Just though I'd let you all know

[Chingon]

that I can make my own cheese now.


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

 

[frankencat]

Do you actually make the cheese, or do you just cut the cheese.

Making the cheese is pretty messy

[steve dave]

What kind of cheese?  Cheese is delicious imo but I would be scared to make my own 

[michigancat]

'grats, ching'!

[Chingon]

What kind of cheese?  Cheese is delicious imo but I would be scared to make my own 

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 

[sys]

What kind of cheese?  Cheese is delicious imo but I would be scared to make my own 

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 

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.

[Chingon]

What kind of cheese?  Cheese is delicious imo but I would be scared to make my own 

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 

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)

[steve dave]

Can you get listeria(sp?) by not using pasteurized?     I would make a Stilton if I knew what the F I was doing.

[Chingon]

Can you get listeria(sp?) by not using pasteurized?     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.

But use stilton as an inoculum.

Post pics of your updates...

[steve dave]

Can you get listeria(sp?) by not using pasteurized?     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.

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.   

[sys]

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.

[pissclams]

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.