Raw milk

MsSeattleSlim · 11-12-2008, 11:05 PM

Does anyone buy raw milk?

Does it taste different from regular milk?

Do you just drink it, or use it to make yogurt, etc.?

They have it at my coop, but it's like $8 for a half gallon, so I'd like to find out a little more about it before buying.

Plus I got out of the habit of drinking fluid milk as a beverage years ago (when I said bye-bye to cereal

). So I'd probably make yogurt out of it, if I use it at all. Anyone have experience with this?

Jake · 11-12-2008, 11:12 PM

My mom uses only raw milk. She has Crohn's. I have never asked her about the taste, but it is the only cow's milk that doesn't cause her trouble.

Sansa · 11-12-2008, 11:36 PM

I only drink raw milk as far as I can remember, so I wouldn't know the difference. It does taste great, though

cruisinNlosin · 11-12-2008, 11:39 PM

from what i understand its much better for you than regular b/c of the pasteurization process. my friend says it tastes thicker and sweeter and makes her feel fuller.

Criosa · 11-13-2008, 05:37 AM

Wow, $8 for a half gallon! I've been paying $5 a gallon because the farmer brings it to town for us. A friend goes to his farm and pays $3.50 a gallon.

Raw milk makes great yogurt because it's not homogenized. If you want to keep it raw, you have to keep it at a temperature under 180 degrees. Raw milk yogurt is not as thick as what you may be used to though. I've heard some people add things to it to thicken it up. I haven't tried it.

Raw milk is the only way I can drink milk. The taste will depend on the cow (ours are jersey), the time of year, and the feed. Grass fed cows are the best, but you may have to get used to the taste. We love it though.

Ailuros · 11-13-2008, 05:41 AM

I don't find that it tastes very different from pasteurised (not homogenised) milk, but I do find that American supermarket milk tastes more caramelised than the milk I normally get, so if that's your point of reference, you might find a difference.

MsSeattleSlim · 11-13-2008, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Criosa

Wow, $8 for a half gallon! I've been paying $5 a gallon because the farmer brings it to town for us. A friend goes to his farm and pays $3.50 a gallon.

Whoa. Regular milk here is around $4-something a gallon. You've got a good deal going! And I've heard Jersey milk is the best. MMMMMMMMilk.

brittone2 · 11-13-2008, 12:54 PM

We drink raw Jersey milk although I forget what we pay...maybe $8ish a gallon?

We also get raw cream separately (our milk is whole milk, but we also buy extra cream), and we buy from Mennonite farmers who are part of a cooperative, so we also get raw cheddar through them (they don't produce it themselves but they trade for it). All of it is yum.

When we first started w/ raw milk I could definitely taste a difference. We all love it. I don't drink much straight anymore, but we cook with it sometimes, and we make our own yogurt, and sometimes our own ricotta.

OurLuvsFromAbove · 11-13-2008, 02:58 PM

I would love to be able to get this to give to my hubby and dd

oyvey · 11-13-2008, 04:07 PM

This is where my budget hits the wall, sadly. Some day maybe I'll find a source.

brittone2 · 11-13-2008, 06:35 PM

Just asked DH. We pay $6/gallon for raw milk (wow! that's good considering what conventional milk costs) and $8/qt of raw cream. All grass fed/Jersey cow produced

LaurieRobo · 11-14-2008, 06:54 AM

I love raw milk and since switching several months ago - I have no digestive issues w/ yogurt

( I make my own)

My kefir grains have never been happier and grow like crazy and the raw milk makes the smoothest tastiest kefir!!!

I pay $5.00 per 1/2 gallon and I pick-up 2 weekly - Even watching the budget, this is one area I don't think I am willing to skimp on.

eta: bummer my farm only sells the milk and not just cream...

BikerAng · 11-18-2008, 10:37 AM

I bought raw milk from whole foods (Jersey cows) and it was wonderful. I've never been a big milk drinker/user so I made yogurt with it. It tasted sweeter to me and a lot richer than the standard pasturized/homoginized milk. Because of the cost though, I stopped buying it and just buy organic yogurt because it's cheaper.

brittone2 · 11-18-2008, 01:46 PM

DH made good cream cheese and cottage cheese with our milk this weekend

We've tried before, but this time we used rennet (from wildernessfamilynaturals) and it made a difference. The cottage cheese (once lightly salted and a little cream was added) was like store-bought, but yummier

MsSeattleSlim · 11-18-2008, 09:28 PM

I'm impressed with the cottage cheese - I've never made that!

