Where a trip to the north parts of the island lends itself to scenic views
(click to enlarge)
May your day or night be blessed in the Lord's grace.
A Saving Knowledge - Don Fortner
Very much worth listening to
May the Lord bless you with His light, if He so please.
Saturday Island Postcard
Where goats keep shade in a ramshackled cottage
(click photo to enlarge)
May your day or night find refreshing shade in God's grace.
To Clabber (or, Not to Clobber) Raw Milk
This little bull calf only 3 weeks old...
is taking his very full share of his mama's milk
that's okay...
we know he is growing at a very quick pace...
and all that yummy, creamy milk is giving him all the energy he needs...
to run up and down the hills on Pilgrim's Farm
but, we still get some of that milk and I couldn't be happier with the wonderful taste...
that comes from all those green leaves, grass, bananas, sweet potatoes, plantains...
and a few more that my husband feeds Ms. Ruthie Moo Moo with
the cream in this raw milk is simply delicious
so, what else can I do except to clabber milk for sour cream
we drink our milk raw without fear
because we know that it is a healthy alternative...
to chemically treated, pasteurized, homogenized, industrial farmed milk
we much prefer our milk animals to be fed on pasture and kept healthy...
on what is natural to them and without the use of hormones and antibiotics
did you know that the fat in raw milk will not cleave to the arterial walls...
as the unnaturally homogenized milk fat does?
did you also know that the so called "whole milk" on store shelves...
is not really whole?
the factory farms sneak out quite a bit of the cream in the milk...
leaving just enough in to fool people...
and then the shopper gets double whammied in their pocket books...
when they buy the butter made from the cream that was sold on the sly...
that should have been in the "whole milk" they think they are buying
so while raw milk naysayers are clobbering good, drinkable, clean milk...
I will take my cow's and goats' raw milk and clabber them into...
fermented food that is good for the body
I simply put whatever amount of raw milk into a jar...
cover the opening with a paper towel (or muslin cloth)...
put a rubber band around it to keep it in place...
set it somewhere out of the way...
and then the milk starts to slowly sour as the cream rises...
and once a day, I shake the jar (with the jar lid on) to get the good bacteria...
equally distributed throughout the milk
and in 2 to 4 days, I will have sour cream that tastes better than store bought...
and the animals love the whey left behind by the fermenting cream
no need to do anything else to get natural sour cream
the whey can be used in baking if you prefer to keep it...
or you could just drink it yourself
and every couple of days, I just keep putting up a new jar of raw milk...
to clabber more sour cream for our kitchen and table use
it can be kept out if the temperature is cool...
or in the fridge in summer
by the way, pasteurized milk cannot be clabbered...
it will only putrify
there are lots of uses for clabbered raw milk and you can look it up easy enough on the web
here is a good food blog that I like with a post on clabbering raw milk
and there you have it...
clabbered milk aka sour cream with the clearer whey on the bottom
the short video below is a very interesting perspective on raw milk from a dairy farmer
when the Lord visited Abraham in Genesis 18...
Abraham ran unto the herd,
and fetched a calf tender and good,
and gave it unto a young man;
and he hasted to dress it.
And he took butter, and milk,
and the calf which he had dressed,
and set it before them;
and he stood by them under the tree,
and they did eat.
May your day or night be blessed in the clean milk of the Lord's grace.
Saturday Homestead Postcard
Where cows get their fill of food and water
May your day or night be blessed in God's grace.
Rushing Through the Day
Sometimes, I get one of those days when suddenly...
it becomes quite busy
so this post comes at a rush late in the day
that's when chocolate is one of my best friends...
as far as food is concerned...
like this cocoa/coconut/cinnamon candy
it isn't hard to make nor does it take very long
the recipe for the candy gives about 12 pieces...
so if you want to make more, just double the recipe
and you can adjust the sweetness and cinnamon to your own taste
the ingredients are:
3 oz dark chocolate
1 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
3 tsp of raw honey
2 tsp of cinnamon
start by oiling an ice cube tray with a little coconut oil or...
you can use a candy mold tray
break up and melt the chocolate in a double boiler or...
I just put a small saucepan into a larger one with some water
this keeps the chocolate from burning
once the chocolate is melted and smooth...
turn off the heat and add the rest of the ingredients...
stirring till they are all well combined
spoon into the oiled ice cube tray and put into the freezer for at least 30 minutes
with a knife inserted into the sides of the candy...
they should come out nicely and refrigerated to keep firm
I whipped up some coconut oil to use as a butter on crackers or bread
to get the coconut oil to whip up nicely...
chill in the refrigerator until firm but not hard...
maybe about 30 to 45 minutes
if it gets too hard, just let it soften a bit for easier whipping
I just break it up into smaller chunks with a knife...
and use my electric beater on high
it's been a pretty warm day, today...
and the coconut oil didn't whip as high as it should of...
but, it still worked well enough for me...
and it will stay refrigerated in a glass jar to keep it's whipped consistency
I like the whipped oil for spreading rather than the liquid...
just nicer and while it is being whipped...
other things such as honey and cinnamon can be added...
for a tasty spread on bread and crackers
May your day or night be blessed in God's grace.
Saturday Homestead Postcard
Where Pilgrim's Farm newest homestead addition is cute as a button
May your day or night be blessed in God's grace.
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