First taste of goat's milk--supposed to be creamy?

[Catahoula]

Pasteurization will make goat milk taste "goaty." The best - and only - way (IMHO) to drink it is raw; that way you get the full benefit of the only reason to have your own goats (again JHMO).

Definitely, having your own goat and fresh milk is awesome. I guess I should have my own cow. I am too lazy and not discipline enough to raise my own animals for food.

 

[BlondeSquirrel04]

To prove a point, I think I'd slip him some raw milk and see if he notices. Of course I don't think lying to your spouse is the best thing to do, but if he's just being finicky, then I would

 

[quiltnchik]

To prove a point, I think I'd slip him some raw milk and see if he notices. Of course I don't think lying to your spouse is the best thing to do, but if he's just being finicky, then I would

 

[Catahoula]

To prove a point, I think I'd slip him some raw milk and see if he notices. Of course I don't think lying to your spouse is the best thing to do, but if he's just being finicky, then I would

where is the LIKE button???

 

[SkyWarrior]

To prove a point, I think I'd slip him some raw milk and see if he notices. Of course I don't think lying to your spouse is the best thing to do, but if he's just being finicky, then I would

No, not finicky. Paranoid, but with good reason. He has spent most of his life with gut problems due to bad genetics that will erupt if anything is a little bit off. What we can handle, he can't. So, I'd rather play it safe than have a trip to the hospital.

 

[quiltnchik]

To prove a point, I think I'd slip him some raw milk and see if he notices. Of course I don't think lying to your spouse is the best thing to do, but if he's just being finicky, then I would

No, not finicky. Paranoid, but with good reason. He has spent most of his life with gut problems due to bad genetics that will erupt if anything is a little bit off. What we can handle, he can't. So, I'd rather play it safe than have a trip to the hospital.

Those "gut" problems will actually be HELPED by raw milk. Do some research and show him the facts

 

[BlondeSquirrel04]

I think lots of people confuse raw milk for alien milk. I get asked all the time, "Did it take awhile for your body to get used to it? Did you get sick at first?" No, of course not. It's not foreign. We eat bacteria all the time...cheese, yogurt, and even unintentionally in our foods that we prepare. We're not milking E. coli into a bucket and drinking that; we're drinking good bacteria that our guts need in order to function properly.

http://www.naturalnews.com/031586_raw_goats_milk_health.html

http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/raw-milk-vs-pasteurized-milk/

Even with 100 articles, you may not be able to convince him or others that raw is the way to go. However, it's good for everyone to read and understand why people drink it raw and understand what pasteurization does to the product.

 

[SkyWarrior]

DH tasted the pasteurized milk last night after I prodded him. Conversation went like this:


Him: "Have you drank it?"
Me: "Yes, it's good."
Him: "This batch?"
Me: "Yes, it's good."
Him: "You didn't get sick on it?"
Me: "It's pasteurized! You'll be fine."
Him: "Are you sure?"

You get the drift. He hesitantly took a sip. "Oh, this is yummy!"

 

[vermillionoaks]

We've been pasteurizing our milk. We've drank it both raw and pasteurized and don't notice a difference in flavor. I didn't notice a difference in how long it lasted either way. We tested our goats for CAE and CL. When we decided to just drink it raw and not pasteurize it our 3 yr old developed a 106 fever. It did not stay that high the whole time but he had a persistent fever for 2 weeks (no other symptoms). The docs ran all kinds of tests and couldn't find anything. We started looking for animal related sicknesses and came across milk fever. Thankfully he didn't have it but it scared us back to pasteurized milk. Maybe when my kids are older but right now I just feel better pasteurizing. There is so much to learn already with goats that I don't want to omit doing something really important (like testing for some disease) and hurt my kids when I can protect them during my "learning period." I'm not saying people who feed their kids raw milk are bad, I just feel better being safe. Plus, its still better than the store-bought milk.

My husband and I had the same conversation the first time we milked our goat, except I was in the place of you husband! lol Then again, I tend to research a lot and it usually scares the bejezes out of me and my husband tends to learn through trial and error! We had never tasted fresh goat milk before. We bought a carton of store bought goats milk and were terrified that is what it would taste like. But we were very pleasantly surprised at how delicious it was fresh! Enjoy that milk!

 

[quiltnchik]

We've been pasteurizing our milk. We've drank it both raw and pasteurized and don't notice a difference in flavor. I didn't notice a difference in how long it lasted either way. We tested our goats for CAE and CL. When we decided to just drink it raw and not pasteurize it our 3 yr old developed a 106 fever. It did not stay that high the whole time but he had a persistent fever for 2 weeks (no other symptoms). The docs ran all kinds of tests and couldn't find anything. We started looking for animal related sicknesses and came across milk fever. Thankfully he didn't have it but it scared us back to pasteurized milk. Maybe when my kids are older but right now I just feel better pasteurizing. There is so much to learn already with goats that I don't want to omit doing something really important (like testing for some disease) and hurt my kids when I can protect them during my "learning period." I'm not saying people who feed their kids raw milk are bad, I just feel better being safe. Plus, its still better than the store-bought milk.

My husband and I had the same conversation the first time we milked our goat, except I was in the place of you husband! lol Then again, I tend to research a lot and it usually scares the bejezes out of me and my husband tends to learn through trial and error! We had never tasted fresh goat milk before. We bought a carton of store bought goats milk and were terrified that is what it would taste like. But we were very pleasantly surprised at how delicious it was fresh! Enjoy that milk!

Milk fever is something the animal gets (generally caused by mastitis).