All these good reviews make me want to try the raw milk at my local store. I'm doing induction-level carbs at the moment, but maybe in a couple of weeks I'll start adding in yogurt. I miss my Fawn shakes

CopperAnnette · 11-19-2008, 04:32 AM

I just placed my order (for pickup tomorrow) for a gallon of raw milk, a quart of raw cream, a pound of raw butter, among other things. I cannot WAIT to pick it up and try it!!!

2bhapee · 11-19-2008, 07:10 AM

Can you tell me where you ordered it from?

brittone2 · 11-19-2008, 09:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MsSeattleSlim

I'm impressed with the cottage cheese - I've never made that!

All these good reviews make me want to try the raw milk at my local store. I'm doing induction-level carbs at the moment, but maybe in a couple of weeks I'll start adding in yogurt. I miss my Fawn shakes

DH just followed the instructions that came with our rennet.

We've done ricotta (no rennet) before, but never cottage cheese.

CopperAnnette · 11-19-2008, 03:06 PM

If you were asking me where I ordered raw goodies, I live in the Pittsburgh area, and there's an organic dairy north of the city. Hope that helps!

Ailuros · 11-22-2008, 05:46 AM

My raw milk source hasn't been able to sell it for a while, because of problems getting approval, but they've just managed to get it all sorted out, and I now have raw milk again

.

SashimiMark · 11-22-2008, 03:16 PM

I found a raw milk group here in Worcester! I'm so excited.

There is a dairy 28 miles from where I live that sells raw milk, and the members of our group take turns picking up for everyone every 2 weeks. I had them put me down for 2 gallons every 2 weeks.

MsSeattleSlim · 11-22-2008, 05:07 PM

Awesome! You'll have to tell us how it tastes

And what are you paying, if you don't mind my asking?

Quote:

Originally Posted by SashimiMark

I found a raw milk group here in Worcester! I'm so excited.

There is a dairy 28 miles from where I live that sells raw milk, and the members of our group take turns picking up for everyone every 2 weeks. I had them put me down for 2 gallons every 2 weeks.

SashimiMark · 11-22-2008, 05:53 PM

$6.50 a gallon.

BikerAng · 11-23-2008, 09:33 AM

That's a great price!!! If you let the milk sit in the fridge overnight the cream will rise to the top and you can scoop it off. It's SO good!

SashimiMark · 11-23-2008, 04:27 PM

Ang, my mom used to tell us kids stories about the cream she'd eat all of the top of the jar of milk.

My best friend and I have lattes every day. Sometimes twice a day. They're small, so each has maybe 3-4 tbs of heavy cream in them. I'm looking forward to using the raw milk for this instead, since the heavy cream we've been able to find is not organic. I'm also looking forward to making my own yogurt and maybe sour cream. I think I'll go google how to do that right now.

Ailuros · 11-24-2008, 02:49 AM

I just noticed that the milk from the farmers market is £0.90 per litre when it's pasteurised and £0.85 when it's raw. A litre is about the same as a US quart.

sprinklesmom · 11-24-2008, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SashimiMark

$6.50 a gallon.

SashimiMark, Where is it located in MA - is it West of Worceter or East of Worcester?

sprinklesmom · 11-24-2008, 08:23 AM

I found this thread interesting.

I stayed at an Inn in Austria during a tour of Europe with a group one time.

For breakfast we poured the milk into our cereal and it was kind of chunky. Many people thought the milk was sour and wouldn't touch it, but a friend of mine on the tour said that it was milk directly from the cow that was milked that morning. (she used to visit her grandmothers farm in Mexico and that's how the milk was)

I was just curious. Is that correct? Is this how the texture of raw milk is?

It was good.

Criosa · 11-24-2008, 08:44 AM

Mine isn't necessarily chunky, but the top has cream in it if its not shaken well first, which may make it seem chunky I guess. My kids worried about this at first because they were used to homogenized milk. If my milk sits out a day or two it will be more chunky like as it starts separating.
Criosa

SashimiMark · 11-24-2008, 08:44 AM

Sprinklesmom, it's the Robinson Farm in Hardwick, MA (robinsonfarm.org). It's 28 miles from my house, NW of Worcester. But I only have to go to the farm once every 22 weeks. There are 11 of us, and we take turns driving out to the farm every 2 weeks to pick up milk for everyone in the group.

11-12-2008, 11:05 PM	#1
MsSeattleSlim Guest Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 588 Gallery: MsSeattleSlim Stats: 201/201/135 WOE: Atkins Induction-ish Start Date: re-start July 2009	Raw milk Does anyone buy raw milk? Does it taste different from regular milk? Do you just drink it, or use it to make yogurt, etc.? They have it at my coop, but it's like $8 for a half gallon, so I'd like to find out a little more about it before buying. Plus I got out of the habit of drinking fluid milk as a beverage years ago (when I said bye-bye to cereal ). So I'd probably make yogurt out of it, if I use it at all. Anyone have experience with this?

