food is weird
Goat milk, fresh from the teat (at least Fancy’s milk), tastes amazing: sweet, mild, and creamy. There is no hint of ‘goatiness’ as there is in the stuff you get at the store. And if you drink it...
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impress your friends! make your own queso blanco
Queso blanco is that white, sweet, slightly rubbery cheese you get in real Mexican food. It’s also those white lumps in some Indian dishes, only then it’s called Panir. It’s really, really good when it...
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how to make chevre
Making cheese is always about separating the curd from the whey. –The Cheese Nun Chevre is a white, creamy cheese made from goat milk. It can be sharp, perfect with herbs on a cracker, or it can be...
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how to milk a goat (1 of 2)
First off, I’m not documenting how to do that whole squeeze and roll thing you do when you hand milk a goat. There are two reasons. (1) Fancy kicks! OMG! She gets annoyed, she demands more sunflower...
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As I was milking this morning, it occurred to me that I had left several things out of my previous milking post. I thought I would put them here. These are the things that become automatic and thus...
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when goat mamas won’t nurse their kids
Last year we had Fancy as a first freshener (that’s what they call a first time goat mama, you gotta love goat terminology). Fancy was a bottle-fed baby herself, which is why I think she was totally...
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