Rats! It would be helpful to have those guidelines linked at the beginning of this thread. I've never even seen them before. I don't suppose having butter muslin between the cheese and the mold counts? Didn't a hard cheese count as 2?
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Paul Fookes flagged this submission as not complete. BBV price: 1 Note: You have done such a fabulous job in making the cheeses but unfortunately none of the ingredientd cannot be in contact with plastic. Your milk is in a plastic container. Sorry I cannot certify this completed
Part 2, Ricotta!
(My comment was too large to include all photos, apparently. Also, I accidentally posted my mozzarella comment with the uncropped photos. I would delete and try again, but alas, I cannot delete. Please kindly pretend the photos are prettier than they actually are. Thank you very much.)
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Bringing liquid to temperature
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Straining through a towel into a metal strainer, with a glass bowl underneath to catch the whey.
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After straining over the sink for about an hour, I got this soft lump
So, I thought that, if I shook milk for long enough, I'd get cream, in the same way that shaking cream gives you butter. However, something seems to have separated out of the milk. Is it curds, or whey, or fat, or what? Can anyone tell me? [Edit: Turns out shaking separates milk into curds and whey. Got it!]
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Wat is it?
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