I live in MA, and go to NH to get raw milk at a tiny dairy called Cornerstone

Farm in West Swanzey, near Keene. Don't know where in MA you live, but if

you take 91N or 32N to 10N towards Keene, you can get there. I'm not sure on

all the details of their cows, though you can see them, etc, but know they

use pasture as much as possible, think they use sprouted grain when they use

grain, all organic, etc.

I've had two people describe raw milk as tasting " like ice cream. " I suppose

that's either an exaggeration somewhat or they forgot to shake it on their

first glass, but yes, it tastes naturally creamy. The butter I got making it

from the cream I get there turned out yellow, to the surprise of all my

family while I was making it, who said it wouldn't be yellow like at the

store because there's no dye in it, which is a good sign.

The farm I go to is about 1 hr and 15 minutes from me, and about 45 minutes

from Northampton. I first found about about Price's research from them--

they give The Milk Book, www.price-pottenger.org, www.realmilk.com, etc, in

thier pamphlet.

Chris

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