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herdman · Joined: 22 May 2009 Posts: 22 Location: sligo

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

phil · Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 6:06 pm Post subject:

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

herdman · Joined: 22 May 2009 Posts: 22 Location: sligo

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 · Joined: 23 Apr 2009 Posts: 39 Location: North Mayo

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

herdman · Joined: 22 May 2009 Posts: 22 Location: sligo

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 · Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 9:18 am Post subject:

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

herdman · Joined: 22 May 2009 Posts: 22 Location: sligo

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 · Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 11:35 am Post subject:

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 · Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 11:44 am Post subject:

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

blowin · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:14 am Post subject:

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