Ozzie! John!John! You gave me a cheese! Yay!
You know, I didn't know about the cheeses... so after I had posted about making my cottage cheese, a couple visits later I noticed I had one cheese. I kid you not, I thought, "Wow! There is a moderator here keeping track of the cheeses everyone makes!" Drrrrrrrr. So, here I thought people's number of cheeses were actually the number of cheese they have made... so, in my eyes, some of you are really, really, REALLY into cheese making!
Thanks for you vote of trust in my future abilities. No pressure there. Nope.
Ozzie! Thanks for your enthusiasm. Or, as my Grandpa would have said, "En-tewzee-azm" I did order a new press last night. I have a screw/crank I purchased from a strong recommendation from an author of one of my books. For a beginner, it stunk. And not like good cheese.
It was difficult to tell when I was starting to compress the spring, so it was difficult to know when I was to start counting cranks for pressure (2 turns = 10 lbs, 4 turns = 20lbs, etc.). So, after I redressed and flipped for the 4th time, I sat down, opened my laptop and ordered a traditional press.
Haven't told my husband yet.
(Actually, he's cool. He gets it, thank goodness.)