Whose made cheese?

[Timmy35]

No it's not a fart joke, I'm just thinking of having a go at making homemade cheese. I have been considering starting up a herd of milking goats and thought I'd try making some goats milk cheese as part of the research ( as it would be a handy way to add value and reduce transport costs ).

So I've got the rennin, some cloth, a starter sachet and 5 litres of milk to make 500g of cheese. Any tips anyone?

[shakotan]

Oh, I see.

You mean "Who's made cheese?". I thought you were asking us to identify the maker of a cheese.

Carry on.

[Timmy35]

shakotan said:

Oh, I see.

You mean "Who's made cheese?". I thought you were asking us to identify the maker of a cheese.

Carry on.

useful reply, thanks.

[shakotan]

Timmy35 said:

shakotan said:

Oh, I see.

You mean "Who's made cheese?". I thought you were asking us to identify the maker of a cheese.

Carry on.

useful reply, thanks.

You're welcome.

[Alex]

Yours.

[escargot]

I haven't but I'm looking forward to hearing how you get on.

[Blown2CV]

Whose cheese? Mine of course. Gimme.

[ali_kat]

Good luck!

[Mobile Chicane]

Lakeland shops sell all the stuff apparently.

I'm going to have a go at a soft goat cheese next spring, and flavour it with Box Hill wild garlic.

I'd be interested to know how you get on.

[Blown2CV]

you can get the stuff from quite a lot of homebrew places. Lakeland are $$$ for just about anything.

[Timmy35]

Blown2CV said:

you can get the stuff from quite a lot of homebrew places. Lakeland are $$$ for just about anything.

Yes it seems very much like homebrewing to me, homebrew is something I've been doing for a long time.

I'll have a go at a goats cheese first. I've done some basic research and bought some kit, I assume 'what can go wrong' is the same as for homebrew beer. The main concern being any contamination.

[Blown2CV]

Timmy35 said:

Blown2CV said:

you can get the stuff from quite a lot of homebrew places. Lakeland are $$$ for just about anything.

Yes it seems very much like homebrewing to me, homebrew is something I've been doing for a long time.

I'll have a go at a goats cheese first. I've done some basic research and bought some kit, I assume 'what can go wrong' is the same as for homebrew beer. The main concern being any contamination.

double whammy is you can use homebrew to create beer washed rind cheese for some real stink action.

[RizzoTheRat]

I've made paneer before, about as basic as you can get, use lemon juice or yoghurt to get it to seperate, filter with muslin, compress the whey for a bit, then bung it in a curry.

Not really a fan of goat cheeses, but often tempted to have a go at making a harder cheese.