Re: Fresh Goat's Milk Questions

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I pay $3.50 a half gallon for fresh and raw organic pastured goat milk.

Goat milk is best the very moment it is milked, the very day, it is in its

best state. Yes, you can freeze it. People say to freeze it for no longer than 3

months maximum. It really is best to use it rather quickly. It works fine for

making yogurt after freezing, but do not freeze it if you are going to make goat

cheese, it won't turn out as nice.

Summer

all4mytwo wrote:

I have finally located a source of fresh goat's milk to try yogurt out

for my son. In my state, you can't legally sell fresh milk, eggs,

etc. but I can offer a " donation " . What is the cost for fresh goat's

milk running these days from you who buy from local farmers?

Also, since you only start with such a tiny amount of yogurt - I want

to make a very small batch. Can you freeze the fresh milk to take out

for later batches and if so for how long?

Thanks!

Janet, mom to Cody- scd since 4-17-06

Summer's Family, SCD 08/04 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/openblooms/

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I pay a friend $4 a gallon for fresh, raw goat milk.

Yes, you can freeze the excess milk.

Patti

Fresh Goat's Milk Questions

I have finally located a source of fresh goat's milk to try yogurt out

for my son. In my state, you can't legally sell fresh milk, eggs,

etc. but I can offer a " donation " . What is the cost for fresh goat's

milk running these days from you who buy from local farmers?

Also, since you only start with such a tiny amount of yogurt - I want

to make a very small batch. Can you freeze the fresh milk to take out

for later batches and if so for how long?

Thanks!

Janet, mom to Cody- scd since 4-17-06

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Thanks Summer & Patti,

That's what I needed to know. I also heard the supplier either makes

goat cheese or will tell you how, so am looking forward to possibly

adding that if the yogurt goes over well.

Janet, mom to Cody- SCD since 4-17-06

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I pay $3 a gal. but I know that this is not common. I would ask the

person that you are getting the milk from what she/he thinks a

fair " donation " would be. Do they have other " donators " ? if so what

do some of them give.

Sandy M.

> I have finally located a source of fresh goat's milk to try

yogurt out

> for my son. In my state, you can't legally sell fresh milk, eggs,

> etc. but I can offer a " donation " . What is the cost for fresh

goat's

> milk running these days from you who buy from local farmers?

> Also, since you only start with such a tiny amount of yogurt - I

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> Thanks!

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.. Can you freeze the fresh milk to take out

> for later batches and if so for how long?

> Thanks!

> Janet, mom to Cody- scd since 4-17-06

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My brother gave me some fresh cow's milk one day - about 2

gallons. Since I had just made a gallon of yogurt, I put one gallon

in the freezer and pastuerized the rest for the part of the family

not SCD. That milk was fine - no complaints. After almost 2 weeks I

took it out of the freezer, and made yogurt - following directions

exactly. It tasted like " barnyard " . It was so gross I had to throw

out the whole batch. Talking with my brother, although I had

pastuerized it properly, bacteria can still grow when milk is

frozen. People say there is still some active cultures in yogurt

when you freeze it. It seems most likely that some bacteria grew in

it in the freezer, causing the milk to taste horrible.

Moral of story - you may want to pasteurize it before you freeze it.

That may be the cause of the " goaty " flavor people complain about,

above and beyond what the goat eats. My brother's cows eat some

grass, some grain, some hay and leftovers from the bakery.

Good luck with the yogurt.

Sue

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> I have finally located a source of fresh goat's milk to try yogurt out

> for my son.  In my state, you can't legally sell fresh milk, eggs,

> etc. but I can offer a " donation " .  What is the cost for fresh goat's

> milk running these days from you who buy from local farmers?

At local retailers it would be $2.71 (U.S.) for a quart or liter of

3.8% pasteurized goat's milk. In Ontario, Canada, major suppliers are

Hewitts and Mornington and one can check online to see if it can be

purchased right from their farms at a lower price.

Carol F.

Toronto, celiac, SCD 6 years

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last message: What is the cost for fresh goat's

> milk running these days from you who buy from local farmers?

We are able to buy it $5 a gallon during peak season (from small goat dairy

farm), after they have their babes. About 3 dollars a quart at the store for

pasteurized.

We live in Colorado USA

Antoinette, SCD 2/06 entire family of five (celiac, add, adhd autism and more)

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Thanks everyone for giving me the prices you pay for goat's milk

since I can't legally " purchase " fresh milk in VA but can offer

a " donation " .

Turns out that at this farm the donation requested was to help clean

up one of the goat fields!

The kids and I had a great time, the farmer was so nice and friendly

and the day was beautiful and sunshiny.

After trucking back home, almost 2 counties over, I made my yogurt.

I used yogourmet starter and it turned out beautiful- thick and

creamy. Very twangy though- but improved with adding cooked

strawberries and honey.

My son ate 2 spoonfuls yesterday and the only possible reaction was

about 30-40 minutes later- he had very red cheeks and face, got

kinda whiny and fussy, but that's nothing really new for him

sometimes. A while later he was perfectly fine. Today- no reaction

whatsoever.

Can you ever have no die off from it, or is it inevitable as I

adjust the amounts up?

Four years dairy free and now he's having goat's milk yogurt with no

wheezing, no hives, no eczema... I'd have never thought the day

would come!

Janet, day 5 of trying to be 100% SCD (oh I'm really trying hard,

but I just couldn't resist that Frosty- it was the gut bugs fault,

not mine!)

Cody- 5 yrs old- SCD since 4-17-06- multi food allergies/intolerance-

asthma, seems to have disappeared on SCD- eczema, all clear now-

gaining weight and height.