Freezing Raw Milk? Changes digestibility?

[chantald]

I do apologize if this is in the wrong forum. I had asked in the Natural Living forum and it was suggested I ask here.

I became lactose intolerant several years ago.. it came on quite suddenly.. my children have all been, to varying degrees lactose intolerant once they weaned.

I have held the opinion that our problems were due to how milk is now processed.. ultra pasteurization.. and I was recently able to find a local source of raw milk.

My theory seems correct as we can all drink raw milk without problems, eat raw cheese without problems and also raw butter. This was unwittingly tested when my middle child was given several glasses of store bought milk at Sunday school, unknown to me, and spent the entire day in the bathroom.. miserable.. Yet she has no difficulty with raw milk products.

I need to know if freezing raw milk alters it's digestibility.. I go once a week but sometimes we run out and having a backup supply of milk would be helpful. It would also be helpful to know if freezing raw cream, to make butter, affects it and our ability to digest it.. I cannot get enough cream off the milk we get each week to make butter (not that I've ever made butter before) and there is no local source for raw butter.

Or.. is there any store butter that might work too that is real butter?

Thanks for any thoughts.

[mamafish9]

Don't know on the freezing - but making butter is easy - fill a jar half full of cream and shake. Once it turns to butter kernels (that will be obvious), drain buttermilk, squish and rinse butter several times in cold water to get all the buttermilk out, add salt to taste. Very simple. Even tastier if you leave the cream out on the counter in the closed jar for 24 hours before shaking to culture.

Can your raw milk provider give you extra cream? Sometimes they have more. Or we get more raw milk, and make cheese & butter (you can skim off a lot of the cream before making cheese).

[chantald]

No.. we hardly get any cram off the milk, and I try to get it all.. Our milk provider does not provide additional cream.. we are lucky to be allowed to get milk.. it's illegal.. technically..

how do you make cheese?

[mamafish9]

www.leeners.com has all the supplies and recipes - mozzarella and squeakers are our favorites.

We get a ton of cream off our milk - interesting! It's only legal here if you buy directly off the farm, so I feel really fortunate to have a source.

For freezing, I'd say the best way is just to trial it on one of you, and see what happens. Good luck!

[chantald]

I was told that the breed of cow impact the butterfat content.. and these cows are low butterfat breeds..

Thanks for the link..!

Is butter from the store all made from pasteurized cream? Do they ultra pasteurize it?