Drinkin' more milk

[GLC1968]

Don't they taste kind of...goat-y and sheep-y? I know goat's- and sheep's-milk cheese can taste kind of like the way wet wool smells, if that makes any sense.

No, it doesn't. Fresh goat's milk (I can't speak for sheep's milk) tastes as sweet and delicious as cows milk. In fact, it's better. I does somewhat depend on breed, what the goats eat and how the milk is processed, but if it's done right, it's not goaty at all. I don't like goaty cheese even a little bit, but I do like the fresh milk. Store bought stuff tastes like dirt...it's gross.

I grew up with a gag reflex for whole milk. As a small child, I wouldn't drink it. My doctor told my mom to try 2% or skim and it worked. I grew up on 2% and switched to skim in college (where 2% wasn't available and whole milk seemed like paint to me). Up until a year ago, it was the only way I could handle milk...even in coffee.

Now I use whole goat's milk in my coffee and smoothies and in recipes, but I don't drink it as a beverage. Different goat breeds have different fat content in their milk. Ours is richer than whole cows milk which is generally 4% butterfat. Our goat's milk is about 6%. It is downright amazing what you can get used to! Now skim milk seems so blah, flat and boring to me.

And we drink our milk raw, too.

[indysteel]

No, it doesn't. Fresh goat's milk (I can't speak for sheep's milk) tastes as sweet and delicious as cows milk. In fact, it's better. I does somewhat depend on breed, what the goats eat and how the milk is processed, but if it's done right, it's not goaty at all. I don't like goaty cheese even a little bit, but I do like the fresh milk. Store bought stuff tastes like dirt...it's gross.

I grew up with a gag reflex for whole milk. As a small child, I wouldn't drink it. My doctor told my mom to try 2% or skim and it worked. I grew up on 2% and switched to skim in college (where 2% wasn't available and whole milk seemed like paint to me). Up until a year ago, it was the only way I could handle milk...even in coffee.

Now I use whole goat's milk in my coffee and smoothies and in recipes, but I don't drink it as a beverage. Different goat breeds have different fat content in their milk. Ours is richer than whole cows milk which is generally 4% butterfat. Our goat's milk is about 6%. It is downright amazing what you can get used to! Now skim milk seems so blah, flat and boring to me.

And we drink our milk raw, too.

Yum. Do you make your own cheese, too? I love goat's milk cheese.....

[OakLeaf]

It depends on the process, too. To my taste, chèvre is goaty, gjetost is not; manchego is sheepy, pecorino sardo is not. But that's just my taste buds...

[GLC1968]

It depends on the process, too. To my taste, chèvre is goaty, gjetost is not; manchego is sheepy, pecorino sardo is not. But that's just my taste buds...

Very true. Typically, aged cheese made with goat's milk is going to have a stronger flavor than fresh cheeses. And again, it'll depend on breed. We make Chevre with our milk and there is zero goat taste at all. When we made it with the milk from our previous goat breed (Alpine), it definitely had a goaty 'twang' to it.

Indysteel - we do! Mostly fresh cheeses because we just don't have the time or patience to do the hard ones (or really, enough milk to spare!) but we hope to one day. The few we tried with milk from our previous goat turned out really, really bad.

[indysteel]

Indysteel - we do! Mostly fresh cheeses because we just don't have the time or patience to do the hard ones (or really, enough milk to spare!) but we hope to one day.

Yet another reason that I wish we could have goats!