Post by ricknews2 on Jun 8, 2015 9:04:06 GMT -5
UPDATE: SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi All,
I put away a half-gallon jar towards the back of the second fridge we keep out in the laundry room area. Labeled it 6/2/15 milking and to save it. Last night I took it out to have a taste test. Screwed off the lid and took a sniff. Hmmmm... smelled like... MILK! Promising.
So the time had come. I got a glass and poured some milk in. Sniffed again... no off smells. Took a small sip. Didn't tingle the tongue. Took a bigger swig and let it envelope my mouth. No bad tastes. Wife took a big drink. She said it tasted good. I then took another drink and yes... it DID taste like milk. But not like that dead thing in the stores. Not that almost good, but turning thing, we were drinking from Eva. No... it was back to that liquid ice cream flavor we had back when we started!!! It was DELICIOUS!!! And that was week old milk!!!!
You guys DID IT!!!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!! :-)
One day I might even do a video for YouTube to show our sanitizing steps.
So after we did a ACV soak for the bucket, udder wash bowl and filter funnels. I also did a run through the dishwasher with ACV for all that stuff.
Now every morning:
1. we put the stuff in the sink and use a little less than 1/4 cup of bleach with about 4-5 gallons of lukewarm water. I let it all soak in there for about 8-10 minutes and then take it out and rinse it all off with cool water. I let it sit for 15 minutes, but now we do all this RIGHT before we go out to milk. So it doesn't sit around too long.
(I went over to the dairy supply company. Guys were REALLY nice!!! I bought their iodine based teat dip. It's a post dip and REALLY thick, I LOVE IT! They told me to cut it 50% with water to use for a pre-dip.)
2. So now we go out, brush Eva off outside the milk barn.
3. Then take her in and wash up her udder REALLY well with multiple udder wash cloths. (She likes getting her udder dirty :-) )
4. Then use the pre-dip teat dip and use 2 paper towels to wipe that off. (Use one side for each teat.)
5. Put a couple of squirts from each teat into the strip cup.
6. Then milk her into the bucket.
7. When were done, my wife takes the bucket right into the house then to filter.
8. I then put Bag Balm on the teats and then,
9. Use the post teat dip, which leaves a nice thick protective coat on the teats.
10. I take her back out to her barn and pasture where she has 2 flakes of alfalfa hay waiting and I give her a flake of straw with the hay. She seems to REALLY like that!
11. I go back into the Milk Barn to sweep and wipe down the counter with bleach water.
12. Meanwhile, Wife filters the milk directly into 1/2 gallon jars from the freezer and puts the jars back into the freezer for 4 hours.
13. Then they get lids and go into the Laundry Room fridge that keeps them at about 37 degrees.
14. We wash up all the milking stuff with lukewarm water and homemade dish soap.
15. then let them soak in a ACV bath (about 1/3 of a cup of ACV to the 4-5 gallons of water) for about 15 minutes and then set them in a dish rack to dry for the next days use.
(We only milk like this in the morning. The evening milk goes to the chickens the next day so we don't bother sanitizing.)
Today's test will be my wife making vanilla ice cream for our son's birthday desert. And later this week she's going to make butter. I'll let you know how those turn out.
Now, I need to talk her into trying yogurt again. And at some point (maybe this winter when I don't have outside work that needs getting done) I can try and figure out how to make cheese!!! If we're not going to sell her milk then I REALLY want to come up with ways to use MORE of her milk.
You guys are AWESOME!!! Thank you again!
Rick
Hi All,
I put away a half-gallon jar towards the back of the second fridge we keep out in the laundry room area. Labeled it 6/2/15 milking and to save it. Last night I took it out to have a taste test. Screwed off the lid and took a sniff. Hmmmm... smelled like... MILK! Promising.
So the time had come. I got a glass and poured some milk in. Sniffed again... no off smells. Took a small sip. Didn't tingle the tongue. Took a bigger swig and let it envelope my mouth. No bad tastes. Wife took a big drink. She said it tasted good. I then took another drink and yes... it DID taste like milk. But not like that dead thing in the stores. Not that almost good, but turning thing, we were drinking from Eva. No... it was back to that liquid ice cream flavor we had back when we started!!! It was DELICIOUS!!! And that was week old milk!!!!
You guys DID IT!!!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!! :-)
One day I might even do a video for YouTube to show our sanitizing steps.
So after we did a ACV soak for the bucket, udder wash bowl and filter funnels. I also did a run through the dishwasher with ACV for all that stuff.
Now every morning:
1. we put the stuff in the sink and use a little less than 1/4 cup of bleach with about 4-5 gallons of lukewarm water. I let it all soak in there for about 8-10 minutes and then take it out and rinse it all off with cool water. I let it sit for 15 minutes, but now we do all this RIGHT before we go out to milk. So it doesn't sit around too long.
(I went over to the dairy supply company. Guys were REALLY nice!!! I bought their iodine based teat dip. It's a post dip and REALLY thick, I LOVE IT! They told me to cut it 50% with water to use for a pre-dip.)
2. So now we go out, brush Eva off outside the milk barn.
3. Then take her in and wash up her udder REALLY well with multiple udder wash cloths. (She likes getting her udder dirty :-) )
4. Then use the pre-dip teat dip and use 2 paper towels to wipe that off. (Use one side for each teat.)
5. Put a couple of squirts from each teat into the strip cup.
6. Then milk her into the bucket.
7. When were done, my wife takes the bucket right into the house then to filter.
8. I then put Bag Balm on the teats and then,
9. Use the post teat dip, which leaves a nice thick protective coat on the teats.
10. I take her back out to her barn and pasture where she has 2 flakes of alfalfa hay waiting and I give her a flake of straw with the hay. She seems to REALLY like that!
11. I go back into the Milk Barn to sweep and wipe down the counter with bleach water.
12. Meanwhile, Wife filters the milk directly into 1/2 gallon jars from the freezer and puts the jars back into the freezer for 4 hours.
13. Then they get lids and go into the Laundry Room fridge that keeps them at about 37 degrees.
14. We wash up all the milking stuff with lukewarm water and homemade dish soap.
15. then let them soak in a ACV bath (about 1/3 of a cup of ACV to the 4-5 gallons of water) for about 15 minutes and then set them in a dish rack to dry for the next days use.
(We only milk like this in the morning. The evening milk goes to the chickens the next day so we don't bother sanitizing.)
Today's test will be my wife making vanilla ice cream for our son's birthday desert. And later this week she's going to make butter. I'll let you know how those turn out.
Now, I need to talk her into trying yogurt again. And at some point (maybe this winter when I don't have outside work that needs getting done) I can try and figure out how to make cheese!!! If we're not going to sell her milk then I REALLY want to come up with ways to use MORE of her milk.
You guys are AWESOME!!! Thank you again!
Rick