You've Goat to Try It

I’ve been lactose intolerant since I was about 10. Back then there weren’t nearly the dairy-free options as there are now. I tried this goat cheese yesterday from Valley Natural Foods and it is awesome! It looks, tastes, and melts just like cheese made with cow’s milk! Only this cheese doesn’t upset my stomach. Anyone with a lactose intolerance – seriously should give goat’s cheese and milk a try! There’s a delicious brand of goat cheese I got at Hy-Vee recently but I forget the name of it. Hopefully places like Cub and Aldi will start to have more goat-based products in the future.

I compared a glass of my sister’s goat’s milk next to a glass of cow’s milk… the look, smell, taste, texture – you name it – it was damn near identical! I kid you not!

I remember watching The Great Outdoors movie as a kid and hearing the wife say something about goat cheese pizza, and John Candy’s character being taken aback by that. The wife tries to cover by simply saying cheese, just cheese pizza. My how far we’ve come that it’s really not an “odd” alternative food anymore. My stomach is thankful!

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That’s awesome. I recently discovered goat cheese as well. I’m not sure if you’ve seen the acid reflux thread I started but I believe that one of my reflux/indigestion triggers is cow dairy.

Have you been diagnosed with lactose intolerance? I am wondering if you have a strong reaction to the casein protein. Casein is a protein found in mammal dairy and cows milk is the only one that contains 2 kinds. A1 and A2. Both of them are found in cows milk but only the A2 is found in goat/sheep milk It’s been well documented that the A1 protein is difficult for humans to digest and is likely to cause inflammation. This is the main reason why a lot of people find goats or sheep’s dairy to be much easier to digest.

For me, I actually like the goat cheeses better than cow cheese. I found this cheddar at the COOP in Cambridge. They have just about any cheese you could want including Monterey Jack, Colby, mozzarella, Swiss and maybe a couple others. The mild cheddar is really good but I wish they had a sharp cheddar.

I also get this soft goat cheese at Festival foods and put it on salads, tacos, chipotle burrito bowls. No more indigestion or heartburn!

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Sharon wrote:

I kid you not!

I see what you did there…

There was a gal at Hy-Vee Winona selling goat cheese, actually very good. We got a couple once piece. Over $22/lb. So not something I will buy in quantity.

The mild cheddar I bought at the coop was about $7-$8 per package. That comes to about $15/lb. it’s only a couple more dollars per lb more than craft cheese.

I don’t know where I heard it or from who but curious to know if anybody knows the real answer.

Goat’s milk is only good if it has never been with a Billy?
Apparently, once Billy has had his way with Nanny it makes the milk taste terrible.

Anybody else ever heard that?

Ralph Wiggum wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Sharon M wrote:</div>
I kid you not!

I see what you did there…

I was hoping someone would catch that!

haleysgold wrote:

I don’t know where I heard it or from who but curious to know if anybody knows the real answer.

Goat’s milk is only good if it has never been with a Billy?
Apparently, once Billy has had his way with Nanny it makes the milk taste terrible.

Anybody else ever heard that?

A goat that has never been bred doesn’t have milk.

haleysgold wrote:

I don’t know where I heard it or from who but curious to know if anybody knows the real answer.

Goat’s milk is only good if it has never been with a Billy?
Apparently, once Billy has had his way with Nanny it makes the milk taste terrible.

Anybody else ever heard that?

My sister says there is some truth to this. If the goats are in close quarters then they can get their stink on the does. Her goats are on pasture so they have room to roam. Male goats are in rut for only part of the year. They aren’t stinky when they aren’t in rut. If you chill milk quickly after milking the doe the milk tastes significantly better than if it’s chilled slowly.

A goat that has never been bred doesn’t have milk.
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Yes, they do.
Precocious milkers are very common, and it happens in families of goats that are high producers.

I knew it!!
Thanks Sharon!
When they first started gaining popularity around here, we tried it and it was good and then the next time I about tossed my cookies. That was the end of my goat product tasting.
That’s when I heard about it which makes sense…I think.
I’m not sure I could drink another glass, even of the good stuff, without thinking of how bad, the bad stuff really is…ick.

Sharon wrote:

My sister says there is some truth to this. If the goats are in close quarters then they can get their stink on the does. Her goats are on pasture so they have room to roam. Male goats are in rut for only part of the year. They aren’t stinky when they aren’t in rut. If you chill milk quickly after milking the doe the milk tastes significantly better than if it’s chilled slowly.

Interesting, thanks for sharing! Now if someone can just explain how they milk an almond…

Your goat Sharon
Oops, great.

Rodwork wrote:

Now if someone can just explain how they milk an almond

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Okay, who wants to guess what kind of milk I just spit onto my keyboard??

You guys are always great for a laugh!

Slightly off topic, but does anyone know what dairy Queen blizzards are actually made out of? Ever since the eruption of mount saint appendix and subsequent power washing required of my innerds (side note for those who still have their appendix, don’t try ‘tough-ing it out’ if you have intense abdominal pain for more than 24 hours, it’s not fun at all) I’ve developed a rather unpleasant reaction to most dairy products. Things like cheese I can eat ok (in moderation), but real ice cream I had better take a lactase pill or no one will want to be near me. However, last summer one of the days it was really hot I decided damn the consequences I want some ice cream so I got a blizzard from dairy Queen. Zero reaction.

Slightly back on topic, really wanted a bowl of cereal Sunday and the only options left in the fridge were to risk using real milk, or use the almond milk left from a keto friendly cake recipe for my wife. Went for the almond milk, it’s not actually that bad. In a bowl of cereal you could barely tell.

Ingredients for an Oreo Blizzard are attached.

I believe they call it soft-serve rather than ice cream because traditionally ice cream has a minimum of 10% butterfat while DQ’s soft-serve has only 5% butterfat. Or something like that I think.

So perhaps the less butterfat, the less it can affect those who are lactose intolerant maybe.

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Tried goat cheese pizza one time and $hit u not I could hear this scene in my head while chewing.

That blizzard has one of the worst inflammatory ingredient lists I’ve ever seen.

All I know is that goat cheese on pizza is awful!

I tried some goat summer sausage once. Literally once. One bite. One chew. End of goat summer sausage taste testing. Since that episode I have been goat-anything free.

Well, now how do you know it was the goat that made it terrible? Maybe it was the summer. Or the sausage.

Lactose is not my friend either, I opt for aged cheddar, the older the cheddar the less lactose. 1 year aged seems to be enough for me. 5.50 a lb. for the 1 year aged at the factory we go to. Our neighbors had goats when I was a kid and they milked them, never tried it though. Wouldn’t be against trying it but not until it is close to or the same as what I am paying now.

My favorite is boiled goat. Some Mexican friends served it at a party and it was delicious! It was mixed in a red sauce and served over rice. My nose ran and my face sweat but it sure was good.

Hatari! 1962 – “Pockets! What are you trying to do?” – “I’m trying to milk this goat.” -“That’s the wrong kind of goat. It’s a ram!” While Sean is showing Pockets how to milk a goat, Timbo scares the line of goats and Sean ends up with the bucket of milk on his head.

That’s my experience with goat milk . some day I would like to try it.