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Hapi if you give me your email I will send you the instructions Lenore gave me. You don't freeze the boiling milk you have to let it come back to room temp again. You don't actually boil the milk.
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NEVER boil your milk. LOL..bring the milk up to 63 degrees celcius (sp?) Hold it there for 30 minutes. I always used a stainless steel pot. I had a sink of ice water ready. At the end of the pasteurizing I put the pot in the ice bath to cool it down fast. I then poured into bottles and froze. Or you can have your milk in glass bottles already. Put water around them in the pot and bring temperature up the same way. My problem with the glass bottles was. I would EXPLODE them bringing the temp down to fast. It needs to be cooled quickly. I just did it to to fast. The stainless steel pot works so much better for me.
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Hmm...OK...but I have one issue, how would I ever make sure the temp. is held fixed at 63 degrees?? I think I should buy a thermometer. But even then, the temp. would keep rising as long as the pot is on the stove, right?
thanks for the help though.
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Yes get a thermometer. You have to hold the milk at 146f. What I did was put the milk in a stainless steel pot. Bring the temp up to about 8-10 degrees below 146f. Stir with a stainless steel whisk. Turn the burner OFF. It will continue to heat up. It heats to just about 146. Keep your lid on the pot. Every ten minutes stick your thermometer in the pot. If it drops below 146. Turn it on simmer to bring the temp back up.If it heats up to 150 its okay....You just do NOT want to boil your milk. When the 30 minutes are up. Sit your pot in an ice bath in the sink. Stir the milk with your wisk to cool it down fast. Pour into clean breast milk bottles or bags and freeze
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OK, thanks a lot Nona. That's very helpful. And sounds easier than in my mind :-)
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Laurie, I sent you a private message with my e-mail if you need to send me details about pasteurization. In case it's different from what Nona mentioned.
Thanks.
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Got it I will send you what I have. It is what Nona said just a little more explanation
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Thank you very much Laurie. I got your e-mail and the document is very detailed and easy to follow.
I think I'll pasteurize all my milk supply when the first bag hits the 3 months mark in the freezer. I don't want to take any chances.
Thanks again.
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I would wait until 6 months at the earliest no reason to pasteurize before you need to. Plus you will have baby by then and will most likely be using up the oldesst of the milk at that time.
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The reason why I said 3 months is because I have read conflicting info about the maximum time frozen milk could stay in a freezer. I sometimes read 6 months and other times I found info that say only 3 months. That's why I don't want to be taking any chances, my supply is as low as ever and I don't want to lose the precious milk bags I have already frozen.
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