Goat's Milk When you start a dairy herd, of course you end up with lots of milk (well, for at least most of the year). We started ours because Isaiah is allergic to cow's milk. Of course, one goat would probably give all the milk he could drink. We don't have a production herd, meaning we don't sell goat's milk commercially or to a dairy. We do get lots of milk, though. Then, you have to figure out something to do with all the milk. After each milking, we strain our milk through a milk filter, then put it in half gallon jugs which we then freeze it. Of course, once you get a freezer full of milk, then you have to figure out something to do with it. So, we went looking for recipes for goat's milk. We searched the internet. We pored over my collection of cook books which go WAY back. (I have cook books from the early 1900's.) We scoured the local stores -- country stores, farm markets, etc. We picked the brains of other dairy goat keepers. We found lots of cheese recipes, and tons of other stuff. I have learned to make Mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, cultures for cheese making, goat's milk fudge, and more. I even made up a few recipes of my own. We are going to post recipes in this section, also photos of cheese presses that Lee is building, etc.
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