Friday night we split open the first of HB’s experimental Valencay-style cheese. Is it not beautiful? According to artisinalcheese.com, Valençay is one of the classic raw milk mold-ripened chèvres from the Loire Valley in the central western region of France. This pasteurized version of young goat’s milk cheese is distinctly identified by its pyramid form [...]
Posts Tagged ‘goat’s milk’
Check out this beauty
Posted in Farm Happenings, tagged Cheese Making, goat's milk, goats, spring mill farm on May 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Be still my bleating heart
Posted in Farm Happenings, Foodie, goat, tagged articles, cooking with goat cheese, goat's milk, goats, spring mill farm on May 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Like to cook? Like goat cheese? Why not combine the two? Goat cheese, especially chevre, lends itself well in the kitchen. It is helpful that many cheese producers make multiple types of chevre flavored with herbs, dried fruits, and other spices. Each unique, and deserving a life outside of being a cracker passenger. About a [...]
Bobby Flay, meet the dairy goats!
Posted in Farm Happenings, goat, Miscellaneous, tagged Cheese Making, goat's milk, goats on May 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week the CBS Early Morning Show had a segment on goat cheese featuring Bobby Flay and Rainbeau Ridge goat cheese. You can view the segment here. Part of the segment focuses on the versatility of goat cheese. The ladies at Rainbeau Ridge have produced a cookbook with this focus, entitled Over the Rainbeau. The [...]
Kids and Kids
Posted in Farm Happenings, tagged abba, doris day, goat's milk, goats, Huck, jacqsonne, rock hudson, spring mill farm on March 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As you can tell, the neighbors came over to visit little Rock and Doris, see the horses and other animals, and help me milk Jacqsonne last evening!
Measuring Up, 148 days
Posted in Farm Happenings, tagged abba, donut, garden, goat's milk, goats, Huck, jacqsonne, memphis, spring mill farm, sweet roll, xenia on March 20, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Today marks 148 days bred for Abba and Memphis. This morning I measured the circumference of their ever-widening abdomens. Their last measurement was at a month out, so about 3.5 weeks ago. Today’s measurements: Abba – 50 inches Memphis – 51 inches That’s a gain of nearly 5 inches each! It’s been a lot of [...]
Spotlight on Local Goat Dairies
Posted in Farm Happenings, Foodie, Miscellaneous, tagged Cheese Making, dreams, goat's milk, goats, keep it local, spring mill farm on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, a Charlottesville-area television station had a short segment on local goat dairies. Included in the spotlight were Night Sky Farm of Brookneal, Caramont Farm of Esmont, Goats R Us of Blackstone, and Iron Rod Chevre of Earlysville. You can view the clip on the Edible Blue Ridge website. *** It’s been a very [...]
Culture magazine
Posted in Foodie, Miscellaneous, tagged Cheese Making, goat's milk, goats, Musings on February 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last fall HB stumbled upon a cheese magazine entitled Culture. Two copies were given to him by the owners of a local meat & cheese shop. At $10/each, this wasn’t a cheap gift. HB brought the magazines home and we devoured them. Great articles, beautiful photographs, and delicious cheeses filled every page. One of the [...]
Not-Camembert, Take Two
Posted in Farm Happenings, Foodie, tagged Cheese Making, goat's milk, goats, jacqsonne, spring mill farm on February 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In November 2009, using the last gallon of milk from Anita, HB attempted to make a goat’s milk Camembert. Nearly two months later, we decided to try the cheese. What we had wasn’t Camembert, but rather something much harder. HB took a sample with us to Caromont to review it with Gail Hobbs-Page, and it [...]
one month to go
Posted in Farm Happenings, Musings, tagged abba, goat care, goat's milk, goats, jacqsonne, memphis, xenia on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Abba and Memphis were bred October 23, 2009. As of today, the yearling does have been pregnant roughly 117 days (16.5 weeks). Xenia is approximately one month behind the yearlings. We are barely a month out from their expected due dates! This means it’s time to do some preventative management. The care of pregnant goats [...]
Before and After
Posted in Farm Happenings, tagged goat's milk, goats, spring mill farm on February 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
According to her previous owners, Jacqsonne never milked unevenly, so I’m still trying to figure out why this year her udder is so uneven. When milking I get into a rhythm – four streams from the left teat, one stream from the right, four streams from the left teat, one stream from the right, and [...]
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