Hello from Down Under

[kawatiri kaas]

After trying for 10 years, 2 cows and three calves later we finally have a house cow! Milk galore and the first yoghurt and cheese are rolling off the press, yummo. Great site cheeseophiles. We're in Westport, New Zealand.

[Cheese Head]

Howdy Brett, good morning from Houston TX and welcome to the rewarding and sometimes frustrating world of making cheese!

Quite a few members in NZ, there's some posts in the Geographic > NZ Board.

Tonnes of info here, some buried quite deep in threads, I and many others find the Search tool very helpful.

Your visible name is kawatiri kaas, Kaas is Dutch for Cheese, Kawatiri I found here, nice name!

Again welcome and have fun!

[DeejayDebi]

Welcome kawatiri kaas! You will certainly enjoy this forum. Wonderful folks and lots of great ideas!

[Tea]

Good morning kawatiri Kaas and welcome to the forum.  What cheeses have you made?

[kawatiri kaas]

Sorry if I've got the name things a bit backwards, I'm a little unclear on all the proper cheesy terms! Comes with the territory I suppose - you know down under... Our cow calved late in the season, so we've only been milking for about 3 weeks. So far I've only attempted feta and traditional 'cottage cheese' ie buttermilk cheese. Some of Feta #1 was mysteriously waylaid and ended up on crackers as a cream cheese of sorts. Delicious! Feta #2 is 'cooking' as I type. Thanks for the resources you guys make available, they're very encouraging. We used to live near a gourmet cheese factory called Karikaas and with so many Dutch friends...  Well done on finding Kawatiri as that is exactly us. It's Maori for the area known in English as Buller. Next on the cheese agenda is Labaneh and some sort of (semi)hard cheese. Any recommendations? Yes, the rough piece of timber in the pic is my follower, made with skilsaw in about 10 min! Cheers.

[Michelle]

Hi Brett

Nice to see another Kiwi on the forum.

Cheers,
Michelle

[kawatiri kaas]

Hi Michelle,
are there not many of us here? What types of cheese do you make? Presuming of course that this is an ok place on this site to chat thus?
Brett

[michoutim]

WElcome Kawatirikaas!

I spent 20 years in New Zealand. Now living in OZ. (we are French).

Here is a photo of one of our cheeses for you.

[DeejayDebi]

michoutim that looks awsome!

[michoutim]

Thank you!

It also tastes awesomw!

Wishing you all the best! 

[Alex]

What type of cheese is it and would you like to share the recipe? This is the kind of cheeses me and my family like mostly.

[kawatiri kaas]

Wow, that's some cheese, ditto on Alex's comment!