11-14-2008, 06:54 AM	#12
LaurieRobo Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 806 Gallery: LaurieRobo Stats: Maintenance 175/148/less than 150 WOE: Fueling my workouts and running with plenty of FAT Start Date: March 2002	I love raw milk and since switching several months ago - I have no digestive issues w/ yogurt ( I make my own) My kefir grains have never been happier and grow like crazy and the raw milk makes the smoothest tastiest kefir!!! I pay $5.00 per 1/2 gallon and I pick-up 2 weekly - Even watching the budget, this is one area I don't think I am willing to skimp on. eta: bummer my farm only sells the milk and not just cream... Last edited by LaurieRobo; 11-14-2008 at 06:55 AM..

11-23-2008, 04:27 PM	#25
SashimiMark MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Worcester, MA Posts: 2,704 Gallery: SashimiMark Stats: in love with myself WOE: organic whole foods with lots of fat Start Date: January 2008	Ang, my mom used to tell us kids stories about the cream she'd eat all of the top of the jar of milk. My best friend and I have lattes every day. Sometimes twice a day. They're small, so each has maybe 3-4 tbs of heavy cream in them. I'm looking forward to using the raw milk for this instead, since the heavy cream we've been able to find is not organic. I'm also looking forward to making my own yogurt and maybe sour cream. I think I'll go google how to do that right now. __________________ Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.

11-24-2008, 08:23 AM	#28
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11-12-2008, 11:12 PM	#2
Jake Not Jake Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 20,562 Gallery: Jake	My mom uses only raw milk. She has Crohn's. I have never asked her about the taste, but it is the only cow's milk that doesn't cause her trouble.

11-12-2008, 11:36 PM	#3
Sansa Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sumwhere in Chicago Posts: 41 Gallery: Sansa	I only drink raw milk as far as I can remember, so I wouldn't know the difference. It does taste great, though

11-12-2008, 11:39 PM	#4
cruisinNlosin Junior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 19 Gallery: cruisinNlosin Stats: 203/184.5/150 WOE: Atkins Start Date: October 3, 2008	from what i understand its much better for you than regular b/c of the pasteurization process. my friend says it tastes thicker and sweeter and makes her feel fuller.

11-13-2008, 05:37 AM	#5
Criosa Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 629 Gallery: Criosa Stats: 240/192/150 - 5'10" WOE: Lower Carb/Organic when possilbe Start Date: original: 2/03 - restart: 3/07	Wow, $8 for a half gallon! I've been paying $5 a gallon because the farmer brings it to town for us. A friend goes to his farm and pays $3.50 a gallon. Raw milk makes great yogurt because it's not homogenized. If you want to keep it raw, you have to keep it at a temperature under 180 degrees. Raw milk yogurt is not as thick as what you may be used to though. I've heard some people add things to it to thicken it up. I haven't tried it. Raw milk is the only way I can drink milk. The taste will depend on the cow (ours are jersey), the time of year, and the feed. Grass fed cows are the best, but you may have to get used to the taste. We love it though.

11-13-2008, 05:41 AM	#6
Ailuros Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,609 Gallery: Ailuros Stats: Maintenance (since 2003) WOE: Controlled carb, real food Start Date: 2003	I don't find that it tastes very different from pasteurised (not homogenised) milk, but I do find that American supermarket milk tastes more caramelised than the milk I normally get, so if that's your point of reference, you might find a difference.

11-13-2008, 12:54 PM	#8
brittone2 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 403 Gallery: brittone2	We drink raw Jersey milk although I forget what we pay...maybe $8ish a gallon? We also get raw cream separately (our milk is whole milk, but we also buy extra cream), and we buy from Mennonite farmers who are part of a cooperative, so we also get raw cheddar through them (they don't produce it themselves but they trade for it). All of it is yum. When we first started w/ raw milk I could definitely taste a difference. We all love it. I don't drink much straight anymore, but we cook with it sometimes, and we make our own yogurt, and sometimes our own ricotta.

11-13-2008, 02:58 PM	#9
OurLuvsFromAbove Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Brooklyn Ny Posts: 4,564 Blog Entries: 4 Gallery: OurLuvsFromAbove Stats: 180/137.6/130 (orig 227) 5'8 WOE: Low Carb Start Date: Low carb living a few yrs now..	I would love to be able to get this to give to my hubby and dd

11-13-2008, 04:07 PM	#10
oyvey Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 255 Gallery: oyvey Stats: 217/165/160 WOE: whole foods Start Date: 5/08	This is where my budget hits the wall, sadly. Some day maybe I'll find a source.

