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I have a book called ‘Goats produce too! The udder real thing’, by Mary Jane Toth. Pretty basic, but yogurt is in it as well.
The problem is that you need a [i]lot[/i] of milk to produce a very [i]small[/i] amount of cheese, so you really do have to have a decent sized herd, consisting of milk producing female goats. Presently we have 5 goats that just had ‘kids’ so we milk once a day, and the rest is for the ‘kids’. There is a commercial goat farm not that far from here, and they remove the ‘kids’ after a day or two from the mother, so as to sell the milk/produce. Most cheese recipes require at least a gallon of milk….
I make ‘something that resembles cottage cheese/ricotta cheese’ and use it as such (locals here call it [i]’Leche agria’.[/i])The dogs love the ‘whey/juice that remains’.
But for 4 qts. of milk, you only get 1-2 cups of ‘cheese’. I also ‘beat it’ with an electric mixer and add herbs to it.Yes, we have friends that come in from Yakima for the 6 months [i]’snow-bird[/i]’ visit that raise turkeys there as well.
We are relishing lots of fresh goat milk right now, as we have 6 new ‘kids’ over the past few weeks, so with the addition of some really fresh eggs ‘[b][i]arroz con leche[/i][/b]’ never tasted so good!You must ask the vendor or are they advertised as ‘organic eggs and chicken’? Or are they just ‘local eggs’?
We too raise meat and egg layers but they eat ‘bulk feed’ bought from suppliers as it is hard for them to get enough ‘feed’ from grubs in the yard. And so some would consider this ‘non-organic’ as ‘special drops’ (I don’t know what they are called, sorry) are required for young chicks.
Today, we got 2 eggs from our female turkeys! Sadly the male succumbed to something…Maravilla, possibly the one on the left may be a criollo but it is larger than they normally are. We have real limes, limon dulces and limon manderinas as well, though they weren’t in the photo.
I was told you are supposed to boil the peel of the sweet lemons, for a ‘while’ and that is where the taste is…
The large lemons, actually tasted like lemons! I have to do a lot of thinking on what to ‘do’ with them….
Maybe set up a stall at the local ferria!Ah…but it is a ‘Newspaper’ and the ads are ‘off-side’ not ‘smack dab’ in the middle of the write-up and we are, talking about an short, but interesting article.
My husband just returned to the house with lemons! Two different varieties, one much larger than the other. We did plant these three years ago, but alas, no tag! This is the first fruits from both. One variety he had picked off the ground, the other off of the tree. Also brought home some pink grapefruit!
Maybe an ‘expert’ can tell what they are by looking at them. [url=http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/costaricafinca/Lemonscr.jpg]Lemons[/url]
The smaller one on the left of the plate, definitely tastes more like a lime…Check out at a local veggie market for either Limón criollo’s or Limón mesina. Although smaller that the ones seen in North America the flavor is ‘the same’ as far as I am concerned and I use them all the time. Others may feel different…. Possibly the imported ones may be found in PriceSmart or similar supermarket, but give these local species a try.
The machines come from South Africa. Here is a site, http://www.hydraform.com
Hope this works forks for you…
A friend was trying to persuade us to buy one…No, the $1,000 is deducted every month from the principal, for your living expenses and you must keep track of the money exchanges. Right now, you can apply as a ‘Pensionado’ which will cover both you and your wife, if you have a ‘life-long pension plan’ of $600 per month. Much better for you if you can do it!
The future plan say that one can obtain ‘temporary residency’ if you purchase a house valued at $200,000 but I don’t think this is going to be as simple as it seems.
Go to [url=www.arcr.net]ARCR[/url] for the Residency requirement as they stand now.
I don’t live ‘in town’ so can’t help you much, although I will say the Belen area is nice.When you make the scouting trip, I would advise to check out the availability of rental properties until you decide, CR is for both of you, then renting for 6 months or so in your chosen area, which will enable you to test the climate, noise, local services.
If you are intending to apply for a residency status you should get your paperwork in order, as the financial requirements are changing in March.
Sidewalks here are awful!! In some places they are non-existent. While it is mandatory that there are ramps, the sidewalks are uneven and broken, for the most part so pushing a wheelchair or even using s motorized one can cause ‘major headaches’…and pain in the ‘butt!
Having had to use one recently, I can attest to this!:roll:
