Good things that are made with milk

[luzula]

I am almost well from my cold/flu/whatever it was. *relieved* The last few days I have really enjoyed hot chocolate made from:
- the unhomogenized milk with natural fat levels that we buy from a local dairy
- unsweetened cocoa powder
- housemate's homemade peppermint liqueur.

It is delicious. I also bought a Bulgarian heirloom yoghurt culture, and I can say that it is totally worth it compared to making yoghurt descended from store-bought yoghurt (which typically only contains two species of bacteria). It consistently sets really well and also the taste is richer and more complex. Of course, it also makes a difference what milk you use.

We still have apples left in the food cellar, which I eat every day with the yoghurt for my breakfast (yum!). The apples will soon be gone, though, which tells me that we should plant another apple tree, one with apples that keep through the winter.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

try making milk curds/quark/cottage cheese. best breakfast ever. especially with sour cream.

[regshoe]

Oh no, I'm sorry you've not been well, but that's good that you're recovering now.

Those things sound delicious. I used to buy unhomogenised milk sometimes and am considering doing so again, but I would too often just eat the cream off the top with a spoon and then end up with relatively untasty mostly-skimmed milk for the rest of the bottle... Another apple tree is certainly a good idea :D

[dolorosa_12]

That homemade yoghurt sounds delicious!

We still have apples from our one tree left — I picked and stored them in mid-August (which is early, this should really be happening in September), and I estimate that what's left will last until about mid-March. Next year, I want to turn some of them into vinegar, and preserved in other ways, but this requires a bit more forward planning.

[chestnut_pod]

What a world we live in where we can buy Bulgarian heirloom yoghurt culture.

[nnozomi]

That sounds like fantastic hot chocolate... (and glad you are feeling better!)

"yogurt" is almost the only thing most people in Japan know about Bulgaria, so good to know that it lives up to its billing.

[garonne]

Glad you're almost recovered!

Apple + yoghurt is one of my favourite things, even when it's the industrial store-bought yoghurt. I can't imagine how much yummier a heirloom yogurt culture must be!