need help with pasteurizing milk...?

Question

I have heard of a small glass disc that can be placed in milk while it is boiling, and it acts as a timer because once the pasteurizing temperature is reached the glass will begin clanking around in the pot. What is the name of this disc, and where can I find one?

Answer 1

My question is why do you want to? Our family goes our of our way to make sure we have raw milk...right out of the cow. Mmmmm

We get our milk from an organic farm. It is against the law in our State to sell 'raw' milk, so we bought a share in a dairy herd. These are free range, grass(pasture)/hay fed heifers who are not given hormones, steroids, or massive amounts of antibiotics. The milk is wonderful and a WHOLE FOOD.

Once you begin pasteurizing and homogenizing it you change it, robbing the milk of important nutrients and enzymes. It is no longer a whole food. One doctor recently wrote:

I have prescribed raw milk from grass-fed animals to my patients for nearly fifteen years. Time and again I have seen allergies clear up and dramatically improved health. Particularly in children, middle ear infections usually disappear and do not recur on raw milk. Both children and adults unable to drink pasteurized milk without problems have thrived on raw milk. In hundreds—perhaps thousands—of my patients using raw milk, not one has ever developed a salmonella, campylobacter, or other raw-milk-related infection.

Keep in mind, human's have been drinking raw milk far longer than they've been drinking that other stuff. P & H milk is something that's only been around for 50 years or so. It wasn't that long ago that everyone had a cow in the backyard.
When you drink store bought milk today you get to enjoy all the extras, growth hormones, steroids, antibiotics and anything else that those cows are given, including the nasty feed at the huge corporate dairies. Yeck!

Might want to check into it some more. I'll supply you with one link...all you have to do is google raw milk benefits.

Answer 2

The small disc idea is for steaming to let you know the water is boiling. Also, to ensure the water doesn't dry up (the sound stops).

The best way to check pasteurization is to use a thermometer. That's the only reliable way to know that the milk is at the proper temp.

Answer 3

I'm sorry, I don't know. Just get a regular thermometer, but I thought I should tell you this: DO NOT boil the milk, you only want to bring it up to 165F for no less than 15 seconds, and make sure you use a double-boiler so you don't scorch the milk. Good luck.

Answer 4

I am not sure why you would want to pasturize it. That kills off all of the enzymes. I enjoy raw milk straight from the cow. Never heard of the disc, sorry.

Answer 5

id check the health dept or dept of agriculture or a dairy for the tempature then use a candy thermometer for this and get to the required temp for the right amount of time