Intermediate Cheesemaking: Beyond chevre

[ohiofarmgirl]

perhaps a word of explanation... but its so much better in the original klingon (extra points if you know the reference!)
;-)

http://adventuresinthegoodland.blogspot.com/2010/06/meep-army-advances.html

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

I can't view your blog

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

hum.. neither can i... its been all fubar the last couple of days.

 

[Wildsky]

How big does the cheesecloth need to be for feta, in order to tie it etc.

I have a piece a yard squareish, it seems huge but I don't want to cut it and end up with 4 pieces too small! (if I cut in quarters)

 

[Wildsky]

Well I left it the size it was I have a tiny ball of cheese hanging with a knot in the cheese cloth bigger than the cheese!

 

[Henrietta23]

I have a huge piece that I'm afraid to cut too. So I just gather it all up....

 

[Wildsky]

I have to turn the feta over in a few hours, I'm going to try cut off a piece so I can make Ricotta with the Whey.

 

[Henrietta23]

 

[freemotion]

I have to turn the feta over in a few hours, I'm going to try cut off a piece so I can make Ricotta with the Whey.

Cut off a piece so you can make.....OH! Cut off a piece of the muslin! Got it!

You can use a piece cut from an old, clean sheet or pillowcase, too. Not flannel.

Don't chop that square up too much, as you will be using a five gallon stock pot to make cheese before you know it! And if your feta batch was small, you will only get a spoonful of ricotta from the whey. Do you have a tea strainer? That would work for a little batch of ricotta if it has a very fine mesh.

Don't use your milk filter though, you will ruin it if you are using a forever coffee filter.

 

[Wildsky]

Free.....

I cut of a strip of the muslin like about 6-7 inches wide, and used that, yeah there isn't a heck of a lot of the ricotta, its still draining.

I need a bigger pot!