Bad Girls

Aug
10

This past week, with workshops coming up on both Saturday and Sunday that included cheesemaking, Glory Bee suddenly dropped off to half a gallon a day. My cow! What was wrong with my cow? Mayhap it has just been too long since she had a calf (well, yeah, 16 months, actually). Still, the drop was so sudden.

Glory Bee seemed worried. Me, too!
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And then! Yes, THEN.
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The clues…. A gate, not latched properly. A storm, blowing open the gate. A feeding stall then open to Moon Pie. Feeder cutouts where cows can stick their heads through to get to where round bales are placed in the wintertime. And the most significant evidence of all. Moon Pie, caught in the act, with her head through the cutout and Glory Bee with her udder backed up to baby.
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Oh, those rotten girls!
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Glory Bee was so upset that she’d been caught! And the milk stealing was stopped.
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Moon Pie cried.
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Mommy cried.
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And the farmer got more milk again.

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It’s been a while since I’ve written about mozzarella. I make more mozzarella cheese than anything else, and at this point, I’ve taught as many people to make mozzarella as people who have milked Glory Bee. Which numbers in the hundreds. (I always tell workshop attendees not to worry when they try to hand milk...
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August 5, 2015 - Cheese Days in Pictures

In July, I had a five-day retreat here that included two full days of cheesemaking and a day of breadbaking. We were lucky enough to have an attendee who is a photographer, and he took photos all day every day! I was so happy about that, and he has given me permission to share some...
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August 4, 2015 - Homemade Tudor’s Biscuits

I’ve been making biscuits since I was nine years old, and I make good biscuits! Just ask my workshop attendees! They come sneaking back to the table to grab just one more when I start putting breakfast away so we can go milking. The type of biscuits I make come from my Oklahoma grandmother. My...
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August 3, 2015 - Day at the Livestock Auction

Getting three cows bred this summer means there will be three calves (hopefully!) in the spring. I’m planning to keep girls–I want more breeders. If there’s just one bull calf, I want to keep that, too, for future beef. It will be turned into a steer. But if there’s more than one boy, it’s going...
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