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today i decided to try hugh fearnley-whittingstall's fresh curd cheese. we are going to have a bash at his mozzarella later on because we bought a new toy, essential i think, to successful cheesemaking - a digital thermometer. mr f-whittingstalls fresh curd cheese uses rennet (sorry prairie) and it is defintiely a different texture to using lemon juice - far silkier.
frida keeping a watchful eye on proceedings!
after that i put down four litres of yoghurt using last weeks batch as my starter
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we get our milk once a week. 20 litres at a time. straight from daisy. out of that we make some yoghurt and soft cheese - queso fresco and paneer. i save the whey in a jar and use it for cooking and occasionally slosh some into a smoothie to thin it out. it's smell always amazes me - so soft and sweet. like a new baby.
i am not an adventurous cheese maker but have always wondered about making ricotta from the whey. how could you squeeze one more thing out of this liquid. apparently you can and the norwegians go so as to use the second whey to make a reduced caramel coloured cheese called gjetost!
i cannot believe i have taken so long to do this. it was as simple as bring the whey to the boil. i only had about a litre and a half of whey so the yield was tiny. but oh so beautiful.
and the queso fresco draining
a peek under?
the jokes are flying thick and fast much to t ans p's horror. movie titles, song lyrics. oh its endless!
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i must concede that, after picking up acorns, horse chestnuts and cardoon seeds that autumn is in fact upon us - i dug out my slippers last night and gave it up!
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most of our towels are starting to get a little shabby on it especially where they are stitched - along the top and down the sides. i have been serging/overlocking them to extend their working lives - there being nothing wrong with the towel itself.
this one however was going at both ends (there has to be a better way of saying that!) where there is a decorative woven non toweling bit.i'm loving this new improved version and will be eye balling the others for even the slightest sign of fraying!
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