mcpsych's diary

[mcpsych]

Never used brine , always pressed in the whey and used wax
the child bride still has nightmares about melted red wax up the kitchen wall ( it was a boy thing)
always pressed with heavy weights for Dutch cheeses and over a coule of days and always under whey
used PVC drain pipe with holes driled in the sides
prob easier to post photo in yer album and let me know I will view it there
cheere
mark

[mcpsych]

another week
decided to add some stuff to ticker- i think both are very pertinent and critical in dealing with addictive behaviour
anyway ( i am really posting this because i hate to see my diary on page 3- its all about me me me )

[WellFit]

Hahah Hi mark.. Maybe i could jabber on about me me me just to top you over to page 4.. I think with all the posts you have made else where if you put them in here you would be close to 100 so don't stress.. there is just so much of you to go around.. well hmm not anymore by the seems of things. If anything you are catching me weight wise and I am not happy.. I am gonna get that whip cracking so back off boy

[mcpsych]

whips- did someone mention whips?!?!?!

[C-JAYE]

Whips seems to be the topic of conversations at the moment don't they?

[MissNix]

handcuffs?

[jlou]

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance

I like this one.

Actually, just trying to keep you on page 1 LOL.

I had already planned to do a cheesemaking course so any recommendations? When are we having that catch up??

[mcpsych]

cheese-
i may have misled in a previous post about brine
some people press in the brine - i didnt. I pressed it until i was satisfied with the density
THEN- i would put it in a brine solution for a period of between 6 to 12 hours ( this determines the thickness of your rind). If your cheese is not very dense you can end up with very thick rind and salty cheese

best tip- get real fresh milk ( do you know or own a cow) if not get full cream unpastureised ( you are going to heat it to safe temp anyway)
i always saved the whey and used it to make fetta
the jersey produced enough cream for my daughter to put on her cornflakes ( scrawny bint) and for me to make 2 or 3 kg of butter a week
the milk produced a good edam and gouda at least a kg each
i then brought the whey up to 98% and added some vineagar to produce fetta
i dont know if shop milk will be as productive ( never tried it)
we are talking a cow that gave on average 8 litres a day
( oh and the calves always tasted yummy)

[SlimLiz]

Yum Yum Yum

Full Cream Milk... out of a teat? Udder
Homemade Cheese (drool)
And calves.... Yummo... BBQ, Goulash, Mouth Watering... Must be dinner time

[mcpsych]

Fed on mik and molasses - sweetest tenderest ( you could smell the molasses when you opened the coldroom door)

[C-JAYE]

What you mean milk comes from cows?! I thought it came from cartons........... who woulda thought!!!!!

[carrieanne_c]

wow, how farmy are you! I made some ricotta cheese with using that Kefir thing, then my Kefir thing died, (well I killed it) I need to get into that again! Do you guys have that down there? Nice ticker additions!

[jlou]

And goats too CJaye!!!

[C-JAYE]

What goats come in cartons too????

[mcpsych]

mmmmmmm goat goulash ( yeo kept goats too- try milking one- there is an experience)

[winghama]

wingie?????

[mcpsych]

Do you kiwis not shorten names and add the ie or y
so winghama becomes wingy or wingie
if there was no a on the end it could be wingo

[jlou]

Mark the shortening of names is very Australian and drove us NUTS when we moved here!!! Still does when people shorten my son's name. I correct them and don't be shortening mine if you don't want to lose more turtle fodder!!

[carrieanne_c]

if you were in Alabama you could be a wingie jo, wingie bob, wingie lou, wingie bubba, wingie jean, wingie earl! and yep, in Viriginia, ya can talk slow cuz' ya got alllll daaaaiy, heyuk heyuk!

[winghama]

I reckon it is a male thing - when I first met my husband his whole cricket team went by nicknames, even fooled a reporter who published the nickname as they thought it was the 'real' name. He became wingman or wing commander! Dont even get me started on how our son went from Jeffrey to Rooney!

ANDREA