Any Home Bakers Here?

[Ladies-Eight]

Bakers good morning one and all!

Tea is ready.

Temperature is in the 70s partly cloudy and 65% chance of rain.

Have a great day!

 

[Aria]

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Spaghetti and meatballs tonight. While I was making it I was being watched.

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I tell ya, he always watches when we make food.

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It’s still bad.

Jared you are so talented and such a caring person.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Good morning Home Bakers.
I have a huge zucchini from the garden.
Intend to bake it scoop out the seed only.

Good morning Penny.
I like to scoop out the seeds and fill with Spanish rice then bake and top with shredded cheese when I get big ones.

There's also zucchini brownies which turns out more like a moist chocolate cake.

 

[Back40chick]

My grown daughter loves to bake. She is going through a devotional book right now "Bread of Life" by Abigail Dodds. It has bread recipes to try. As she has been going through it, we have been enjoying some of her baking.

 

[ronott1]

My grown daughter loves to bake. She is going through a devotional book right now "Bread of Life" by Abigail Dodds. It has bread recipes to try. As she has been going through it, we have been enjoying some of her baking.

Enjoy the bread!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good Morning Home Bakers.
I am playing hookie today !
Sending the boys to town.

 

[jnicholes]

Good afternoon everyone.

I decided to get back into making cheese, and while I was looking at the recipe book, I realized something.

All this time that I’ve been cheesemaking, I’ve made three big mistakes. These mistakes obviously impacted the cheese I made.

The first mistake was that I was directly heating the milk, not heating it in a water bath. I was reviewing the instructions for all the recipes, and it says to increase the temperature very slowly in a water bath.

The second mistake was that I was not heating the wax hot enough to kill mold spores. This is why mold kept growing under the wax whenever I tried to age it. I need to heat the wax outside, because apparently if you get it hot enough and at the right temperature, it can reach a flashpoint. So just as a precaution, I’m gonna heat wax outside from now on.

The third mistake was aging temperature. I needed to age cheese at 55°F. I have been aging cheese to warm, and that causes bacterial growth and spoilage. Fortunately, I found a way to age the cheese at 55°F.

I’m going to do an experiment as soon as I have the resources to do it. I’m gonna try making cheese the RIGHT way. I will start with farmhouse cheddar, and then if the ages without any problems for a month, the experiment will be successful and I’ll start making cheese again.

 

[Aria]

Good afternoon everyone.

I decided to get back into making cheese, and while I was looking at the recipe book, I realized something.

All this time that I’ve been cheesemaking, I’ve made three big mistakes. These mistakes obviously impacted the cheese I made.

The first mistake was that I was directly heating the milk, not heating it in a water bath. I was reviewing the instructions for all the recipes, and it says to increase the temperature very slowly in a water bath.

The second mistake was that I was not heating the wax hot enough to kill mold spores. This is why mold kept growing under the wax whenever I tried to age it. I need to heat the wax outside, because apparently if you get it hot enough and at the right temperature, it can reach a flashpoint. So just as a precaution, I’m gonna heat wax outside from now on.

The third mistake was aging temperature. I needed to age cheese at 55°F. I have been aging cheese to warm, and that causes bacterial growth and spoilage. Fortunately, I found a way to age the cheese at 55°F.

I’m going to do an experiment as soon as I have the resources to do it. I’m gonna try making cheese the RIGHT way. I will start with farmhouse cheddar, and then if the ages without any problems for a month, the experiment will be successful and I’ll start making cheese again.

I KNOW the feeling. When you discover....but how great we do become aware.....we also LEARN from our mistakes. You do so
many creative things. God Bless you. Baked AGAIN today.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Made apple crisp this morning.

 

[Sally PB]

Jared, we all want to hear how the cheese making goes!