The Whole Goat Handbook: Recipes, Cheese, Soap, Crafts & More
Paperback – January 14, 2013
Description
From the Inside Flap Among hobby and commercial farmers alike, goats are today’s hottest trending animals. But correctly using the products from these popular ungulates requires special skills and know-how. With The Whole Goat Handbook , author and veteran goatkeeper Janet Hurst provides a wealth of useful advice, not to mention scads of proven recipes and crafting projects, to help the reader make the most of their adventure as a goatkeeper.xa0Nearly 50 recipes expertly guide readers through the processes of making popular goat cheeses, goat-milk soaps, meat dishes, and even delicious accompaniments. In addition, Hurst offers a dozen crafting ideas that utilize goat fiber for knitting, weaving, and felting projects.xa0The recipes and projects presented here, together with the author’s entertaining primers on goat ownership and discussions of raising goats for dairy, meat, and fiber, not to mention a wealth of photographs and patterns, comprise an essential resource for anyone considering goat ownership, as well as those who have already embarked on this richly rewarding path. Among both hobby and commercial farmers, goats are today’s hottest trending animals. With The Whole Goat Handbook , author Janet Hurst provides a wealth of useful advice and more than 50 recipes and crafting projects that help the reader make the most of their adventure as a goatkeeper. From cheeses, meat dishes, and soaps, to knitting, weaving, and felting projects, this completely illustrated guide is an essential resource for anyone considering goat ownership, as well as those who have already embarked on this rewarding path. Janet Hurst has been a home artisanal cheesemaker for twenty years and is a certified cheesemaker through the University of Vermont's Institute of Artisan Cheese. She writes on cheesemaking for Mother Earth News, Mary Jane's Farm, Dairy Goat Journal, Countryside, and more. Read more
Features & Highlights
- Goats are the hottest animal today to raise for hobby farmers, commercial farmers, and members of both 4-H and FFA. But using the producst from a goat requires special skills, handling, and recipes. Here’s
- The Whole Goat Handbook
- , chock full of recipes, crafting projects, advice, and more. Cooking with goat meat requires special, adapted recipes because the meat is so strong in flavor; there’s no devoted goat-meat cookbook on the market—until now! Here as well are recipes for making cheese with goat milk as well as goat-milk soap. And for those raising goats for fiber, here are hard-won recommendations on crafting, knitting, and weaving. This book will shows you how to do all this—and more.
