Any other cheesemakers out there?

[Davaroo]

How abut cheese cutters? Im pretty good at that...

 

[Agilityscots]

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I couldn't get any curds out of mine, either. It just wouldn't set.

Someone mentioned the kind of powdered milk I was using may have affected my first ruined batch...I used the brand recommended in the recipe (Carnation). I won't even bother with powdered milk again.

Amy

 

[kinnip]

I tried once with milk labeled 'pasteurized'. I can only assume it was UP since I never even got a curd. Every drop of milk here seems to be UP. The shops don't carry any local milk. There are a couple of farms that handle raw milk for animal consumption, but I can't get a response from them. I can only assume that the raw milk is like the fresh eggs around here, already spoken for. So I bought some chickens and goats!

 

[ole-crone]

I used to think that goats smelled too until a friend pointed out that they only smell if you have a buck and/or don't keep a clean milk barn. Once we cleaned up our act, our goats milk not longer smelled.

 

[gamebirdsonly]

I work at a cheese factory.

 

[ozark hen]

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NO FAIR!!! LUCKY YOU!

 

[charmed one]

Love your avatar Ole Crone!!

 

[Buckguy20]

Blessed are the cheesemakers.

 

[dangerouschicken]

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You and some billy goats stinking up the goat cheese.

 

[ninjapoodles]

We have some mozzarella setting curd RIGHT NOW (yaay!), and I'm going to add salt and dried thyme to it, to go in a squash quiche recipe. If it all works out, I'll share the recipe. I was trying hard to provide dinner from what we had on hand tonight.

I'm using store-bought free-range organic eggs...can't WAIT until I have REAL fresh eggs for stuff like this!