Question about cheese making

[suzann]

 

I want to try my hand at making cheese..

 

 

 

I have a chance to get cheese curd..Is this what I would get if I was using dairy milk and renant etc...???

 

 

Also have a chance to get quarts of cream, buttermilk ,milk fresh from a dairy.

 

[Cat]

Cheese curd is what you get after mixing the rennet with the milk, as a simple explanation.

 

Here's a "best of" thread where I pulled all the cheesemaking threads I could find into one. There are lots of links and each one should be working. (If not, let me know and I'll get 'em fixed!)

 

http://mrssurvival.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=34287

 

 

Read through it and then see what questions you have, from a "now what" point of view.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[suzann]

Thank You...LOTS...I will get busy reading....

 

 

[lunamother]

I just saw this on another thread- it's really well done and easy to figure out, and I'm going to try it myself once we start milking again

 

even if you choose to use a more 'normal' way to make cheese- scalding the milk and using rennet or other starter, the pictures in this are wonderful to show the process

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildernesssga...8266472/detail/

[suzann]

 

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildernesssga...8266472/detail/

 

I just book marked the page so I can go back and study it some more...Thank You

[Necie]

Made the cheese in the link that Luna posted...YUMMY!! First batch I did plain (used half of it today to make pasta carbonara). Started a second batch and put the dill in this one. Can't wait for it to finish draining!!!

 

There was also enough milk solids left in the whey to make a nice little batch of vinegar riccota...salad tomarrow!

 

Thanks Luna