No Honey Needed

I've been a little bothered by our high honey consumption, even though it is raw honey, just because I'm not sure about whether it interferes with remineralization of teeth and such. The kids expect honey in their oatmeal and milkshakes, and sometimes on bread and butter and we just seem to use it up fast. This morning, they wanted apple chopped into the oatmeal while it cooked because yesterday we bought some lovely romes at the Geneva Green Market. They also requested cinnamon, and even my sweet-toothiest boy did not ask for any honey in his cereal but just devoured two bowls. The kid that did ask for honey agreed when I said it didn't need any! One for the Mom Team!

Gentle Goat Milk

I am happy to have goat milk these days. Five of us are trying to get over a chest cold, but I have had the worst case by far. Three nights of coughing-more-than-sleeping. But the first of those was the hardest, probably because I had a great big (cow) milkshake right before bedtime. This was a bad move and I knew it. But in the evenings I often crave milk, probably for the fat. Trouble is, cow milk makes most people phlegmy (is that the same as phlegmatic?). I guess this is considered normal, and I have read some explanations for it besides the standard "allergenic" argument, but in my case it is definitely true. Adding a lot of goo to the already stressed breathing system, though, is not fun.

So I've stuck to goat milk in the evenings for two nights. What a difference! No effect whatsoever on the throat, but I can still make a big yummy milkshake with honey and cocoa and whatever else it seems to need.

The milk is a bit tangier, but that is good for the purpose of keeping all two gallons from disappearing right away. The kids much prefer the cow milk, so they just ignore the jugs with white caps and leave my goat milk alone.

Update:

I made goat cheese! Very easy: just forget about the goat milk on the counter and in a couple of days, strain out the curds. At first I thought it was horribly bitter, but when I mixed in some salt, it became delicious! Goat milk doesn't give up its cream very easily, so it's easier to make a fatty cheese, too, where cow milk likes to separate if you let it curdle on the counter, but then the cheese isn't as good at all!