Good afternoon everyone. I found the cheeseforum site about a month ago and finally decided to join in the fun.
I first learned about home cheese making about 8 months ago. My mother had an issue of "Countryside" magazine laying around and there was an article about cheese making in it. I was immediately interested.
Looking around on the web I found Fankhausers Cheese Page and used that as my main guide to learn some of the basics. I then ordered some rennet, Calcium Chloride (since I use store bought pasteurized milk), and some cheese cloth and have never looked back. I've made yogurt, cream cheese, mozzarella, and feta. I've had successes and failures along the way.
I stumbled upon the cheeseforum site about 6 weeks ago while looking for feta recipes (I thought mine was too salty) and really enjoyed the site. I've since bought some hard cheese molds, built a press in the style used by DaggerDoggie for his
larger press, and I'm currently in the process of looking for an easy first hard cheese recipe.
Thanks to everyone for making a great site.
