RE: Re: Straight from the ... COW

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Sorry if I am coming into this discussion late. I buy raw milk from a couple

sources and one source from PA Amish tends to sour in one week but will

sometimes stay fresh fot two weeks. I have learned to freezed what I don't

use in one week, (we get our supply every two weeks). My other source which

is here is Florida usually will stay fresh three weeks or longer. From what

I have understood on the difference is immediately after milking my souce in

here in Florida immediately cools down the milk and it is refrigerated. As

the Amish don't have some of those resources I don't think this process

happens. I know it is refrigerated because they use generators but they

also carry it to the truck to be sent here on horse and buggy so it does not

remain cold for that period of time. Anyhow, what I am getting at is if the

milk is cooled down quickly and kept that way it seems to stay fresher

longer.

Allyn

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Subject: Re: Straight from the ... COW

--- carolyn_graff <zgraff@...> wrote:

> I'm guessing that the statement that raw milk can last up to 5 weeks

> was a typo and should have said 5 days, not 5 weeks,

> even though raw milk can last longer than 5 days.

Carolyn,

I get raw milk every two weeks and it has never gone sour in two

weeks. Sometimes I have a little extra and it has gone about 16 days

from when I received it before souring. I'm not sure how long the

dairy farmer keeps it before it is delivered, but that is probably at

least another day or two. I've been getting milk from this source for

about a year and a half now, so it's very consistently good for at

least two weeks.