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Control panel in the milking parlour. Here you can read the cownumber and the milk production.
After a long flight the American group finally arrives in Fryslân the Netherlands. The first visit they make is to the family 'De boer', dairy farm. They will be introduced to the our way of farming.
This is the milking device. Placed on top of the cleaning stand.
This is the machine that counts the litres of milk.
Cattle that are raised for dairy or for other purposes, including breeding cattle are grass fed. This is a large pasture during the spring that has been allowed to grow over the winter. The cattle are rotated through pastures so that they will always have grass.
Cow during the milking proces.
Seperating milk of one cow.
Two times 10 cows, side by side, in the milking parlour.
A picture of milking. We milk the cows, 12 by 12, side by side.
Calves waiting for milk.
Give the calves milk.
Calves drinking the milk
Before the milk claw gets attached the first milk is manually removed in order to checks the cows health and ensure the milk quality.
For chocolate chips you start by softening the butter in the bowl you intend to use.
Here can you see the little tank.
Cleaning the weaning bucket.
The next step is to attach the milking claw in this picture I am putting vacuum on the claw.
The milking is done. The cow is leaving the box
Attach the milking claw, now the milk gets flows trough the whole machine and the filter into the milk tank which I showed you earlier.
For the chocolate chips we measure out and mix in the sugar, brown sugar and wet ingredients.
Once the cow is done milking and is all healthy she is ready to go out of the parlour. But before that we put on some protective fluid on the udders.
Our farm seen over the lake.
Milking.
Waiting for the moment when the horse gives no milk anymore.
The first step in making bread pudding is to combine eggs (beat in a seperate bowl first), cinnamon, vanilla, milk and salt in a medium to large bowl.
Milking.
Milking.
Now add the sugar and make sure your mixture isn't too runny. If so add a few more bread cubes to help thicken it up. Also make sure the entire mixture is well mixed and all the bread is moistened and has the cinnamon and sugar coating.
Milking close up.
On the farm of family ‘de deelen’ they produce cheese. Their high quality cheeses are well known in our region and even exported abroad.
Check the bread pudding periodically and near the end of the cook time uncover it to brown and crisp up the top. Once it is the texture you desire you have finished. Enjoy!
The making of ‘riperkrite tsiis’, their specialty
Bring the milk to the room where it will be prepared to sell in the store's.
The cheeses are usually stored up to 2 years to get the right flavor. The amount of cheeses of a certain flavor depends on customer demand.
Before I can go in the room I need to cover my hair.
Shelves filled with cheeses. As you can see they even have cheese with piri piri flavor.
In the room we filter the milk.
Filtering the milk.
Milking horses. We had this rare opportunity to take a look at a horse farm. These farms, where horses are milked are really uncommon.
Filtering the milk.
The milk is being used for medical purposes, since horse milk has special characteristics.
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