Shatto Butter

Shatto Milk Company is a small dairy farm located north of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The Shatto family has been farming for more than one hundred years. Nearly sixty years ago they began a dairy farm. In June of 2003 the family began processing their own milk, right on the farm.

Shatto Milk Company is constantly striving to make a quality product. The company has adopted the motto, “Milk at its Finest,” which suits it rather well. All the milk sold comes from cows with no rbST (recombinant bovine somatotropin) or recombinant bovine growth hormone (rbGH).

The farm uses Holstein cows which generally produce more milk than cream. The entire milking herd consists of a slim one hundred and twenty cows. The cows are milked daily and generally produce six to seven gallons.

Shatto Milk Company uses glass bottles to package their milk products. The farm insists there are four reasons to use glass:

- Glass bottles keep the milk colder
- Environmentally friendly
- Glass imparts no foreign odor or flavor
- Glass bottles are notable in history for containing farm fresh milk

The Shatto Milk Company offers twenty six different products, from milk to butter to ice cream. All of these wonderful products are made in house. One can tell the milk is fresh. While pouring it has a creamy characteristic, unlike the cheap crap. The butter is natural tasting, none of those fake flavorings. This is where quality takes first place.

If you enjoy quality food products, then this is your cup of milk. In the near future I’m hoping to take a tour of the farm and further get to know Leroy Shatto.

Truffle Honey

Truffle Honey, for those with a sweet tooth. While visiting Grand Central Market in New York City I stumbled upon the truffle honey. The honey is made by Valley Produce Company and is a product of Australia.

While cooking a three course dinner I applied the truffle honey. For the first course I did Prosciutto di San Daniele with Blue Montagnolo; truffle honey and Baguette Bread. The honey was unfiltered, causing it to be grainy. Taste wise it was sweet but didn’t overpower the dish. Upon opening the jar you could smell the aroma of the infused truffles.

Truffle Salt

Truffle Salt, where to begin. While at Dean and DeLuca buying the salt cod for the acras I ran across Truffle Salt. At first I thought it was outrageously expensive, but the other day I broke down and bought it. Immediately I took it home and air popped ½ cup of popcorn. After melting butter and drizzling it over the popcorn I delicately sprinkled the Truffle Salt over the popcorn. I’ve never had truffles so I had no idea what to expect. The second you open the truffle salt you smell this aroma that seems familiar but can’t put your finger on it. I savored the popcorn with every bite. I think the truffle salt will have many applications as I continue though my food experiments.