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CloversMum
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 Posted - Jan 21 2016 : 11:34:12 AM
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| Thank you, Ashley. That is very helpful information and I won't feel like a failure as my buttermilk starter starts to weaken! :) You are incredibly talented in the kitchen, I wouldn't be surprised if you create the "perfect" culture. |
Loving life and family on our Idaho farm, Meadowlark Heritage Farm; A few Jersey cows; a few alpacas; a few more goats, and even more ducks and chickens |
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txbikergirl
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Posted - Jan 21 2016 : 5:01:57 PM
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charlene, i have a new cookbook from the holidays that you might enjoy.
http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Farm-Buttermilk-Cookbook-Reflections/dp/1449427537/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453424164&sr=8-1&keywords=animal+farm+buttermilk
it tells a bit about the farm, and has a ton of recipes using buttermilk. it isn't quite as glossy and gorgeous as MCK, but it is lovely and has lots of photos of a real farm.
what i found interesting was her method of making buttermilk. she doesn't just culture milk. she cultures milk and essentially makes creme fraiche, then uses that to make butter and pours off the buttermilk... and that is what she uses. so you essentially get cultured butter, along with your buttermilk. i am used to basic buttermilk from basic butter making, but have never made cultured butter myself... so this was different for me, but very interesting.
the recipes sound delicious. the farm looks gorgeous. and i am both getting hungry and wanting more jersey cows.
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_(199x300)_(66x100).jpg?v 93697001) Firefly Hollow Farm , our little farmstead. Farmgirl living in the green piney woods of East Texas on 23 acres with a few jerseys, too many chickens, a pair of pugs and my Texan hubby (aka "lover boy") |
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CloversMum
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Posted - Jan 21 2016 : 8:44:21 PM
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| That sounds like an interesting cookbook and I actually was wondering about being able to use crème fraiche, but really didn't know. Making cultured butter could also be an add-on for Cecily's business! Another positive aspect to her business. |
Loving life and family on our Idaho farm, Meadowlark Heritage Farm; A few Jersey cows; a few alpacas; a few more goats, and even more ducks and chickens |
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txbikergirl
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Posted - Jan 22 2016 : 05:30:04 AM
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| charlene i was totally thinking about cecily's business too! i have never tried cultured butter so i think it is about time. |
Firefly Hollow Farm , our little farmstead. Farmgirl living in the green piney woods of East Texas on 23 acres with a few jerseys, too many chickens, a pair of pugs and my Texan hubby (aka "lover boy") |
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Ashley
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Posted - Jan 22 2016 : 10:04:39 AM
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Thank you, Charlene. If I ever discover more buttermilk tips or perfect a recipe, this chat room will be the first to know!
Cindy, this book looks great. I read the first couple pages on the amazon preview, and it looks like it has lots of good info. I was intrigued by the "buttermilk plant". Sounds like the Irish version of kefir. Very interesting. Thanks for the link! |
Ashley (MaryJane's DIL)
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txbikergirl
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Posted - Jan 22 2016 : 4:57:14 PM
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you are most welcome ashley. it is a book you can sit down and truly read, and i prefer my recipe books like that. i love all the farm descriptions, stories, her methods and beliefs, etc. i think you would really enjoy reading it.
and it is interesting to read her various alternatives to make buttermilk that have been used through the ages when either seasons or finances didn't make it an option for people to have true buttermilk. all sorts of "mothers" to use in place.
