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Pasteurizing cheese milk at home

Posted on July 16th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Cheese, Milk, Recipes, Raw Milk, Dairy Science, Goat Milk.

Pasteurizing milk at home for cheese making

Hi, Cheese fans

If you want to pasteurize raw milk at home for cheese making it is best to use two form fitting pots like on the photo.  Fill the gap between the pots with water and make sure that the inside pot is hanging so that there is also some water under the bottom.

This is much like the set-up you would use to melt chocolate.   Heat the milk to 65°C and keep it there for 5 minutes - then cool it down with cold or ice water in the kitchen sink.

For cheese making the milk should be cooled to 32°C and for drinking it should be cooled to at leat 8°C and then refrigerated to cool it down further.

This method can of course be used for pasteurizing goat milk at home or any other milk for that matter.

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

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Hands-on dairy science for students

Posted on July 15th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Dairy Farming, Dairy Science.

Hi, Milk fans 

Brutus stood patiently as yet another student pulled on a glove up to her shoulder. The steer has gotten used to people sticking their hands through the fistula, or tube, in his side, reaching into his stomach and squeezing a handful of his lunch.

The steer is doing his part to help attract students into animal and dairy sciences at the University of Georgia.

Read the rest here:

http://www.thebladeplus.com/news/2006/0717/News/020.html

Kind Regards,

Leon the Milkman

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Dr. Conradie visits Elsenburg

Posted on July 13th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Dairy News, International Dairy.

Dr. Japie Conradie

Hi, Milk Fans

Parmalat’s National Milk Producers Quality Manager for South Africa visited me today to photograph my new equipment - the CombiFoss Milk Analyser

Send some business my way please, sir!

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

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Yoghurt Sweetness

Posted on July 12th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Recipes, Yoghurt.

Hi, Yoghurt Fans

You might notice that when you eat some full fat and low fat yoghurt from the same company that the low fat stuff is usually much sweeter than the full fat version.

The reason is that the full fat version tends to cover your taste buds in lovely butterfat, dulling them to the sugar’s sweetness and that most companies do not compensate for this by lowering the sugar content of their low fat products.

So the low fat yoghurt could have even less calories

Check it out - it’s true.

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

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Feta vs. Danish Feta

Posted on July 12th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Cheese, International Dairy, Dairy Diet.

Hi, Cheese Fans

The main difference between the above two cheese are that the danish feta has more moisture, thus it is not as sour.  Danish Feta usually is made through the modern process of Ultra Filtration, where the whey proteins are retained in the cheese with the casein, giving softer, creamier cheese and much higher yields. Good for you and good for the manufacturer.

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

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South African Dairy News

Posted on July 11th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Dairy News, International Dairy.

Hi,  South African Dairy Fans

Here is some home-grown news bits:

Humansdorp dairy sells stake to BEE firms

Read it here:  http://www.theherald.co.za/herald/biz/02_10072006.htm

Namibia: SA Dairy Traders Fight Tariff Raise

Some importers and distributors of South African dairy products are up in arms over plans by the government to introduce a tariff increase on imported UHT milk.

Read the rest here: http://allafrica.com/stories/200607101001.html

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

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Cheese at www.CurdNerds.com

Posted on July 10th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Cheese, Recipes, Goat Milk.

Hi, Cheese Fans

Just got a link today from www.CurdNerds.com

Check out their great site right now.

Till next time,

Leon the Milkman

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Should Dairy Free Consumers be Concerned?

Posted on July 10th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Dairy Science, Dairy Diet.

Hi, Milk Fans

According to a recently released study out of UCLA, women may lower their risk for type-2 diabetes by increasing their intake of low fat dairy products. Should those who shun or limit dairy consumption be concerned?

Read the rest here:

http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=16323

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

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New Trends in Ice Cream

Posted on July 8th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Dairy Diet, Ice Cream.

Hi, Ice Cream Fans

Check out all the newest ice cream dessert trends here:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13748818/

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

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Cheese making

Posted on July 6th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Cheese, Recipes.

Hi, Cheese fans

Check out the cheese making article posted today on the www.dairy-info.org homepage.

See ya,

Leon the Milkman

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