cheesemaking!

[~*heket*~]

Lemon cheese looks easy, might be worth a go!

http://greenlivingaustralia.com.au/cheeserecipe.html

[Ayla]

Oh I'm about to go to bed but remind me to get back to that tomorrow :lol

[Ceres]

My mum and I did a cheese making course a couple of years ago, twas lots of fun! It included wine with lunch so the afternoon was a bit of a blur.....

[Aurora]

Reminder for Linn, get back to it! LOL
Looks like fun :)

[~*heket*~]

So do you remember how to make the cheese at all? :lol

LINN!!!! c'mon :eager

[Beatrice]

That's paneer, it's reeeeaaalllly easy!

[Ayla]

Oh thanks for the reminders :lol

I want to learn how to make fetta cheese, has anyone done so? How does its difficulty rate?

[~*heket*~]

google is your friend :rofl

[Ayla]

Yes I know but I want to pick the brains of someone who I know has actually done it :lol

[Ceres]

I have done it.. I would rate it on the pretty difficult end of the spectrum. It involves a lot of sterilising, measuring temps and times, and buying the right culture, moulds for the cheese, some mesh to drain it on.. plus about 10L of milk to make a batch. It's an all day thing, you can't really take your eyes off the clock. The best bit is the whey can be made into ricotta really easily, that bit's quite fun!

[~*heket*~]

It sounds like my idea of torture! Watching a 2yr old and making cheese all at the same time :lol

[Ceres]

Yeah that was my experience of it too.. definitely would have enjoyed it more if I wasn't trying to keep a toddler's hands out of the sterile gear.

[Ayla]

Hmm, oh well, I guess I'll start off with some easier stuff and see how I go. Anastasia introduced me to "yogurt cheese" today which I'd never heard of.

[Ceres]

I'd try things like ricotta, cottage cheese and paneer to start with. Much less involved!