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| sherrye |
Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 06:59:53 AM
i just made my first batch of raw milk cheese. i have made the mozzarella . i think it turned out very good. anyone else doing cheese? i am learning all the steps. i want to be very good at this. working my way up to real cheddar aged 60 days. so much fun learning new things. sherrye
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| sherrye |
Posted - Feb 27 2010 : 7:36:10 PM
oh boy, i am so happy to say that the farmhouse cheddar aged and is so good. we were needing cheese for nachos tonight. we thought hey lets try the cheese. so much better after only a week in the regular fridge. it melted well. papa the cheese man says yup it works.i pasturised milk for colby tomorrow. we are so excited to have cow cheese. now i need to figure out sour cream and buttermilk. any suggestions girls? i have the bacteria it just seems sour sour funny sour. maybe there is something else i need to ad.thanks sherrye so anyone else have some cheese going on?
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| windypines |
Posted - Feb 26 2010 : 11:19:27 AM
I have used Ricki Carroll's (sp)book for cheese making. Lots of recipes. I also have a Goats Produce Too book. My favorite is the Ricki Carroll book. The colby recipe you can eat as curds or press into hard cheese. Here in Wisconsin we love curds!
I think one of the tricks to making cheese is getting the right amount of salt in it.
I have waxed and aged some cheese. I usually get mold under the wax. We don't care as much for sharper flavored cheese though. You also should pay attention to the weights, when it comes to pressing cheese. I have a purchesed cheese press, but I don't have a pressure scale yet for it. Too much pressure, and the cheese will be dry, too little and it will be wet.
I will tell you, that once you start eating your homemade cheese's, you won't want to go back to boughten!!!!
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| sherrye |
Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 7:02:27 PM
hi girls, i am going to do mozz. tomorrow and try colby this week. the farm house cheddar was ok. just not great. so you recommended colby so thats my next try. i love mozzarella easy fast. emily did you get your molds ordered? any suggestions from you seasoned girls for us beginners? sherrye
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| alterationsbyemily |
Posted - Feb 22 2010 : 7:51:20 PM
Hey, I decided to take the plunge and order my cultures. After I placed the order I remembered that I didn't order the molds, I could call the company in the morning and ask them to add them to the order, then I figured I would google a bit of research. I found this online pdf http://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/_e/E-216.pdf it has a good basic layout for a cheese press using coffee cans! I am going to run to the market tomorrow and see what I can find to use for my press molds now! But if I have to order the 13$ in molds I guess I will.
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| alterationsbyemily |
Posted - Feb 22 2010 : 3:38:51 PM
we are venturing into cheese making also in this house! My brother in law bought me 200 easy homemade cheese reciepes. it came highly reccommended. I puchased most of the stainless stuff from ikea and target, just waiting on some funds for the cultures
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| farm~maid |
Posted - Feb 22 2010 : 03:56:00 AM
I haven't ventured into making the farmhouse or other aged cheese. I hope to one day, but I'm still trying to master the mozzarella. Sometimes, it's good - sometimes not so good.
I would love to take a cheese making class.
We won't have fresh milk until next month. I want to give colby a try before the Spring hustle and bustle comes along.
Michele, do you have a favorite cheese recipe book? I need to find a good colby cheese recipe.
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| sherrye |
Posted - Feb 20 2010 : 8:17:23 PM
hi girls, it is so fun. mozzarella so far has been my best. its so easy. i bought the expensive kit from leeners supply. it came with all the stuff to make a bunch of cheeses. its a learn as we go thing. so this way no forgetting to buy what i needed to try the different recipes.the book starts me with easy then each cheese has another step to learn. papa worked in a cheese factory when in high school. so he is my critic. i think the farm house is sharp too. i think colby or traditional cheddar sounds good.i am wondering about the aging thing. havent gotten that far yet. i seriously want to make large amounts of whatever i can make well and sell it. isabella the 3 teat cow freshens in sept.now i depend on friend lisa for large amounts of milk. buttercup is less than a gallon a day. i love her anyway. pretty funny when the goat (ginger) gave more milk than the cow. such is life. think i will breed ginger to a boar.so monday will be a new cheese. sherrye
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Feb 20 2010 : 06:22:02 AM
I vouch for Windy Pines Michele's cheese! It is delicious and I'm not just saying that because we are cousins!
Dawn in IL |
| windypines |
Posted - Feb 20 2010 : 04:07:41 AM
I make colby cheese all the time. We like it best about a week old. I have aged some cheese, but I have not had alot of success. Sticking with the colby. Also you can eat it as fresh curds, lots of squeak.
Michele |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 11:46:43 AM
Sherry, I have made it with goat milk. Very tangy and sharp. I aged it 3 months. I was just looking in my freezer and found some cheese cultures.
Kris
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| chaddsgirl |
Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 10:53:06 AM
Oh Sherry!! I'm working on that myself. I'm hoping to have aged cheddar to give out in Christmas baskets this year. Are you using any specific methods, or have you been reffering to specific book? Right now I'm holding off until spring when milk will be a bit more abundant.
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