Re: The brix of Sally's milk

[Guest guest]

Good to know. That reminds me, at Sally's talk last week the local WAPF chapter

leader mentioned that they have refractometers for purchase (probably thanks in

part to your efforts and article in the last WT issue, Suze!) so I'm probably

going to buy one and start brixing things like crazy, including milk. I've been

meaning to get a refractometer for quite some time.

Tom

Suze Fisher wrote:

> This is one possible reason that Sally can tolerate a lot of *fresh* milk.

> I've just learned from someone who gets milk from the same source that it

> brixed at 13. The milk source appears to be a reputable farmer although milk

> brix can be raised by pus or " funny " proteins in cows fed inappropriate

> fodder. Also, my source says she used to have problems with commercial milk

> but has absolutely no problems with this milk. Please don't ask for the

> farmer's contact info (which I don't have anyway)...you can imagine why.

>

> I find this very interesting especially in light of 's story about

> not being able to tolerate even raw milk until his supplier brought the brix

> up to 13. After which he had no problems with it whatsoever, but when the

> same source was lower brix, he couldn't tolerate it (digestive upset).

>

> More food for thought....

>

> Suze Fisher

[Guest guest]

> Re: The brix of Sally's milk

>

>

>

>Good to know. That reminds me, at Sally's talk last week the local

>WAPF chapter leader mentioned that they have refractometers for

>purchase (probably thanks in part to your efforts and article in

>the last WT issue, Suze!) so I'm probably going to buy one and

>start brixing things like crazy, including milk. I've been meaning

>to get a refractometer for quite some time.

>

>Tom

>--

Oh good! Who is the local chapter leader? I know someone on the chapter

leader list was talking about buying them in bulk - maybe it was yours? Well

I'd love to exchange brix readings with you and anyone else interested in

comparing notes. Do you garden? If so, you might consider joining the

brix-talk list to get some pointers. There are several very experienced brix

afficianados on that list. And I think there are probably several WAPFers on

there now as I noticed that about 30 new members have joined since the

winter Wise Traditions came out. Hee...just had to check. LOL

Suze Fisher

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[Guest guest]

It is the Madison, Wisconsin chapter (we finally got our own chapter, formed

last December, I don't know why it took so long) and I believe the contact is

Jo Fahey (check Wise Traditions). I haven't been to a real meeting yet so I

don't know her personally.

I don't have a garden at this point in my life but I certainly will in the

future. My father, however, is an avid gardener with a huge backyard plot. Rest

assured that this season I'll be brixing his produce to quantify why his

tomatoes taste so much better than the supermarket tomatoes, and why his squash

plants always get leaf rot etc...

I joined Brix Talk almost a year ago I believe but I haven't found the time to

stay on top of my . I'll catch up at some point.

Tom

Suze Fisher wrote:

> Oh good! Who is the local chapter leader? I know someone on the chapter

> leader list was talking about buying them in bulk - maybe it was yours? Well

> I'd love to exchange brix readings with you and anyone else interested in

> comparing notes. Do you garden? If so, you might consider joining the

> brix-talk list to get some pointers. There are several very experienced brix

> afficianados on that list. And I think there are probably several WAPFers on

> there now as I noticed that about 30 new members have joined since the

> winter Wise Traditions came out. Hee...just had to check. LOL

>

> Suze Fisher

[Guest guest]

[suze] This is one possible reason that Sally can tolerate a lot of

*fresh* milk.

I've just learned from someone who gets milk from the same source that it

brixed at 13. The milk source appears to be a reputable farmer although milk

brix can be raised by pus or " funny " proteins in cows fed inappropriate

fodder. Also, my source says she used to have problems with commercial milk

but has absolutely no problems with this milk. Please don't ask for the

farmer's contact info (which I don't have anyway)...you can imagine why.

[MAP] I find this especially interesting because I live just a few

minutes away from this farmer and I know him very well. His own milk

is definitely the best in this area, even compared to other organic

and 100% grass-fed milk sources. I believe this is due to his

intensive soil-improvement efforts sometime in the mid or late 90s. He

used a lot of seaweed fertilizer and that kind of thing as I

understand it. I rarely get milk from him because he is so taxed by

demand and there are other sources that are outstanding and equally

convenient for me, but I plan to stop by at least once a week during

May because the milk reaches an unbelievable peak of flavor this time

of year... It certainly would be a worthwhile project for me to

measure brix for the various farms in my area at different times of

year... How much would the equipment cost? I have yet to even

nominally investigate this worthy and appealing topic, so pardon my

utter ignorance.

Mike

SE Pennsylvania

The best way to predict the future is to invent it. --Alan Kay

[Guest guest]

,

I just bought a " brix machine " for about $50. I got it from Charlie

Downs chardowner@...

Great, fast service.

>How much would the equipment cost? I have yet to even

> nominally investigate this worthy and appealing topic, so pardon my

> utter ignorance.

>

> Mike

> SE Pennsylvania

>

[Guest guest]

On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:55:21 -0400

<jessclaire@...> wrote:

> I just bought a " brix machine " for about $50. I got it from Charlie

> Downs chardowner@...

>

> Great, fast service.

>

Refractometers is the actual name. Many just call them brixmeters.

The sinews of war, a limitless supply of money.

Cicero (106-43 B.C.), Roman orator, philosopher.

Philippics, Oration 5, sct. 5.

[Guest guest]

--Did you get certified to operate the " machine " ? You can't be a lab

techie w/o certification!<grinning here>Dennis

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<jessclaire@g...> wrote:

> ,

>

> I just bought a " brix machine " for about $50. I got it from

Charlie

> Downs chardowner@y...

>

> Great, fast service.

>

>

>

> >How much would the equipment cost? I have yet to even

> > nominally investigate this worthy and appealing topic, so

pardon my

> > utter ignorance.

> >

> > Mike

> > SE Pennsylvania

> >