Clabberd milk question

[Fla Gal]

Can store bought whole milk that's been stored in the refrigerator, went past the expiry date and clabbered be used for anything? Cottage cheese, cheese, buttermilk or should it be tossed? I can't drink store bought milk, it gives me indesgestion. Sometines I can't use the milk up fast enough.

What would be the best time frame on refrigerated, soured and clabberd milk for doing something like this, if it can be done?

[shelby]

OH that's a tough one, I don't know. I'll post your question on another board I'm on and see what they say,
Not really sure if it should be used cause of the Homog, and pasturizing.

[Granny Smith]

I've used it for baking. I think it would be ok as long as it only smelled sour and not rotten. Believe me, you'll be able to tell the difference.

[Fla Gal]

I haven't tried to see or smell the difference. I just know it's got to be clabbered by now.

I need to get a pig to raise for butchering. I've never known of them to care about the difference. Hmmm... it seems there will be a bigger garden in my future if I get a feeder pig in the spring and plan on butchering it in the fall.

A few days ago I started a blog about my quest of self sufficiency. This sounds like it would be an experience to add to it.

I wonder if I can raise a decent, well fed feeder pig, with little or no grain and what is available off the land. I'm in the middle of about 500 acres (mostly woods) and can forage a lot of wild stuff for a pig to eat.

[Granny Smith]

You can feed the clabbered milk to the chickens, if you think it's too far gone for using.

I've raised pigs on forage and table scraps. They grow slower, than if you'd fed them grain, but they DO grow and are healthy. They were much leaner than grain-fed, too. Good if you're not wanting a lot of lard.

[Fla Gal]

Thanks Shelby for taking the time to check this one out for me.

Gayle, I can't have chickens here on the chicken farm I work for. I can't even go to anyone's property that has chickens. If I did have them they'd been feed the milk curds. Chickens go nuts over white foods!

Thanks for the information on the pigs. I don't need any more lard than it takes to do some baking and make some homemade soap.

I need to get a pig pen built. I have the material to build it. Now all I need is the time and decent weather to get it done.

[Granny Smith]

I totally forgot about you not being able to have chickens! I think I'd make a bunch of baked goods and freeze them - soda bread, pancakes, waffles, regular yeast bread (use the warmed sour milk as the liquid), chocolate cake, etc.

Did you know you can make biscuit dough, cut the biscuits, then freeze them? All you have to do to prepare them is take them out of the freezer, slap 'em on a pan, and bake until they're done. Very handy to have on hand.

[shelby]

THis is what they think,

Check the package, all milk in our area is ultra-pasturized now. Organic milk was the first to do it around here.

It can't be used for anything. It won't sour, or clabber. It is dead. My opinion not fit for human consumption.

If this is "store milk" and pasteurized, not raw, then it is "rotted" not clabbered.

If it is raw, she could use it for cheese...but it may be a bit on the sour side.