SC Life span of cows was...Re: SC - Period pigs,-the final word for a while

[Mordonna22 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/7/98 7:38:49 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
acrouss at gte.net writes:

> 
>  Now, back to medieval food stuff...do you guys think that modern grocery
>  store milk is anything like real medieval milk? Why or why not? And if not,
>  how can we approximate the real deal? Or do we care?
>  

I think we do care.
 1) Milk from all the older, "unimproved" breeds is naturally much higher in
butterfat.  It is true that milk sold in today's grocery stores as "whole"
milk has its butterfat content reduced to 4%.  even Holstein milk is usually
higher than that.  
 2) Cooked (read pasteurized) milk tastes differently and cooks differently
than fresh, raw milk.

Now, I do care about the difference, but I refuse to use fresh, unpasteurized
milk to my fighters, and I am sure no one wants to take a chance on serving it
to their feasters.  So, if a recipe calls for milk, I usually substitute a
portion of it with heavy whipping cream.

Mordonna DuBois
Warrior Haven
Barony of Atenveldt
Kingdom of Atenveldt

P.S. after a great deal of reflection, I have discovered that I DO have two
personas.  One is a highbred lady, spoiled and pampered by her menfolk, the
other a peasant cook.  Since they share the same name, I was unaware that
there were different women.
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