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Title: Just though I'd let you all know
Post by: Chingon on October 19, 2008, 10:08:52 PM
that I can make my own cheese now.


I'll be off of the grid any day now.

 :scared:
Title: Re: Just though I'd let you all know
Post by: frankencat on October 19, 2008, 10:14:39 PM
Do you actually make the cheese, or do you just cut the cheese.

Making the cheese is pretty messy :yuck:
Title: Re: Just though I'd let you all know
Post by: steve dave on October 20, 2008, 07:36:36 AM
What kind of cheese?  Cheese is delicious imo but I would be scared to make my own  :ohno:
Title: Re: Just though I'd let you all know
Post by: michigancat on October 20, 2008, 07:42:19 AM
'grats, ching'!
Title: Re: Just though I'd let you all know
Post by: Chingon on October 20, 2008, 10:18:23 AM
What kind of cheese?  Cheese is delicious imo but I would be scared to make my own  :ohno:
From scratch (i.e. start with milk and rennet)

Two kinds:
queso fresco and mozzarella (more like string cheese)

Gonna give a stab at some cheddar maybe  :ohno:
Title: Re: Just though I'd let you all know
Post by: sys on October 20, 2008, 09:47:31 PM
What kind of cheese?  Cheese is delicious imo but I would be scared to make my own  :ohno:
From scratch (i.e. start with milk and rennet)

Two kinds:
queso fresco and mozzarella (more like string cheese)

Gonna give a stab at some cheddar maybe  :ohno:


mozzarella or more of a oaxaca?  would love to make cheese.  where do you buy milk?  do you need (prefer to use) expensive equipment?


i would like to make a brie or camembert type.   not sure if i will need a cave.  also a torta de casar.
Title: Re: Just though I'd let you all know
Post by: Chingon on October 21, 2008, 12:43:46 PM
What kind of cheese?  Cheese is delicious imo but I would be scared to make my own  :ohno:
From scratch (i.e. start with milk and rennet)

Two kinds:
queso fresco and mozzarella (more like string cheese)

Gonna give a stab at some cheddar maybe  :ohno:


mozzarella or more of a oaxaca?  would love to make cheese.  where do you buy milk?  do you need (prefer to use) expensive equipment?


i would like to make a brie or camembert type.   not sure if i will need a cave.  also a torta de casar.

closer to a oaxaca than an italian mozzarella.

Bought the milk from Call Hall (NOT ultra-pastuerized!)

The only fancy equipment I used was a 9 qt stock pot to cook the milk in.  You will also need some rennet (easy to find) for the mozz.

Takes about 30 min to make mozzarella (1 Gal of milk = 12 oz of cheese)
Title: Re: Just though I'd let you all know
Post by: steve dave on October 21, 2008, 12:45:48 PM
Can you get listeria(sp?) by not using pasteurized?   :ohno:  I would make a Stilton if I knew what the F I was doing.
Title: Re: Just though I'd let you all know
Post by: Chingon on October 21, 2008, 01:01:44 PM
Can you get listeria(sp?) by not using pasteurized?   :ohno:  I would make a Stilton if I knew what the F I was doing.
You can get a whole mess load of crap-your-pants-to-death diseases from fresh milk.

BUT

if you know the source of milk and know its clean and very fresh...well then you should feel pretty safe about it then.

You can probably start from here:
http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Fankhauser/Cheese/Blue_Cheese/Blue_Cheese.htm (http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Fankhauser/Cheese/Blue_Cheese/Blue_Cheese.htm).

But use stilton as an inoculum.

Post pics of your updates...
Title: Re: Just though I'd let you all know
Post by: steve dave on October 21, 2008, 01:24:47 PM
Can you get listeria(sp?) by not using pasteurized?   :ohno:  I would make a Stilton if I knew what the F I was doing.
You can get a whole mess load of crap-your-pants-to-death diseases from fresh milk.

BUT

if you know the source of milk and know its clean and very fresh...well then you should feel pretty safe about it then.

You can probably start from here:
http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Fankhauser/Cheese/Blue_Cheese/Blue_Cheese.htm (http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Fankhauser/Cheese/Blue_Cheese/Blue_Cheese.htm).

But use stilton as an inoculum.

Post pics of your updates...

I would make it, it would turn out ok, and I would be too scared to eat it because I made it.  Don't have any conf. in my own food skillset.   :ohno:
Title: Re: Just though I'd let you all know
Post by: sys on October 21, 2008, 02:18:00 PM
You will also need some rennet (easy to find) for the mozz.

how easy?  could i kill an animal and steal it's rennet (free rennet!).


i'm inspired.  if i can resolve the rennet problem, i plan to try a cheese in 2 weeks.
Title: Re: Just though I'd let you all know
Post by: pissclams on October 21, 2008, 03:13:54 PM
You will also need some rennet (easy to find) for the mozz.

how easy?  could i kill an animal and steal it's rennet (free rennet!).


i'm inspired.  if i can resolve the rennet problem, i plan to try a cheese in 2 weeks.
try chymax, or citric acid.  OMFG what a cheese newb.   :users: