Comments on: Organic Surprise http://blog.cookingwithdee.net/2009/07/08/organic-surprise/ A gastronomic voyage Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:21:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Rufor http://blog.cookingwithdee.net/2009/07/08/organic-surprise/#comment-1391 Rufor Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:33:05 +0000 http://blog.cookingwithdee.net/?p=3015#comment-1391 Greatings, Not sure that this is true:), but thanks for a post. Have a nice day Rufor Greatings, Not sure that this is true:), but thanks for a post.
Have a nice day
Rufor

]]> By: mc http://blog.cookingwithdee.net/2009/07/08/organic-surprise/#comment-1390 mc Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:55:50 +0000 http://blog.cookingwithdee.net/?p=3015#comment-1390 To Val, We were able to watch Dr Smokler's herd dispersal before we quit dairying 7 years ago. We had bought our herd bulls from him many times. I have never seen so many fancy cows, one after another, after another that milked over 100 lbs/day for 3-6-8 months running. It made me sick that we did not go prepared to buy some. They went for a song. They were beautiful but they were also HUGE!! This sale made the TV news that night. Dairymen all over Texas and even the nation knew of Dr Smokler. That dairy had been in the family for many decades, I'm guessing it was 60 years at least. He had been a premier breeder of holsteins and this was the last dairy in Lancaster county, TX. I still have the sale book. The sale was held on March 25, 2000. Inside we learn that 3 generations had the goal of improving registered holsteins at Holtex farms. Urban sprawl and other considerations ended this farm. Including that Dr Smokler might have just been ready to retire! Look at the average age of the American farmer. Many more of the north Texas counties no longer have dairies. This is actually happening all over the USA at present. Economy of scale dictates that farms become larger and larger. It is a crazy business because it is so capital and labor intensive and the farmer has NO control over the price he can command for his product. Thus the niche market for an excellent product sold locally. By the way, we drank our own milk raw. This is generally advised against. Even if the farm family can tolerate the bacteria, everyone might not be able to. What they don't tell you is that the bacteria counts and other potential problems are monitored very closely and NOBODY sells bad milk from the farm and gets away with it. Also, milk from clean cows, going right through a pipeline to a cooling tank, just doesn't have the opportunity to contact much bad bacteria. Enjoy your farm fresh products. It doesn't get any better that that. To Val,
We were able to watch Dr Smokler’s herd dispersal before we quit dairying 7 years ago. We had bought our herd bulls from him many times. I have never seen so many fancy cows, one after another, after another that milked over 100 lbs/day for 3-6-8 months running. It made me sick that we did not go prepared to buy some. They went for a song. They were beautiful but they were also HUGE!!

This sale made the TV news that night.
Dairymen all over Texas and even the nation knew of Dr Smokler. That dairy had been in the family for many decades, I’m guessing it was 60 years at least. He had been a premier breeder of holsteins and this was the last dairy in Lancaster county, TX.

I still have the sale book. The sale was held on March 25, 2000. Inside we learn that 3 generations had the goal of improving registered holsteins at Holtex farms. Urban sprawl and other considerations ended this farm. Including that Dr Smokler might have just been ready to retire! Look at the average age of the American farmer.

Many more of the north Texas counties no longer have dairies. This is actually happening all over the USA at present. Economy of scale dictates that farms become larger and larger. It is a crazy business because it is so capital and labor intensive and the farmer has NO control over the price he can command for his product. Thus the niche market for an excellent product sold locally.

By the way, we drank our own milk raw. This is generally advised against. Even if the farm family can tolerate the bacteria, everyone might not be able to. What they don’t tell you is that the bacteria counts and other potential problems are monitored very closely and NOBODY sells bad milk from the farm and gets away with it. Also, milk from clean cows, going right through a pipeline to a cooling tank, just doesn’t have the opportunity to contact much bad bacteria.

Enjoy your farm fresh products. It doesn’t get any better that that.

]]> By: pawsinsd http://blog.cookingwithdee.net/2009/07/08/organic-surprise/#comment-1386 pawsinsd Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:40:33 +0000 http://blog.cookingwithdee.net/?p=3015#comment-1386 Hey Val, The Hipless Wonder suggests asking Joe C. I can ask the foodies as well. Any ideas??? Dee Hey Val, The Hipless Wonder suggests asking Joe C. I can ask the foodies as well. Any ideas??? Dee

]]> By: Val http://blog.cookingwithdee.net/2009/07/08/organic-surprise/#comment-1385 Val Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:59:33 +0000 http://blog.cookingwithdee.net/?p=3015#comment-1385 I am going to start seriously searching out a raw-milk source in our neck of the woods... Alas, I think the last working dairy in S Dallas Co (Lancaster) closed some years ago. I am going to start seriously searching out a raw-milk source in our neck of the woods… Alas, I think the last working dairy in S Dallas Co (Lancaster) closed some years ago.

]]> By: pawsinsd http://blog.cookingwithdee.net/2009/07/08/organic-surprise/#comment-1384 pawsinsd Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:22:02 +0000 http://blog.cookingwithdee.net/?p=3015#comment-1384 Perhaps pissaladiere with the onions? Onion-anchovy pizza/hors d'oeuvre. Perhaps with a sprinkling of some organic feta I have in the frig. Just an idea. Dee ps yeah, I know about Jim and anchovies but he wouldn't like this dish anyway. It doesn't have meat. Perhaps pissaladiere with the onions? Onion-anchovy pizza/hors d’oeuvre. Perhaps with a sprinkling of some organic feta I have in the frig. Just an idea. Dee
ps yeah, I know about Jim and anchovies but he wouldn’t like this dish anyway. It doesn’t have meat.

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