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| alterationsbyemily |
Posted - Feb 28 2010 : 3:06:25 PM
So I thought I would make this that way we weren't bouncing between the threads for cheese making.
The last that I caught was sherrye asked about sour cream...
The book I own says,
1 quart table (20%) cream
1/4 tsp aroma mesophilic cuture
Heat cream to 75 degrees stirring gently to prevent scorching, remove from heat.
Sprinkle cuture and let stand 5 minutes. Using skimmer use and up and down motion to gently draw cuture down into cream, without breaking the surface of the cream. Cover and let ripen at room teperature for 24 to 36 hours.
place in airtight container and can be stored in the fridge for up to 10 days.
from 200 Easy Homemade Cheese Recipes by Debra Amrein-Boyes
I am excited to try this one day, so I can't give experience, but it sounds simple enough
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| Candy C. |
Posted - Jun 03 2011 : 06:52:28 AM
Hey ladies! I KNEW we used to have a cheese making thread somewhere! For the Farmgirl Friday Blog Hop http://www.deborahjeansdandelionhouse.com/2011/06/farmgirl-friday-blog-hop-10.html(thanks Debbie for hosting) I posted about making Queso Blanco from my goat milk. You can find it here:
http://lazyjbarcfarm.blogspot.com/2011/06/goat-cheese.html
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| momdrinkstea |
Posted - Aug 06 2010 : 10:22:51 PM
If we sell eggs at the markets here in NY, they have to be
candled, washed, dated, graded and sized!!!!
Takes me longer to do that than it took the hen to lay it!!!
Crazy! Selling from the farm is the way to go. It does seem
as if the rules discourage small farms.
Also, has anyone here clabbered milk before?
I set out RAW milk in a sterilized bowl for about 3 days,
covered, at room temp. I drain the whey (my dogs, cats &
chickens LOVE the whey!), and rinse the clabber twice in a colander
with boiling water from a tea kettle. Then I rinse it quickly
with cold water, so it doesn't melt. Makes a great farmer cheese,
I use it instead of ricotta, or cooked with noodles and butter,
and on salads. You don't need to use rennet or buttermilk, the
raw milk curdles on its own - the "good" bacteria destroy the bad
in the process. Has to be RAW milk though, pasteurization destroys
the good bacteria. You can also use clabber in place of milk for breads,
or the whey - the high acid content of both help the yeast rise quickly
(just like buttermilk does).
Baking powder was created so that adding an acid was unnecessary, people used
to use clabber/whey/buttermilk to activate baking soda. (Hence the name
"Clabber Girl" baking soda.)
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Jun 01 2010 : 4:51:24 PM
Thanks, Elizabeth. I will check it out. I can always use help!
Kris
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| momdrinkstea |
Posted - Jun 01 2010 : 11:46:54 AM
Almost forgot...this website has great cheese recipes and tips, and if you
ask questions, the experts get right back to you...
www.cheeseforum.org
-Greenhaven Gardens
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| momdrinkstea |
Posted - Jun 01 2010 : 11:43:03 AM
There are homemade (amish made) wood cheese presses for sale on ebay,
if anyone needs one...around $70 I think. Just search "cheese press".
FYI!
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| Candy C. |
Posted - May 25 2010 : 3:25:18 PM
The rules are crazy AND they aren't consistent! Here we are trying to help people eat a little healthier by eating REAL food and make a little extra money (it's not like we're getting rich) and they throw roadblocks up every chance they get. I don't know, I guess I just don't understand goverment bureaucracy. 
Candy C.
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - May 25 2010 : 1:17:38 PM
Ok. That's the opposite of us here. I can sell baked goods from my home kitchen but have to label and list every ingredient. And I can take orders for the cheese and sneak it in the market but if I get caught that's all she wrote! I can sell it here. Also the eggs. I have to take a candling class to sell eggs at the market and have the certificate where it can be seen. I didn't take the class. I can sell eggs here at home all day and not have to take the class. It's really crazy.
Kris
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| Candy C. |
Posted - May 25 2010 : 06:03:18 AM
Weeelll...
I don't put it out on the table to sell, I take orders and deliver it at the Market. Same with my bread. Last year, the Health Dept. said it was okay to bake bread at home and sell at the Farmers Market, then they said "Oh we're sorry, we were wrong. You must bake in a certified kitchen to sell at the Farmers Market." So many people have been requesting my bread this year that I take orders one week and deliver the next. Again, I don't put it out on the table. If anyone were to say anything, I would just be "delivering" to my friends. ;)
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - May 24 2010 : 6:37:20 PM
Yum. That sounds good. I need to make some more too. I am going to make mozzarella next so I can make a pizza.
I noticed on the FM thread that you sell cheese at the market. Do you not have laws there against selling at the market? Unless you are a grade A dairy and have it inspected and all that. I had a bad experience a few years back at my market. I was selling feta and was told after a few times I could not do it there. That I could be fined a lot of money and have all my animals taken from me. That scared the crap outta me! They said I can sell all I want from home but not there. So how do you do it?
