Raw Milk
I know eeek right? Are you totally freaked out. Does the thought of something other than bleach white ultra sterilized milk creep you out? I know it does, it has to because with even all I know it is hard not to cringe when I am drinking freshly milked raw milk. But none the less I am drinking it and loving it. Fresh raw grass fed milk. It has been a long time coming but my amazing jason found us a farmer who sells raw milk and someone who will even stop by the farm and get it. and is cost us…$1.25 for a gallon. Mind you we have to provide the gallon container but for less than $3 we got fresh milk and fresh eggs and since they are raised and produced by the Amish it is more than likely raised using old world methods…hence organic.
SO what does raw milk look like? See below the picture doesn’t do it justice but it is really yellow looking compared to sterile milk from the grocery (even the organic). this is what milk looks like when the cow is fed a healthy diet of grass. We hope to start making yogurt and cheese with it down the road. I may try my hand at ricotta this weekend, but for now we are just drinking it and well I made a killer latte…recipe below.
The gallon smuggle jug
Milk after transfered into our glass jugs for storage.
Did I mention the raw milk is illegal in Kentucky? We can’t go to jail for owning it or drinking it or having empty raw milk jugs (praphanelia anyone) but none the less it is illegal. The USDA & FDA allow chemical warfare to be dumped on our crops but we can’t buy raw milk…LMAO…ahem excuse me. The main reason is a major outbreak in tuberculosis that was traced back to unsanitary conditions in large dairy factories (well one reason). However, pesticides are listed as known carcinogens (hence cancer causing) and it is perfectly legal. There is risk in consuming raw milk just like there is risk in eating sushi but people do it everyday and legally. The Weston Price foundation has some great literature on raw milk as well as Nina Plank’s book “Real Food”. Essentially you have to find a reliable source and run with it and if you see the fuzz behind you hide the evidence…;)
Brown sugar latte…
prepared espresso
steamed milk
brown sugar to taste
I steamed about a cup and a half of raw milk, added about 2 shots of expresso and then a nice heap of brown sugar. Blend and enjoy. Delish, now I am going to be up all night 
