Greetings from Birmingham, England

[ruffus]

Thankyou for a wonderful helpful site. look forward to making more cheese!!

[Cheese Head]

Hi ruffas, welcome, some basics here and for Forum, Search Tool is useful as is column headings, if you click on Subject in a Board it will sort all the topics such that many of the topics on Vats or Presses are all grouped.

Are you beginner, hobby, artisan or factory cheese maker and which ones are you interested in?

[MarkShelton]

Welcome Ruffus!
I always like seeing new members from countries rich in cheesemaking heritage 

[ruffus]

We are just starting out. HAve been growing our own veg for a couple of years and one of us in an artisan baker so we thought cheese would be a wonderful accompaniment, another tool for the bag, our very next adventure!

We were very excited last night as we made ricotta cheese, but gutted today as we can't find the parmesan cheese anywhere thats open so late on a sunday, which means todays lasagne is off the menu!

[DeejayDebi]

Hello Ruffus and welcome. In a few months we will have you making your own parmesan and you won't have to worry about stores anymore!

[Brie]

Welcome to Cheese Forum--you will love this site! Once you begin your adventure, you will save your whey and use in your baking--it makes great bread. Ask any question, many knowledgable cheesers here.

[FarmerJd]

Welcome to the forum.

[ruffus]

makes great bread? Wow, tell me more!!!

[Brie]

Save the whey from your cheese-making and use as the liquid in your bread. Also great for feeding your plants, especially veggies. Try it, you'll like it!

[Sailor Con Queso]

Whey can be used in place of water in many recipes. The University of Wisconsin just did a study using whey concentrate as a substitute for salt.

[ruffus]

Thats fantastic! Thankyou, i will be experimenting with that, for sure!

[DeejayDebi]

There's one group I forget who that is usng whey to make an ego friendly varnish.

[Sailor Con Queso]

Deb, what the heck is "EGO" friendly. All sorts of evil imagery coming to mind. Lol, LOL, LOL, LOL

[linuxboy]

It's varnish that's been endorsed by Ayn Rand

(sorry, couldn't help it)

[Brie]

And he is a egoist? Ha ha--just kidding!