Raw Milk

So, we became proud owners of one-tenth of a cow about a month ago. That entitles us to a 1/10th share of all of the cows' products (which means, milk...though I suppose we could convince the farmers that we were entitled to 1/10th of the fertilizer she produces, but, um...that's OK). Once a week, we head down to the farm with a cooler and 1/2 gallon Ball canning jars to take home 2 gallons of whole raw Jersey milk.

So, since we have milk and cream, I've been trying some new things.  So far, I've made buttermilk (for bread and pancakes), sour cream, butter, and cream cheese.  I tried yogurt without heating it, and it didn't firm up, so we made smoothies with it.  You know how you make most of this stuff?  You leave the milk sitting out!  It seems odd to do such a thing, but that's it.  

Oh, and I almost forgot ice cream!  We've done that twice.  Mom and Dad were here and got to sample some of that last week. (That does not involve leaving the milk sitting out.)

Perhaps sometime, I'll post about how to do some of this.  It's really quite simple.