Milk strainers and filters?

[A'sta at Hofstead]

Well our doe is in milk, we got our nifty Udderly EZ today and got two full big mason jars full of milk, but I forgot! I really need to strain and filter before I make chevre right? I just looked around, they want $50- for a strainer... then the filters...do I really need this or is there an alternative?

[deafgoatlady]

Do u have coffee fliter that u can drain it out..

[A'sta at Hofstead]

It has been colostrom kid was born Sun. It takes forever, no. it won't go through a paper coffee filter. Do you mean a metal one? I actually tried a piece of nylon stocking, which on second thought did not seem very, um, clean.

[A'sta at Hofstead]

The milk is starting to foam abit, so maybe it will go through now?

[topside1]

I use the big mouth funnel/strainer @ under seven dollars. Buy my filters at one of the goat supply outlet 4 9/16" I think....Love the big mouth.

http://www.kitchenfantasy.com/shoppi...t/canning.html

[goatsareus]

yes, you really need them. I got my strainer and filters from some goat supply catalog, Caprine Supply or Hoeggers. Caprine has the better price on filters.

[suzyhomemaker09]

A clean ironed handkerchief...a bit of clean flour sack type cloth...any muslin type material.

[nehimama]

One of those "gold" mesh permanent coffee filters does the trick mighty fine for me.

I use a moderately stiff scrub brush to clean it thoroughly after each use.

NeHi

[A'sta at Hofstead]

Thnaks everyone. I will look for that gold filter now...

[pookshollow]

I used to use paper coffee filters, but the milk would sometimes take forever to go through. I have a stainless steel funnel for canning - it fits the wide-mouth jars nicely, regular-mouth jars, not so good - and I buy proper milk filters. They're six inches or so, and I just fold them to make them cone-shaped. The milk goes through in seconds.

[coso]

I bought one of these when I first got into goats http://www.caprinesupply.com/shop/?p...1012de5b9e701e
You can use it to fill canning jars too, you can buy the 4 9/16 milk filters at feed stores. If your only doing two or three gallon at a time it works well.

[dkdairygoats]

Get milk filters from a feed store and fold them into a cone, then pour milk in. I did this for years, finally got a "real" filter but that works well. I would use a commercial milk filter over anything homeade. The milk will get cleaner and probably go through faster. I used to use cheesecloth...yuck!