warms any farmgirls heart. |
Firefly Hollow Farm , our little farmstead. Farmgirl living in the green piney woods of East Texas on 23 acres with a few jerseys, too many chickens, a pair of pugs and my Texan hubby (aka "lover boy") |
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maryjane
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Posted - Feb 05 2016 : 06:07:57 AM
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| Yesterday was bread day for us. Ashley had made a batch of cultured cream and from it we got cultured butter (essentially sour cream turned into butter) and more buttermilk to use for cheese making. It's easy. She sets cream on the counter in a jar and Voila! |
MaryJane Butters, author of Milk Cow Kitchen ~ striving for the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain ~ |
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CloversMum
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Posted - Feb 05 2016 : 10:06:47 AM
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| I love cultured cream! Cultured butter sounds like something Cecily could easily add to her future butter business. :) |
Loving life and family on our Idaho farm, Meadowlark Heritage Farm; A few Jersey cows; a few alpacas; a few more goats, and even more ducks and chickens |
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maryjane
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Posted - Feb 07 2016 : 03:41:56 AM
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| I like how homemade buttermilk still has that tang but also flecks of butter in it. It certainly does make for light and fluffy biscuits. |
MaryJane Butters, author of Milk Cow Kitchen ~ striving for the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain ~ |
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CloversMum
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Posted - Feb 07 2016 : 3:00:48 PM
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| Agreed MaryJane! Delicious. |
Loving life and family on our Idaho farm, Meadowlark Heritage Farm; A few Jersey cows; a few alpacas; a few more goats, and even more ducks and chickens |
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maryjane
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Posted - Feb 10 2016 : 5:08:27 PM
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Ashley and I are determined to perfect our buttermilk making routine so that it mimics what we do daily with our sourdough mothers that-last-forever. Anyway, we're keeping close track of how raw milk performs vs. thermized, etc. I know one thing, we're ending up with lots of divine buttermilk and yogurt in the fridge (and yesterday a batch of feta and the day before a batch of mozzarella). Meg made the Greek meatloaf (p. 135) in Milk Cow Kitchen last weekend along with tzatziki sauce made from yogurt (p. 130), and Stella said it was the best dinner she's ever had. And I'm thinking I like buttermilk for drinking more than I do plain kefir (which I love). That's something St. Claire talks about in her book--her grandparents who had a dairy drank buttermilk every day.
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MaryJane Butters, author of Milk Cow Kitchen ~ striving for the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain ~ |
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CloversMum
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Posted - Feb 10 2016 : 6:39:48 PM
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I've not had kefir straight as I always put it into a smoothie. Maybe I could put buttermilk in a smoothie or I could be a big girl and try it straight.
Cindy, this just might be your ticket! No more straight kefir, try the buttermilk! |
Loving life and family on our Idaho farm, Meadowlark Heritage Farm; A few Jersey cows; a few alpacas; a few more goats, and even more ducks and chickens |
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txbikergirl
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Posted - Feb 11 2016 : 1:05:56 PM
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| charlene i so agree with you, i need to try this instead. i have to be honest in that my dairy production isn't what it should be right now - we are making use of every drop of milk, but mostly just drinking it or making butter or ice cream ;> and of course we supply my parents and one friend with as much as they want. |
Firefly Hollow Farm , our little farmstead. Farmgirl living in the green piney woods of East Texas on 23 acres with a few jerseys, too many chickens, a pair of pugs and my Texan hubby (aka "lover boy") |
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Sydney2015
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Posted - Feb 11 2016 : 2:55:34 PM
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| I love kefir. When I was three we always had it in the house because I loved it so much. I can't have it anymore, but I hope to change that! |
A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing - Laura Ingalls Wilder
I live on a small farm of seventy acres called Green Forest Farm, with 10 horses, a donkey, 5 beef cows, 2 beef heifers, 3 Hereford heifers, around 60 chickens, 8 dogs, my amazing cow, AppleButter, and her little Jersey calf HoneyButter! |
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CloversMum
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Posted - Feb 11 2016 : 8:23:16 PM
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| Just ordered a used, but like-new, copy of "The Animal Farm Buttermilk Cookbook" thanks to a gift card from my son! I'm looking forward to getting it! |
Loving life and family on our Idaho farm, Meadowlark Heritage Farm; A few Jersey cows; a few alpacas; a few more goats, and even more ducks and chickens |
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Sydney2015
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Posted - Feb 11 2016 : 8:24:10 PM
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| How exciting Charlene! I ordered Glamping with MaryJane, I can't wait for it to come! |
A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing - Laura Ingalls Wilder
I live on a small farm of seventy acres called Green Forest Farm, with 10 horses, a donkey, 5 beef cows, 2 beef heifers, 3 Hereford heifers, around 60 chickens, 8 dogs, my amazing cow, AppleButter, and her little Jersey calf HoneyButter! |
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CloversMum
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Posted - Feb 12 2016 : 10:27:12 AM
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| We'll both be bookworms as soon as our books arrive, Sydney! |
Loving life and family on our Idaho farm, Meadowlark Heritage Farm; A few Jersey cows; a few alpacas; a few more goats, and even more ducks and chickens |
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