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4:07 pm
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Sun 2-Oct-11
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Being enthused by this site I sent off for my soft cheese making kit and today tried to make my first ever batch. Does anyone know of an idiots guide please? 
I am unsure if the thermometer that came with the kit is working properly (how important is the temperature?)and the starter was impossible to measure as the pack was for 50L milk but the recipe for 2.5L. 
What would I do with 50L 
I have followed the intructions to the letter but still have milk with no sign of cheese
I am now looking at trying to fund a trip to UK to attend HFW cheese course!
Any suggestions will be gratefully read
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8:11 pm
Supreme Being
Mon 21-Sep-09
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Save your pennies, help is at hand! Paul Peacock's Cheese Making Book, it worked for me anyway. At the end of the day, if all else fails, boil it up with some vinegar, you won't get the kind of cheese your used to but it makes a reasonable cheese.
4:20 pm
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Ooh Aly, sorry I can't help but just wanted to offer my support. 
I wanted to have a go at making goats cheese, as that's all I can eat (well sheeps/ewes is OK as well) so would be really interested to see how it goes.
Where did you get the kit from?
Hopefully Joanna's link has helped.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
6:29 pm
Supreme Being
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the cheesmaking book arrived today. Once life has calmed down I will give it another go. I bought the kit using a link from here a company called Moorlands. I didn't find it easy having no knowledge so will read the book before my next attempt
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9:41 am
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Aly said:
I bought the kit using a link from here
Thanks, Aly. We appreciate that.
Fiona has been talking about cheesemaking for a few years but the conversation almost always ends with "but where would we put the goat?" 
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11:17 am
Supreme Being
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my nearest neighbour is a dairy farmer so I hope to get fresh milk from him once I get going with the cheese making
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1:30 pm
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Mon 21-Sep-09
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Goat's cheese is easy Maura and my friend makes a perfectly acceptable one with vinegar. Not quite the same as the goats cheese in the supermarkets more of a feta texture. I did one using nettle leaves to clot it and that worked well too and came out more like the traditional goats cheese we know. I used this site for information using the nettles
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I love the idea of using the nettles & will try as soon as the new ones come through. I have a huge amount of them so I am always looking to find uses for them. Thanks Joanna for the link¦¦I will pass it on to an American friend of mine who has a similar problem.
"The beautiful is as useful as the useful...perhaps more so."
from Les Miserables
1:58 pm
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JoannaS said:
Goat's cheese is easy Maura and my friend makes a perfectly acceptable one with vinegar. Not quite the same as the goats cheese in the supermarkets more of a feta texture. I did one using nettle leaves to clot it and that worked well too and came out more like the traditional goats cheese we know. I used this site for information using the nettles
Thanks Joanna - I'm going to look at that just as soon as I have finished the ironing and cleaning that has piled up while I have been busy ignoring it
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
4:02 pm
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many thanks, I have book marked the site for future reference. Once my chest infection is clearing and I have regained control of my brain I will have another go
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