Cows—to Prevent the Taste of Turnips in Milk

The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Til... · Lady Clark of Tillypronie · 1909

Source: The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Tillypronie
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Ingredients (4)

2 ozs. of saltpetre

For the milk

a tablespoonful of it to each gallon of milk

For the cows

turnips ↝ Turnips, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a slice from the top of the turnips ↝ Turnips, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]

Instructions (8)

Pour 1 qt. of boiling water upon 2 ozs. of saltpetre, and let it stand till cold.
Keep this in a bottle in the dairy, and put a tablespoonful of it to each gallon of milk as it is poured into the pan to stand for cream.
Stir it round once, merely to mix it.
This, if done regularly, will never fail, but if omitted even in one pan, that gallon of milk will spoil the whole quantity for cream or butter.

Preventing Turnip Taste

When grass becomes scanty in autumn, give cows a good supper of turnips last thing at night.
Once in 24 hours will not make the milk taste at all.
Cut off a slice from the top of the turnips before giving to cows; it is greeny looking, and should be the perquisite of beef-making beasts.
If the dairy cows do not get this their milk will be sweet, almost all the strong turnip flavour being in the top of the turnip.

Original Text

Cows—to Prevent the Taste of Turnips in Milk.
Pour 1 qt. of boiling water upon 2 ozs. of saltpetre, and let it stand till cold. Keep this in a bottle in the dairy, and put a tablespoonful of it to each gallon of milk as it is poured into the pan to stand for cream. Stir it round once, merely to mix it. This, if done regularly, will never fail, but if omitted even in one pan, that gallon of milk will spoil the whole quantity for cream or butter.
When grass becomes scanty in autumn, give cows a good supper of turnips last thing at night. Once in 24 hours will not make the milk taste at all.
To cows giving turnips giving a flavour to milk and butter, Lady Catherine Milnes Gaskell says: Cut off a slice from the top of the turnips before giving to cows; it is greeny looking, and should be the perquisite of beef-making beasts. If the dairy cows do not get this their milk will be sweet, almost all the strong turnip flavour being in the top of the turnip.

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