Goat Milk

EDIT: Something's wrong with the image uploader. I'll try it again before we head out. Pretty tired last night. Thought I published this. Also looks like the pictures are kind of blurry, but you can probably make out what the stuff is supposed to be.

EDIT2: Fixed.

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Alright. We're stopping in Flagstaff for the night for some food and a good night's sleep.



We've done some goofing around, and we're happy we took the time to see the Grand Canyon, but this is not a travel blog. We'll have a lot to think about when we get to North Carolina. Among potential distractions, one of them is pretty key to the project and we told ourselves that given the opportunity, we'd take a look at it:


Goat milk is going to be a large source of fat, protein, riboflavin, calcium, phosphorus and potassium. In addition, the goats will be our only source of cheese, and our only source of milk. This whole thing will work better if I'm able to stomach goat milk.

We went to the grocery across the street to pick up some grub and noticed that they sold cartons of goat milk. I've never had it. Redline has, and he told me to point out that this is the wimpy, ultra-pasteurized version. This is true, but it's still goat milk. Some people think they taste the same. We'll see. I'm going to try it in a little bit and I'll write it up after.

Some no-frills guacamole:


Yes, that's a cherry tomato sitting with what's left of an avocado.

-Later-

Ok, I tried it. While there are a number of similarities, the fact is that goat milk is a little different from cow milk. Smell, initial flavor, visual appeal, drinkability are all similar. There's an aftertaste that just isn't there in cow milk. It's not gross or anything, but it's there, it is unmistakable, and it is a presence I'm not accustomed to in milk.

It reminds me of goat cheese. Maybe I should have expected that. I've never gone out of my way to eat goat cheese (and this could become another potential hurdle later). I don't hate it, but with soooo many other great cheeses to choose from, I just never got around to it, and never tried very hard to make the time.

-Later Still-

I've now had three cups of goat milk. When I drink the milk by itself, I seem to focus on the aftertaste and it's still a bit foreign. As a supplementary test, I drank a cup of goat milk with a slice of bread covered with lots of Nutella. I couldn't pick up the aftertaste over the gobs of chocolate. Without the aftertaste, I have a hard time telling the difference.

I don't think it will be an issue, but that's easy to say while I'm standing on this side of goat milk every day for months on end.

More tomorrow.


-CheeZ