What to do with "Fresh milk"

[kaw69]

Hi I have recently moved next to a dairy farm and have the good fortune to have free fresh milk ie raw milk straight from the cows, it is only filtered and cooled, not pasteurised or anything like that. It makes a fantastic milky coffee and on cereals and rice puddings but I am looking for other uses to use it.
TIA

[pastafreak]

If this is anything to go by,I doubt it is an offence to sell/supply/distribute raw milk...

http://www.naturalfoo...steurised-raw-milk-uk

[beso]

Maidup // ...milk is meant for calves, human can tolerate a certain amount of it, but too much milk, even if it were pasturised, and you'll develop an intolerance. //

The tolerance of milk is a matter of genetics. The genes involved started to become common about 8,000 years ago. However people in many parts of the world remain intolerant of milk, particularly as adults.

I spent some time in China many years ago and it was very hard to find milk in the shops at all. Even in McDonald the only "milk" was 50 percent soy. It was also hard to find chocolate and icecream.

The case is also similar with alcohol. Oriental people in general have a low tolerance to alcohol. We searched for a long time to find a bottle of champaigne. The one we found, along with every glass of wine we had was aweful.

They do make a reasonable beer though. They came to Australia to learn how to make that.

Another relatively recent genetic development is the ability to tolerate gluten in the diet. This came about around 10,000 years ago with the rise of agricultural production of wheat and rye. Gluten intolerance is one one of the most underdiagnosed syndromes in the world.

However some people make the mistake of assuming that both milk and gluten are somehow inherently bad because some people cannot tolerate them. Advertising wheat-free and dairy-free is often presented as a great benefit for all rather than just those whose bodies cannot deal with them.

Ironically they instead laud the inclusion of soy which is also not tolerated by some people. However I recently saw a product claiming "soy-free". Perhaps it is the start of a new trend as people begin to realise that the claims about the health benefits of soy are completely unsubstantiated and it isn't all that good for humans.

[beso]

pastafreak // If this is anything to go by,I doubt it is an offence to sell/supply/distribute raw milk... //

Perhaps in the UK but it isn't allowed in Australia.

It might not go on much longer there either. I heard recently that joining the EU has caused problem for some cheese manufacturers that use unpasteruised milk. The regulations in many Eurpopean countries conflict with that practice and it is becoming a battle of with the unification of the relevant legislation across the EU.

[Hopkirk]

Who first looked at a cow and thought "I've got a good idea ..."?

[slinkycat]

I've often thought that Hopkirk! Having said that, I drink up to a pint of milk a day, and have done for as long as I can remember, I love it, and no sign of any intolerance so far.

[Hopkirk]

If you were offered a drink of human milk you would probably be horrified, and yet you drink it from a huge ugly beast!

[beso]

^^ Tasted fine to me.

[beso]

Cows are quite pretty.

[Clanad]

In response to hopkirk, the individual was probably related to the person that first picked up an oyster, pried it open and thought..."think I'll put this in my mouth"... (and no Tobasco Sauce to boot)

[Hopkirk]

I see where you are coming from Clanad, but I suspect that person was French.

Look what else they eat.

[maggiebee]

No such thing as pasteurised milk in Albania where I lived and worked for a year. Did me no harm and is delicious. I'm jealous.

[saxy_jag]

You could have a go at making your own cottage cheese.

We used to have a farmer colleague who would regularly send a couple of litres of unpasteurised milk straight from the cooler tank. There is just nothing in the supermarkets that comes up to the mark, not even Channel Island milk. I am seriously jealous!

[ChuckFickens]

"If you were offered a drink of human milk you would probably be horrified, and yet you drink it from a huge ugly beast!"

How is the closet?

[jno]

Hopkirk: doubtless someone who'd seen a calf doing it.

[katerich48]

I read an article recently where is said "Raw Milk" can now be bought as the diseases that cows got years ago have most been erradicated and the milk is tested before its sold..There are websites now where you can order it to be delivered to your house...And I'm sure if it was illegal the farmers wouldn't be selling it.

[katerich48]

Chuckfickens may be interested to know that where I live in London a shop sells breast milk ice cream...But its not cheap.