If you have access to great yogurt priced fairly maybe you should focus on aged europien style cheeses which might be a bit more tricky to get or perhaps are imported (hense expenssive).
Hi Tomer, I guess its a case of learning to walk before I run, to be honest its not something I thought about in the past much but I can see a certain appeal in it now. My wife is from South East Asia hence the desire to have a go at making some Tempeh, which is impossible to find here, at any price.
Ahlan Bik
Ana is mi John, my family and I lived in Damascus from 2001-2004, where I used to work, we travelled to Jordan three time, did Wadi Rum & Seven Pillars, Petra, Dead Sea, King's Highway, several ruins like Karnack, port city of Aqaba and capital Amman. Both are wonderful countries and people, very very sad what is happening in Syria now.
I remember the beautiful fresh cheeses, yogurt and labneh that we could get there cheaply, and all the fresh and seasonal fruit & veg, probably never eat as healthy in my life.
Where are you living and what are you studying (which I assume is way different from making cheese 
).
Ma As Salameh
PS: You are our first I believe in Jordan, so with my admin rights I just added you to our list and added a Country specific Board in case you or anyone wants to post anything Jordan specific there.
Marhaban John, I'm studying Arabic and doing some other religious studies, plus we found it an excellent environment for the kids to grow up in. You're right, the people here are great, and it is sad about Syria, so far Jordan has been spared the same type of problems, for the most part, and we're hoping it stays that way.
The people who live in my neighbourhood are very health conscious and we have a good supply of good nourishing food, to be honest we have hardly eaten out at a restaurant at all in the past few years, let alone a fast food place. The person we buy our milk and veges from is a friend who has a farm in Jerash and is trusted. Otherwise we try to stick to other fruits and veges from the region. Right now its the olive harvesting time, so we just picked up our "tanaka" of fresh virgin olive oil for this season.
Our place is just on the north-western edge of Amman, if we walk up the hill we get to the top of a ridge with a wadi below, in fact here's a pic that I took this morning while going on a walk with my wife:
I'll keep an eye on the new Jordan specific board to help out where I can, I'll also post up details of my incubator and cheese adventures as I go along.
wa salaam
sam
