SC - "bog butter"

[D. Clay-Disparti]

I thought I was the only one questioning the hair in the butter.  I have had dairy
goat herds in the past and have never had a problem with hair in the milk.  Just
wash the udders properly and strain the milk before you make butter or cheese.
Your milk is free of any imperfections.  I can't imagine anyone not being clever
enough to figure this out for themselves.

Isabella

Mordonna22 at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 2/22/99 5:05:49 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> snowfire at mail.snet.net writes:
>
> > It then had to be de-haired by passing a knife through it several times to
> >  remove any animal hairs on the knife edge.
>
> I've milked many a dairy beast by hand.  If the udder is washed competently
> first, and the milking done properly, there shouldn't be any hair in the milk.
> Now don't tell me our Medieval cousins, or even our Prehistoric cousins, or
> our relatives in the Orkneys who do this all the time don't know how it's
> done.  Sounds like the "researcher" is making it up as he/she goes along, or
> reporting on the results of his/her own amateur experiments.  Besides that,
> the easier way to remove hair from butter would be to strain the milk through
> a "faire cloth" before allowing the butter to form.
>
> Mordonna
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