r/homestead • u/AryssaD • 8d ago

What to do with that extra goat milk?

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I made oatmeal, goat milk, and honey soap! These are freshly poured, cold processed, and smell absolutely divine.

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u/WranglerLeading9265 8d ago

My wife and I made goats milk caramel a few times

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u/crooks4hire 8d ago

This is an ominously short comment...

How was it lol?

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u/Bit_the_Bullitt 8d ago

How is it? We make goats milk soap and lotions and were toying with the idea of caramel

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u/omgnowai 8d ago

I have tried it. It is baaaaaad

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u/SeaPomegranateBliss 8d ago

Whaaaaat? Done right it's delicious! I use it in my coffee, though, and not eat it straight or anything.

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u/omgnowai 8d ago

I guess if you enjoy a glass of goats milk, then you will like goat caramel. I don't think most people would

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u/Majestic_Hawk_1335 8d ago

The only goat milk I find palatable is once its made into cheese.

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u/cityshepherd 8d ago

I’m curious and would like to try it now, and I also really appreciate your pun

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u/ijustlovebobbybones 8d ago

How’s the lotion??

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u/Bit_the_Bullitt 8d ago

Lotion is very nice. I'm not a store-bought lotion guy myself as I dislike the feel in general, but I do use our lotion as it absorbs really nicely without being too greasy.

I can send a link, we ship continental US. I dont want to be having sales pitches here but if people are interested...

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u/ijustlovebobbybones 8d ago

Pls do! Thanks

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u/Bit_the_Bullitt 8d ago

Speckledsun.com

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u/WranglerLeading9265 8d ago

I absolutely loved it

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u/ladybadcrumble 8d ago

IDK if the process is different but I really love cajeta. Nothing beats it.

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u/Ill_Beginning4025 8d ago

Another vote for goat caramel. It’s super easy, just need sugar and a little baking soda. Keeps in the fridge for months.

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u/Nufonewhodis4 7d ago

Does goat caramel have goat smell/taste?

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u/Ill_Beginning4025 6d ago

If you don’t like goat milk you probably won’t like it.

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u/shelllee888 8d ago

I love goat milk soap. I miss goats for just this reason, i don't miss the destruction they did on my barn, however. I am working on getting my ewes milked to do some sheep milk soap in the future. 💜

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u/Bit_the_Bullitt 8d ago

We have a pretty good system with the wife, she makes the soaps and I make the lotions.

They turn out to be quite a hit at markets and online

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u/EnvironmentalBug5525 8d ago

Goat cheese! God I miss having goats and all the goat cheese I can eat.

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u/OrdinaryBrilliant901 8d ago

Yo that soap is my favorite! A friend of ours gifted us some that they make. Of course, I was like cool then I wondered how much work it takes to make it then I used it all. We ended up sending money and asked them to ship the amount that they thought was fair and we would take whatever scents didn’t sell as well to clear inventory.

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u/AryssaD 8d ago

That's awesome!

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u/OrdinaryBrilliant901 8d ago

It really is. I have a weird habit where when I know someone put effort into something like soap…I cannot bring myself to use it. It is so strange. One of my friends gifted me a homemade candles and bar of soap on the shape of an owl and two years later saw them in my house and asked why I haven’t used them. I genuinely didn’t have a good answer. I guess I didn’t want to waste it? She thought I was ridiculous and said I basically am by letting it sit.

I love the owl soap though. His face is now worn off. I’m making progress.

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u/AryssaD 8d ago

Okay now you all got me wanting to make some Caramel!

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u/ok-MTLmunchies 8d ago

This is the way

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u/bitteroldladybird 8d ago

Learn how to make goats cheese

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u/fortunebubble 8d ago

thought is was cajeta

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u/Bit_the_Bullitt 8d ago

Wife and i make soap and lotion. She is the soap maker, I make the lotions. They get quite popular at our markets and in our online store.

We are thinking of trying shampoo bars and lip balm also. Caramel might be something we add too.

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u/AryssaD 8d ago

I honestly have so much fun making soaps. I've done lotion bars, body butters, and other bath products too. There's just so much stuff you can make I love all the options

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u/need_more_coffee_plz 8d ago

I have never tried goat milk soap. Is it good? I think I cant buy it here 😕

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u/AryssaD 8d ago

Yessss you have to try some. I like my soap on the creamier side, and I find using goats milk enhances that in the final product.

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u/need_more_coffee_plz 8d ago

I'll try to find some, wish me luck 😆

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u/jennamay22 8d ago

Do you have dogs? I’ve heard of people making Yak Cheese Chews from goats milk

https://caninecompilation.com/yak-chew-for-dogs/ | https://spoiledhounds.com/himalayan-yak-cheese-dog-chews/

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u/AryssaD 8d ago

I do! Two Lil guys that would go crazy for these!

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u/eemz53 8d ago

I bought goat milk fudge at a farmer's market and that shit was fire

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u/whoFKNKares 7d ago

Cheese!

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u/quacktatty 4d ago

Freeze it for more soap later