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[Arielle]

Oz you have a recipe for the duck sausages?? Can I use tukey legs to supplement the meat from 2 ducks?

 

[scottcaddy]

Oz you have a recipe for the duck sausages?? Can I use tukey legs to supplement the meat from 2 ducks?

My Grand-Pa usda say that any meat will work in a sausage mix if you do the spices right.

. He would add what ever was handy into the mix (I didn't care for the Beaver sausage, too sweet)

Scott

 

[ozexpat]

Oz you have a recipe for the duck sausages?? Can I use tukey legs to supplement the meat from 2 ducks?

I did not use a recipe but just went with what felt right lol

 

[ozexpat]

My Grand-Pa usda say that any meat will work in a sausage mix if you do the spices right.

. He would add what ever was handy into the mix (I didn't care for the Beaver sausage, too sweet)

Scott

walking away from this double meaning mine field................

 

[Wisher1000]

Oz, you're killing me.....

 

[drumstick diva]

smart thinking OZ

 

[scottcaddy]

Quote: Sorry about that one. But Beaver is a sweet meat, and if your not careful about the spices it will end up tasting a bit funny.

Scott (didn't even think about the double meaning of beaver)

 

[ronott1]

Sorry about that one. But Beaver is a sweet meat, and if your not careful about the spices it will end up tasting a bit funny.

Scott (didn't even think about the double meaning of beaver)

neither did the family friendly filter--that thing needs an adjustment I tell you!

 

[Wisher1000]

...Moving right along..........

 

[chickensnewtome]

I am making a new line of self defense weapons for my chickens

I will be accepting orders APril 1

I will need 4 of these for my Bantams! We "got rid of" one cat and last night we have a new cat threat, Killed my favorite EE Bantam Rooster:

Brother woke up yesterday, off vent today, stable.
North to Alaska, go North the rush is own! See ya'll soon. Chirp

Good luck Chirp! I'm praying for him.

The goats i knew climbed the woven fence, one foot on a wire pulling it down, repeat. She held it for her mini friend then hopped over.Then went for a stroll! Checkers was a trouble maker!!Only now willing to get the milk products-- fresh mozzarella yummmmmmm

Smart little goat.

Believe it or not, we built our fence. It's moveable. However... they don't usually get out. When Pip was really small she could get out between the panels in one spot, but I put a big rock there to block her way and that stopped. That was the only escape we've had that wasn't intentional. This is what we did, it's 4 feet tall. There's an eye hook and clip at each of the horizontal junctures of 2x4.

LOVE THAT!

Yes, it holds goats. Quite well.




And Ron... your crust was wonderful. Thank you for sharing it (again). We froze the other crust for future use, but I don't think it's going to be frozen for long. I'm stuffed.

Gosh its been a while

We made non-fat mozzarella using non-fat dried milk, Its not as good as mozzarella made from fresh water buffalo milk but in the US water buffalo is hard to find lol.

Make up 1 gallon of milk and let it rehydrate in the fridge for six or eight hours

Add 1 1/4 tsp citric acid to half a cup of water and mix into milk

Heat to 88F

Add 1/2 tab of rennet to 1/4 cup water and mix into milk.

The powdered milk version needs to sit for 6+ hours for good separation - better overnight

Heat to 100F and the curds will begin to separate from the whey.

Collect the curds, strain using cheese cloth and add a tablespoon of salt

Microwave the curds for a bout 45 seconds and form a ball. Then stretch the ball out and repeat until you are sick of it - lol - the more string the better the texture.

Ball and refridgerate!!

If no cream is available (such as in the tropics) you can add 2 sticks of butter if you prefer "creamy" mozzarella.

Its the freshness of the cheese that makes its so good.

Awesome!

I've heard several people talk about the quality of milk from different breeds of goat, so I'm curious, too.

I've had commercial brands of goat milk, as well as a couple of cheeses and yogurt made from goat milk. You know how goats smell? IME, their milk and products made from their milk all have just a hint of that smell and taste. Not enough to be really unpleasant, just enough to know, "yup, that's goat milk."

Nubians have really good milk. We drink it.

So in my search for a dairy goat, I need to concider breed????? Or it's a diet thing??

Breed and Diet are a major consideration.

No, my adult goat died before she was able to be bred. She didn't make weight until very late last year and by that time even though she was in heat, the bucks were out of rut.

Anyway, I have nubian milk in my fridge right now, my friend came over and finally got his turkeys and swapped me some goat milk. The taste is exactly like cows milk with a slight goaty aftertaste, that isn't unpleasant, just different.

Hygiene is a big part of it. Clean uninfected teats, clean bucket, immediately into the fridge. Diet is also a large part of it. The last part is genetics. The amount of fat in the milk plus the rest of the contents help determine flavor. Nubians are the most popular breed because they have a large percentage of fat in their milk and thus it tastes good.

I've read that in order of taste, for large breeds (I don't know much about pygmy), for closest to cows it is: Nubian, Saanen, LaMancha. In order of "grossest" milk, it's generally Toggenburg and Oberhasli can sometimes be really goaty, too. Granted, I've never actually tasted any but nubian...

neither did the family friendly filter--that thing needs an adjustment I tell you!

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