Cottage Cheese At Home?

[Rockntractor]

well WHY is milk pasteurized and whatever else?? Can you only make Cot. Cheese out of unprocessed milk? Are dairy farmers prevented from selling non-pasteurized milk?

It is pasteurized to kill bacteria, that part is fine because the first thing you do when you make cheese is pasteurize it to kill all the bacteria. After you pasteurize it you add a strain of bacteria particular to the type of cheese you are making.
Homogenization is where the problem lies, they homogenize milk so that the cream does not separate from the milk, homogenization changes the structure of the fat and it does not culture well.

[Calypso Jones]

so, i can go to a dairy and buy 'raw'(?) milk and its safe? I could get unpasteurized unhomogenized milk? NO hormones etc.

[Rockntractor]

so, i can go to a dairy and buy 'raw'(?) milk and its safe? I could get unpasteurized unhomogenized milk? NO hormones etc.

In Oklahoma there is a list of farms that are part of an association for buying raw milk both cow and goat. If you like I can probably get you a link for your state.

[Rockntractor]

http://www.realmilk.com/where2.html

[Calypso Jones]

Thanks. I'm going to look into this.

[Gingersnap]

so, i can go to a dairy and buy 'raw'(?) milk and its safe? I could get unpasteurized unhomogenized milk? NO hormones etc.

In Colorado, you have to own the cow to get raw milk. I "own" shares in a grass-fed dairy operation and so I pick up my raw milk, butter, etc., once a week.

It's pricey. ;)

[Rockntractor]

In Colorado, you have to own the cow to get raw milk. I "own" shares in a grass-fed dairy operation and so I pick up my raw milk, butter, etc., once a week.

It's pricey. ;)

The link for you is in post 13