Category Archives: Cow Share

Perks of Knowing Your Sources

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 15

Last week, the milk from our herd share (the only legal means by which Michiganders may acquire raw milk) tasted a bit off. There was a faint, almost [..]

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Mind-Blowing Buttermilk Ice Cream Recipe

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

Anyone with half an attention span has by now noticed I’ve been posting more ice cream recipes than any other food lately. Evidently, I’ve had a yearning to [..]

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Velvety Tapioca Pudding Recipe

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 5

Tapioca pudding is one of those deeply satisfying comfort foods for me. It’s a bit of work, so I tend to make large batches when I do take [..]

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Homemade Chocolate Mint Ice Cream Recipe

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 2

One of my biggest weaknesses is ice cream; I love it. Fruity, chocolaty, nutty, plain old vanilla – sign me up, man.

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Homemade Greek Yogurt

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 2

When made at home, yogurt is an incredible food. Not only is it full of outstanding nutrition, but it is teeming with beneficial bacteria, or probiotics. In our [..]

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Experiments in Fermentation

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 4

Recently, I purchased the book Wild Fermentation. Note, I didn’t say “read the book;” indeed, I haven’t even cracked the cover yet. However, it’s on the soon-to-read list [..]

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Homemade Garlic Lover’s Butter

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

Starting today, we’ll be getting a quart of fresh raw cream from our organic herd share – woohoo! This week’s batch hadn’t been in the house for five [..]

Cow Share, Food, Recipe

Whatever Shall We Do, Wherever Shall We Go?

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Erin D. | Permalink 3

For over a year, we’ve been buying our milk through a “herd share,” which, thanks to anti-food-sovereignty legislation (you could say it’s health and safety legislation, but that’s [..]

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A Case Study, C’est Moi

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Erin D. | Permalink 8

Yesterday, I spent the last half of the afternoon bouncing around on cloud nine, doing a mental happy dance. I hadn’t felt that good in a long, long [..]

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Continuing the Journey of Rediscovering Simplicity

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 6

In addition to the milk in our delivery yesterday, I had requested a soft cheese-making kit. We have a bit of an overstock of milk currently, and I [..]

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