6/10/2023 0 Comments Caprine flavor![]() It's impossible to keep odors out of plastic. Use a stainless steel milk bucket or stock pot to milk into, not plastic. Keep everything clean, clean, clean, from the milk bucket to the jars and lids that store your milk. How you handle the milk once it comes out of the goat's udder is extremely important to the taste of the milk. We restrict access to weeds and brush during milking season, so our milk is fresh and delicious. Clover is rich and will also help produce delicious and abundant milk. Alfalfa is high in protein so it sustains a doe in milk, plus it lends a delicious, sweet flavor to the milk. While our goats are in milk, they are fed good hay and grain for the best taste. Another culprit is commercial feed that includes soy. ![]() Personal experience has shown us that ragweed will change the taste of goat milk, as can other plants and weeds. Many plants, weeds and herbs will affect the taste of the milk.Įating wild onions, for instance, will give the milk an onion-y taste. The goat's diet affects the taste of her milk By the time a carton of goat milk gets into the supermarket cooler, it tastes nothing like the sweet milk my goats gave us this morning. The older goat milk is, the stronger it tastes. I'll cook with yesterday's milk (mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, all those recipes that need milk), and anything older than that is fed to the dogs or frozen to use in goat milk soap. My family drinks this morning's milk because it's the freshest and sweetest. On the other hand, if you own your own goat and collect fresh milk every morning, that milk is fresh. If you were to buy goat milk in a carton from the refrigerated dairy section of the grocery store, keep in mind that the milk is several days away from the goat. Subscribe to The Acorn, Oak Hill Homestead's weekly-ish newsletterĪnd get my ebook "How to Make Vinegar at Home for Pennies" for free. It tastes different in the summer than it did in the spring. Some goats' genetics will affect the flavor of their milk, at least in my experience.įresh milk also tastes different depending on the stage of lactation. If you milk a few goats of your own, you might be able to tell the difference in taste from one goat to another. Grocery store goat milk is also processed, and it all tastes the same too. The milk from one particular cow isn't recognizable. (Yes, grocery-store milk contains added sugar!) The milk will taste the same from one carton to another. Those same variables affect cows' milk too.Ĭows' milk from the grocery store has been processed, pasteurized and homogenized, with sugar, vitamins and other ingredients added. The taste of milk is affected by many factorsįactors that affect the taste of goat milk include
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