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[Rick589]

ok,ok,ok. What does someone making homemade butter do with the left over whey? I’m guessing the whey supplement manufacturers don’t have whey collectors scooting about collecting whey from homemade butter making homes. Now I made you my go to for tech support and here you are giving me grief.

 

[Rick589]

Tick tock, tick tock. Clocks a tickin’ on the whey question. Now I NEED to know, I could lose sleep over this.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

I’m guessing the whey supplement manufacturers don’t have whey collectors scooting about collecting whey from homemade butter making homes.

No way!

 

[AntiqueB]

Feed it to the hogs.

 

[RoyalChick]

Tick tock, tick tock. Clocks a tickin’ on the whey question. Now I NEED to know, I could lose sleep over this.

Well it is rich in protein and vitamins so you can do lots of things with it. Add it to soups, stews, smoothies etc. Soak bread or grains in it and give it to the chickens.
I make kefir rather than yoghurt and sometimes I just mix it back in with the kefir to make it more liquid.

 

[Rick589]

No way!

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Clever.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Whoa, that poor donkey has a body condition score of about one.

So does his rider, singing the blues.

So what do you do with the whey?

ok,ok,ok. What does someone making homemade butter do with the left over whey? I’m guessing the whey supplement manufacturers don’t have whey collectors scooting about collecting whey from homemade butter making homes. Now I made you my go to for tech support and here you are giving me grief.

I don't drain the whey from my yogurt. Draining the whey would turn it into Greek yogurt. I don't do that. There's protein in the whey, why would I drain it off?

When I make butter, what's left behind is sweet buttermilk. It is nothing at all like the thick, clumpy, tangy cultured buttermilk you buy at the grocery. It's more like a sweet skim milk. Delicious! ETA it is NOT whey!

 

[Rick589]

So does his rider, singing the blues.




I don't drain the whey from my yogurt. Draining the whey would turn it into Greek yogurt. I don't do that. There's protein in the whey, why would I drain it off?

When I make butter, what's left behind is sweet buttermilk. It is nothing at all like the thick, clumpy, tangy cultured buttermilk you buy at the grocery. It's more like a sweet skim milk. Delicious! ETA it is NOT whey!

gotcha!

 

[Rick589]

……I meant I understand.

 

[Sally PB]

Homemade yogurt and butter is about the easiest thing in the world to make. And so much better than store bought

So what do you do with the whey?

I don't drain the whey from my yogurt. Draining the whey would turn it into Greek yogurt. I don't do that. There's protein in the whey, why would I drain it off?

I just made yogurt yesterday. I do drain off some of the whey, because I like THICK yogurt.

Uses for whey:
Mix it in with the chickens' feed to make their mash snack
Use it to cook rice
Use it to make bread
Use it to make soup
I'm going to use some tomorrow to make grownies.

A garden use is to pour it on blueberry plants. Last resort is to just dump it in the compost. It never goes down the drain. Too many good things in it.