Here’s something we’re thankful for on this holiday weekend: the butter we get from our Jersey cow, Emily. I’m still a novice when it comes to milking and making dairy products, so I can’t explain the mechanics behind the evolution of Emily’s milk. It was pretty thin when we first started milking her in the […]
My first treatment of the shad gifted to me at the local food co-op was simple but good: I sauteed it in butter and gave it a squirt of lemon. For the second pound of shad, I wanted to try something a little more elegant. I had a leek in the refrigerator and a cup […]
Yesterday I described the simple process my wife used to make delicious ricotta cheese. Since she made it from fresh, whole milk, it produced lots of whey. That’s the liquid that separates from the protein solids in the cheese making process. We had a pot of whey sitting in the refrigerator for several days trying […]
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