Re: Taste of milk changing?

[Guest guest]

you are right when cows leave pasture and go on just hay the milk

can change taste but if your tasting a soapy tast I would look at two

items first in the bottles soap could be left behind in bottles

leaving a soapy taste or the farmer could have not rinsed the bulk

tank good enough that could also leave a taste to it but understand if

he left a little amount in the tank it would be diluted with each

gallon of milk dumped in the tank. Good luck hope this helps

Jeff

>

> I get my raw cow milk from an Amish farmer in Michigan. My neighbor

> actually goes and picks it up for me.

>

> This week there is a definate change in the taste of the milk. To me

> it tasted like there was soap in it. (but I have a cold and my taste

> is off). We are responsible for cleaning our own bottles. We have 3

> sets, so we have one, the neighbor has one, and the farmer has one.

> I tried milk out of two different bottles now. At first I thought it

> was my fault that I maybe didn't rinse a container well enough,

> although I am extremely careful about my washing techniques.

>

> I called my neighbor and she also noticed a difference (although she

> didn't recognize it as a soapy taste), and said I was the first to

> call. She attributed the taste difference to the weather change and

> the cows eating more hay. She said that sometimes you can notice a

> difference when the cows change pastures too.

>

> Has this happened to anyone else? Does this sound normal? We have

> gotten the milk all summer and loved it. But I have an aversion to

> this batch. My kids had it on their cereal and they haven't said

> anything.

>

> Thanks for any comments.

>