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new to this. i make home made butter and i am not allowed to sell it . its a crazy world

phil

Nice to see a new face,where about's in Sligo are you.

herdman

hi near enniscrone i have two cows i do my own meat for the farmers market in ballina but not leagally allowed to sell butter there

patsonline

What day of the week is the Farmers market held in Ballina? and are there any livestock allowed?

herdman

markrt is on every saturday morning 9.30 to 2.30 no animals allowed it is food market we have local meat local veg (organic and regular) home cooking preserves fish and cheese

phil

Hello Herdman.
What type of cows do you have for milking,and what is the reason you can't sell butter.

herdman

i have two montbelliarde x cows the eu rules as interpreted by our civil servents state that i cannot sell butter that is made in the traditional way from unpastureised milk with out crippling tests and licences. in some states in USA unpastureied milk sell at a large premium. we are currently looking into making cheese from surplus any one out there have any advice on this.

phil

I keep a Jersey cow myself,but haven't yet got round to making cheese,i find making butter so simple i don't know why more people don't do it.
There's a link on here about making cheese i will try to find it for you.

phil

Hope this helps
http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/Cheese/CHEESE.HTML

blowin

Hi Herdman and a belated welcome to the forum .
Several members are quite experienced cheesemakers . I'll see if I can persuade any of them to put up a post Wink

blowin

Meant to ask whether you are also a fisherman . Are mackerel being caught off the pier yet ?

herdman

don't fish got caught on my own hook when i was a kid have great aversion since but i know that the fish are only turning up and it is a bit early yet they don't taste right yet

joker

Makes you wonder how the fish feel , doesn't it ?
Do you eat fish ?

herdman

yep i eat fish but only road kill fish

blowin

Grounded Flying Fish then ?
How much did you pay for that dietary advice ?

herdman

got lucky found it on the net .but i think it very important what with global warming all that

joker

admin

Sole food , then ?

herdman

something

herdman

got rennet am trying out cheese making with help from my family first attempt didnt work as we over cooked curds but next attempt looks better just have to wait for a bit

Camile

Belated welcome Herdman,

Any luck with the cheese making ?

I did a few tries last year until I ran out of rennet. you can get satisfying results.

I now found some rennet in powdered form, keeps for much longer ..

Will give it another go soon enough..

Camile

MrsL

Long-term cheesemaker here, but on a small domestic scale. Did'tt know about powdered rennet, will have a look for it.

Welcome from me too, by the way. Smile

phil

Where do you get your milk,do you have your own cow or goat.

Camile

I got mine from Ascott

http://www.ascott.biz/acatalog/Rennet-Powder-25-grm-DP42.html

Haven't tried it yet

Camile

MrsL

herdman

the cheese making is improving all the time temperature can make such a difference also a stable maturing room is very important in making consistant quality cheese i think .change of topic I heard a rumour of a web site that you could bid on almost out of date food this food would be in catering sizes and generally from the food processors

herdman

add on to the last message has any one heard of such site