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Post by countrygal on Jan 22, 2008 14:37:18 GMT -5
Ron and Wanda yup. His daughter Terri and her husband Vito are my son's Godparents. Great people!
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Post by countrygal on Jan 22, 2008 14:40:18 GMT -5
Clipper, I got a chuckle out of your post! Kids now don't remember when you had to shake your milk before you poured it. I don't either because I'm not that old, but we do that if we bring it home from the tank. I LOVE milk from the tank. Not so much right from the udder....too warm for me. Ok for coffee though.
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Post by clipper220 on Jan 22, 2008 14:43:39 GMT -5
I think you will find that it is not legal to sell uninspected meat. I know a man in Verona that has a government inspected and certified custom cutting operation. The only way he can SELL meat, is to buy government inspected "3-way chucks" and such and then custom cut them into steaks, roast and such. There is a savings there by buying wholesale and paying for the cutting and wrapping. I doubt that anyone would be concerned if you kept it between you and the consumer. I would not want to be a farmer that sold beef to a neighbor though, if e-coli appeared and a litigation ensued.
Just take cash, and no paper trail, or reciepts, haha!
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Post by kim on Jan 22, 2008 14:46:28 GMT -5
I love that Cash and Carry on Broad St. I buy Don Pepino's there every time I'm in town.
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Post by countrygal on Jan 22, 2008 14:47:36 GMT -5
Yeah, I think that's probably the way to think. I know we have people that stop and want to buy raw milk and my husband says no. Because you just don't know. You'd hate to have someone get sick. They sell raw milk in California because people think it's healthier. Not true. It depends on the farm and all milk has bacteria in it.
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Post by clipper220 on Jan 22, 2008 14:59:18 GMT -5
I would not suggest feeding raw milk to a baby unless the baby is a calf. Yep, all milk has bacteria, and raw milk will sour in a very short time, as opposed to store-bought milk. It is like any other product. Milk can come from a clean, well maintained dairy with clean cows and a sanitary milking parlor, or it can come from a dirty barn with dirty cows with manure encrusted udders. That is why I would not buy raw milk unless I knew the farm and farmer, and trusted him.
I am getting thirsty. Hmmmm. The pasture across the street is home to about 50 black angus. I know the butterfat is lower in the milk from the beef breeds, but darn, I am tempted to grab a stool and a bucket, haha.
Can't ya just see it all now CG?? Old clipper sailing through the air, when I try to milk a beef cow that has never been milked before?? LOL Guess I will have to settle for some from the fridge and the plastic jug. I still remember the pain of getting kicked a few times trying milk first calf heifers, haha. The advantage of the modern milking parlor is that you are not squatted on your haunches between two cows trying to put a noisy sucking milking machine cup on a nervous and jerky young cow. haha.
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Post by countrygal on Jan 22, 2008 15:07:40 GMT -5
I'm laughing a lot on this forum!!!!!! Good luck with those black angus!!!!!!
We have a double 10 parlor and I still get my watch kicked off more than I like. Although I don't milk too darn often. They say playing Elvis music for your cows helps raise production. I can't get my husband to try it though.
We've been buying milk in the store because my kids are young (8 and 3 1/2) but like my husband says "if I won't drink it, I won't ship it". We'll probably start getting it from the tank pretty soon.
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