Kris
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| Candy C. |
Posted - May 24 2010 : 3:09:57 PM
Kristin,
I made some chevre today! YAY! I had made three or four batches of queso blanco but this was my first batch of chevre. I seasoned some of it with garlic and chive, some with dill and left some plain. I am bringing cheese to a screening of a documentary called "Fresh - The Movie" being sponsored by the local Farmers Market this coming Friday. Should be an interesting movie, hope we can get some of the locals to come and get interested in supporting our Farmers Market.
Candy C.
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - May 09 2010 : 7:08:38 PM
Candy, I keep forgetting I have an immersion blender and always use my smoothie blender. I guess the immersion would be so much easier to clean up. I made mayo yesterday for potato salad. I hope you had a good day today and everything turned out yummy!
Kris
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| Candy C. |
Posted - May 08 2010 : 04:49:03 AM
Well, I FINALLY made mayo yesterday using my immersion blender since I don't have a regular blender. It turned out great! I used some to make egg salad. I think I'll use some more tomorrow to make pasta salad for a BBQ we are going to on Sunday, think I'll throw in some peas from the garden too! :)
Candy C.
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| windypines |
Posted - May 07 2010 : 1:42:14 PM
I also use vegtable rennet. I just thought it sounded better then using animal. :)
Candy I have that same cookbook, and we love norweigian flatbread. Make it when we have soup. Also I think it is the butter crackers that are excellant too.
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| quiltin mama |
Posted - May 06 2010 : 7:18:01 PM
Is ther any type of organic animal rennet?
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - May 06 2010 : 6:33:36 PM
Heather, I use veggie rennet because I do not eat any animal that I don't know! Plus all the crazy cow diseases. So that's why I use veggie. I think there is a difference in the cheese made with each.
I have the old Rodale cookbook and it has a recipe for Thistle head cheese. I have thistle growing all over the place and I am going to experiment one day. Something in the flower head is like rennet and makes the milk curdle. Sounds interesting anyway.
Kris
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| quiltin mama |
Posted - May 06 2010 : 4:13:43 PM
For all you cheesmakers: Do you use animal or vegtable rennet? And why?
I want to buy some but can't decided which to go with.
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| Candy C. |
Posted - May 05 2010 : 6:46:26 PM
Hey Kris,
I make Norweigian Flatbread and Scandanavian Oatmeal Crackers, both from my old Better Homes and Gardens Old-Fashioned Home Baking cookbook. I made some whole-wheat crackers last year too but I don't remember where I got the recipe, guesss I'll have to keep looking! LOL!!
Candy C.
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - May 03 2010 : 7:46:54 PM
Candy, that sounds great. What kind of crackers do you make? I tried a recipe using ground seeds and whole wheat flour. They were really good. I have not really started milking full time yet. I have not needed a whole lot of milk. But the kids are going on 6 weeks and I am ready for them to go. Then I will have to milk.
Kris
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| Candy C. |
Posted - May 03 2010 : 3:37:34 PM
Hey Kris,
I will have to try that with the whey in the bread, although I actually usually use milk in most of the breads I make. Cool about selling some cheese! You go girl! I am not quite to the cheese making point yet but I think I will be later this week. I have a couple of people who get milk from me and since I only milk once a day, I just haven't had extra yet. I have been asked to bring homemade goat cheese and homemade crackers for 50 people to a public showing of a local agriculture/organic movie sponsored by the Farmers Market at the end of the month! Gotta think about how much and which kinds of cheese to make!
Candy C.
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - May 03 2010 : 1:23:21 PM
Yeah, I sold my first cheese today!! Last week at Bible study a lady said she'd like some Chevre. I think I already told this. Anyway, I brought it to BS today and she was so excited to get it. I also put some homemade Ranch mix in a baggie and some fresh chives in another and some garlic salt with parsley in another one. So she can add what she wants to it. I hope I can sell some more.
Sherrye, I made bread this morning and used the whey instead of milk. I don't know if that's what made it rise way up over the top of the pans or not but it's so soft and pretty. Plus I used 3 huge eggs from Hildi, my only Americana hen. Her eggs are like jumbo size.
Anyone else making cheese with all their goat and cow milk yet? Jennie should have a calf soon and start milking Mona.
Kris
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| sherrye |
Posted - May 02 2010 : 07:45:15 AM
hey there kris, no worries when you get your pig ....you will know who gets leftover whey.... lol sherrye chickens love it too.
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - May 02 2010 : 05:26:05 AM
Oh thank you, Michele. I just got it to draining now. This is the easiest cheese to make for sure and I already have over half a gallon of whey so far. Last week I used the whey in the bread recipe instead of milk. I would like to know what everyone else used whey for. I know I can use it in soup. But too hot for that right now. I can't make ricotta because not enough rennet in it. Anyway, just wondered. If I had some good cabbage I'd make saurkraut. I am going to the Chatt. market today so might get a few there.
And it's not the Chevre that I am supposed to put in the molds. It's another cheese. So I did it right.
Thanks, Kris
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| windypines |
Posted - May 02 2010 : 03:59:56 AM
Glad you found your book! I was just going to get mine and type it for you!
Michele |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - May 01 2010 : 1:05:10 PM
I found the book!
Kris
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - May 01 2010 : 08:17:42 AM
Ok, I cannot find my cheese making book now. It's here somewhere. But I was going to make Chevre today. I already have the milk in the pot. Can someone please give me the recipe for Chevre from the Goats Produce too book? Thanks so much!
Kris
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