11-13-2008, 06:35 PM	#11
brittone2 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 403 Gallery: brittone2	Just asked DH. We pay $6/gallon for raw milk (wow! that's good considering what conventional milk costs) and $8/qt of raw cream. All grass fed/Jersey cow produced

11-18-2008, 10:37 AM	#13
BikerAng MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Duvall, WA Posts: 1,834 Gallery: BikerAng Stats: 195/167/155 5'9" WOE: Atkins - organic & humanely raised Start Date: Feb 2007	I bought raw milk from whole foods (Jersey cows) and it was wonderful. I've never been a big milk drinker/user so I made yogurt with it. It tasted sweeter to me and a lot richer than the standard pasturized/homoginized milk. Because of the cost though, I stopped buying it and just buy organic yogurt because it's cheaper.

11-18-2008, 01:46 PM	#14
brittone2 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 403 Gallery: brittone2	DH made good cream cheese and cottage cheese with our milk this weekend We've tried before, but this time we used rennet (from wildernessfamilynaturals) and it made a difference. The cottage cheese (once lightly salted and a little cream was added) was like store-bought, but yummier

11-18-2008, 09:28 PM	#15
MsSeattleSlim Guest Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 588 Gallery: MsSeattleSlim Stats: 201/201/135 WOE: Atkins Induction-ish Start Date: re-start July 2009	I'm impressed with the cottage cheese - I've never made that! All these good reviews make me want to try the raw milk at my local store. I'm doing induction-level carbs at the moment, but maybe in a couple of weeks I'll start adding in yogurt. I miss my Fawn shakes

11-19-2008, 04:32 AM	#16
CopperAnnette Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 232 Gallery: CopperAnnette Stats: 160/138/130 5'3" 46 WOE: Modified Atkins Start Date: April 2007	I just placed my order (for pickup tomorrow) for a gallon of raw milk, a quart of raw cream, a pound of raw butter, among other things. I cannot WAIT to pick it up and try it!!!

11-19-2008, 07:10 AM	#17
2bhapee Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 88 Gallery: 2bhapee	Can you tell me where you ordered it from?

11-19-2008, 03:06 PM	#19
CopperAnnette Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 232 Gallery: CopperAnnette Stats: 160/138/130 5'3" 46 WOE: Modified Atkins Start Date: April 2007	If you were asking me where I ordered raw goodies, I live in the Pittsburgh area, and there's an organic dairy north of the city. Hope that helps!

11-22-2008, 05:46 AM	#20
Ailuros Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,609 Gallery: Ailuros Stats: Maintenance (since 2003) WOE: Controlled carb, real food Start Date: 2003	My raw milk source hasn't been able to sell it for a while, because of problems getting approval, but they've just managed to get it all sorted out, and I now have raw milk again .

11-22-2008, 03:16 PM	#21
SashimiMark MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Worcester, MA Posts: 2,704 Gallery: SashimiMark Stats: in love with myself WOE: organic whole foods with lots of fat Start Date: January 2008	I found a raw milk group here in Worcester! I'm so excited. There is a dairy 28 miles from where I live that sells raw milk, and the members of our group take turns picking up for everyone every 2 weeks. I had them put me down for 2 gallons every 2 weeks.

11-22-2008, 05:53 PM	#23
SashimiMark MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Worcester, MA Posts: 2,704 Gallery: SashimiMark Stats: in love with myself WOE: organic whole foods with lots of fat Start Date: January 2008	$6.50 a gallon.

11-23-2008, 09:33 AM	#24
BikerAng MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Duvall, WA Posts: 1,834 Gallery: BikerAng Stats: 195/167/155 5'9" WOE: Atkins - organic & humanely raised Start Date: Feb 2007	That's a great price!!! If you let the milk sit in the fridge overnight the cream will rise to the top and you can scoop it off. It's SO good!

11-24-2008, 02:49 AM	#26
Ailuros Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,609 Gallery: Ailuros Stats: Maintenance (since 2003) WOE: Controlled carb, real food Start Date: 2003	I just noticed that the milk from the farmers market is £0.90 per litre when it's pasteurised and £0.85 when it's raw. A litre is about the same as a US quart.

11-24-2008, 08:44 AM	#29
Criosa Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 629 Gallery: Criosa Stats: 240/192/150 - 5'10" WOE: Lower Carb/Organic when possilbe Start Date: original: 2/03 - restart: 3/07	Mine isn't necessarily chunky, but the top has cream in it if its not shaken well first, which may make it seem chunky I guess. My kids worried about this at first because they were used to homogenized milk. If my milk sits out a day or two it will be more chunky like as it starts separating. Criosa