Making cheese at home
From http://schmidling.com/making.htm
Making cheese at home is a craft whose time has come. With today’s technology, communications and new attitudes about doing things creative, it is about where homebrewing was twenty years ago, viz., about to explode.
The cheese in the photo was my first attempt and the best cheese I ever tasted. While it’s easy to forget what great cheeses taste like and easy to glorify one’s own efforts, the point is, making cheese at home is just another of life’s learning processes.
While not a slapdash project nor immune to disasters, simple cheeses are no more difficult to make than bread. Cottage cheese can be made with equipment and raw materials found in any kitchen. More advanced cheeses require some additional equipment and raw materials but it can all be learned by anyone willing to make the effort. I would put it at about the same level of complexity as making beer or wine at home.
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