Devonviolet Acres

[Bruce]

What, you didn't want to save the whey for @Baymule's hogs?

 

[Devonviolet]

What, you didn't want to save the whey for @Baymule's hogs?

Well, I can - and they are welcome to it. But we don't have a lot of food grade 5 gallon buckets, to put the whey in. If Bay wants to come and get it in the next day or so, she can have it.

 

[Devonviolet]

You could always make eggnog!
I use my Great Grandmother's recipe!

Okay, so you ARE aware that when you reference a recipe, you are supposed to include the recipe, right???

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I haven't let mine get that thick - but that looks great! I usually only let mine get to what we call the "buttermilk" stage, lol. I'm gonna have to let it thicken up to the yogurt state because yours looks so awesome!

My dogs and pigs both got a weeks worth of 'almost kefir' while the grains were waking up. They love it!

Good idea for hanging it! When I make cheese I tie the draining bag to an upper cabinet door handle and drain it, lol. I like your idea better!

 

[Bruce]

Okay, so you ARE aware that when you reference a recipe, you are supposed to include the recipe, right???

One would think so! I mean REALLY @Baymule, such lack of consideration!

We are out of eggnog so I have to buy more. But I also happen to have plenty of eggs so MAYBE I could make my own if someone posted a time tested family favorite recipe And given your approximate age, your great grandmother must have been making that well before any of us were born.

 

[Latestarter]

Have always wanted a good old fashioned eggnog recipe also. Love eggnog!

 

[Devonviolet]

I haven't tried to let mine get that thick - but that looks great! I usually only let mine get to what we call the "buttermilk"

My whole milk Kefir turns out like a thick buttermilk. I strain the grains before I go out to milk. Usually, I have to shake the jar, because if it is too thick, the kefir doesn't go through the screen of the strainer. Then I use a spoon to gently scrape the kefir grains off the screen & tap them back into my "Kefir grains" jar. The lid goes on & it waits until I bring the fresh milk in & filter it into the grains jar. The kefir then goes into a quart jar, with a date sticker, and into the fridge.

This is the first time I have seen it gel up like that. I wonder if the fact, that it is skim milk, vs whole milk, is why it gelled up like that.

I decided to measure the kefir, so I could repeat or adjust, as needed. The buckets hold 2.3 gallons, so I put 1-1/2 gallons & put 1-1/2 cups of kefir. So, rough rule of thumb is 1/2 cup per 2 quarts of (skim) milk. My canning kettle had the equivalent of 3 gallons in it. So I put 3 cups of kefir in it.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

My whole milk Kefir turns out like a thick buttermilk. I strain the grains before I go out to milk. Usually, I have to shake the jar, because if it is too thick, the kefir doesn't go through the screen of the strainer. Then I use a spoon to gently scrape the kefir grains off the screen & tap them back into my "Kefir grains" jar. The lid goes on & it waits until I bring the fresh milk in & filter it. The kefir then goes into a quart jar, with a date sticker, and into the fridge.

That's the routine here too. I've never tried it with skim milk....because I don't have one of those fancy-dancy cream separators... LOL!

 

[Baymule]

Mama Wall's Eggnog

12 eggs, separated
12 heaping tablespoons sugar
12 shots whiskey (I use 6)
1 pint cream

Beat egg whites until stiff
Beat egg yolks, add sugar slowly
While beater is running, slowly add whiskey. Too fast and you will have scrambled eggs. The whiskey cooks the egg yolks.
Beat cream until stiff

In punch bowl, pour egg yolk mixture, fold in egg whites, then fold in whipped cream. Add a little milk.

Ladle into cups, top with nutmeg or cinnamon.
Mama Wall was born in 1877 and likely learned this from her mother.

https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi/pages.suddenlink.net/%253C/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35550244

If ya'll make this, you will NEVER drink store bought nasty eggnog ever again. My Mother remembered Mama Wall making this eggnog on Christmas morning for breakfast. Everyone, even the little children drank it. My Grandmother made it every Christmas. We watched her make it to get the recipe. I always found it funny that my non drinking parents would drink the eggnog and let me have all I wanted. I wonder if they ever realized that as a little kid, I got sh!tfaced every Christmas!

 

[Bruce]

Thanks Bay!

That is some serious nog. I'd have to make it without the booze and add it later (we tend towards rum) since the DDs have no interest in alcohol. Or, if the booze going in during the mixing is important to the end product, I guess I could split the recipe and make 2 batches.

I wonder if they ever realized that as a little kid, I got sh!tfaced every Christmas!

Probably not, as non drinkers they were likely sh!tfaced as well!

You got some GOOD genes there Bay! Maybe all that "Christmas cheer" prolonged their lives.