I wasn't very far into my real food journey the first time I heard the term "clabber." My initial thought was, "What the heck is that?" So I promptly headed to Google to check it out. It's amazing how something that was so common a hundred years ago is so unheard of today... Clabber is basically thickened sour, raw milk. Part of the reason that we don't use the term anymore is because store-bought, pasteurized milk ...Continue Reading
Archives for May 2013
From Barn to Fridge: 6 Tips for Safely Handling Raw Milk
Uh... So what do you do after it comes out of the udder? It's a question I get a lot--especially from folks of my generation whose previous experience with milk entails grabbing a jug of the white stuff out of the cooler at the grocery store. As I have shared many times, I have weighed the risks involved with drinking raw milk, and I am very comfortable with my decision. I feel as though the risks of drinking unpasteurized milk are ...Continue Reading
Sticks, Manure, and Dirt: My Adventure into Hugelkultur
(Taking a little break from Home Dairy Month to talk about gardening today. Look for another home dairy post coming on Friday!) I've always been a pretty basic gardener. Although I've always totally admired what I thought to be the "fancier" methods like raised beds, Square Foot Gardening, or lasagna gardening, but I never thought they were for me... I figured I'd always be a "use a tiller to rip up the dirt each year and plant in ...Continue Reading
How to Make Fromage Blanc {Raw, Cultured Soft Cheese}
As much as I like real food and blogging, I don't really consider myself a "food blogger." Food bloggers make beautiful food and showcase it with stunning photography on their blogs. Me? I'm lucky if I can get my homemade tortillas to remotely resemble a circular-like shape, and if I can make a entire batch that doesn't have any holes, I'm thrilled. However, sometimes I still like to pretend I'm fancy, so it's kinda fun to say ...Continue Reading
Got (Raw) Milk? Why We Went Raw…
To a lot of people, there seems to be a certain romance attached to the idea of milking your own cow or goat. Yes, I'll admit that they are days when it's pretty cool to walk outside and bring in a couple gallons of fresh milk that was produced right out my front door. But there are plenty of other days when it ain't so romantic.... Like milking during a blizzard... Or trying to find a non-mucky place to put your bucket after a ...Continue Reading