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I love cheese. I love that in this world there are people who makes the cheese I love. Thank you for posting this. Do you have any good recommended starting poi

I love cheese. I love that in this world there are people who makes the cheese I love. Thank you for posting this. Do you have any good recommended starting points to make cheese in the home? I'm interested to learn more about this fascinating past time.

vram22 5y ago
I love cheese too. I don't currently make it (yet), but out of the same interest as you, I had searched on YouTube earlier. There are some videos there about home cheese-making. One guy I came across, in particular, maybe Australian, has what seemed like good knowledge, and a series of videos there. Update: Searched again. His name is Gavin Webber. Just saw that he has launched an ebook. HTH.
- cheese_goddess 5y ago
  Gavin Webber is a celebrity in the home cheesemaking world! I love his videos, although there are a few times I caught him saying things I know to be wrong. But he's a great resource to get you started. And he's a lovely man :)
  - vram22 5y ago
    Good to know, thanks :)
cheese_goddess 5y ago
Start with a good book for the home cheesemaker. I recommend Giannaclis Caldwell's "Mastering Artisan Cheesemaking". There's a lot of information to digest in there so take your time. Whatever you do, stay away from the "quick mozzarella" recipes and videos on the internet that claim you can make cheese in 30 minutes. They lie.
- telesilla 5y ago
  >stay away from the "quick mozzarella" recipes Ah there goes my hopes for Queso Oaxaqueno for dinner!
  - cheese_goddess 5y ago
    Yeah, queso oaxaca is difficult. Better start with something simpler, like a paneer or a queso... fresco, I think? The kind that doesn't need rennet. Once you get the hang of it, you can move on to something harder. Edit: queso blanco, really.
- eru 5y ago
  If you know what you are doing, you can probably make something like Quark pretty quickly. Though with all the draining etc, I don't think you'll be done in half an hour as a beginner. Btw, milk kefir is an easy one to get started with. You just need to get the kefir grains from someone (or the Internet). It produces something sort-of like yoghurt.

vram22 5y ago

I love cheese too. I don't currently make it (yet), but out of the same interest as you, I had searched on YouTube earlier. There are some videos there about home cheese-making. One guy I came across, in particular, maybe Australian, has what seemed like good knowledge, and a series of videos there. Update: Searched again. His name is Gavin Webber. Just saw that he has launched an ebook. HTH.

cheese_goddess 5y ago
Gavin Webber is a celebrity in the home cheesemaking world! I love his videos, although there are a few times I caught him saying things I know to be wrong. But he's a great resource to get you started. And he's a lovely man :)
- vram22 5y ago
  Good to know, thanks :)

cheese_goddess 5y ago

Start with a good book for the home cheesemaker. I recommend Giannaclis Caldwell's "Mastering Artisan Cheesemaking". There's a lot of information to digest in there so take your time. Whatever you do, stay away from the "quick mozzarella" recipes and videos on the internet that claim you can make cheese in 30 minutes. They lie.

telesilla 5y ago
>stay away from the "quick mozzarella" recipes Ah there goes my hopes for Queso Oaxaqueno for dinner!
- cheese_goddess 5y ago
  Yeah, queso oaxaca is difficult. Better start with something simpler, like a paneer or a queso... fresco, I think? The kind that doesn't need rennet. Once you get the hang of it, you can move on to something harder. Edit: queso blanco, really.
eru 5y ago
If you know what you are doing, you can probably make something like Quark pretty quickly. Though with all the draining etc, I don't think you'll be done in half an hour as a beginner. Btw, milk kefir is an easy one to get started with. You just need to get the kefir grains from someone (or the Internet). It produces something sort-of like yoghurt.