G'Day!
Yep another Aussie.
I've been a long time lurker on the forums so thought I'd come out form the shadows and introduce myself.
I have been making cheese for quite a few years now and this forum has been plenty of help along the way.
So about me: I live in the central tablelands in NSW (near Mudgee) about 4 hours from Sydney. Cheesemaking started when I got a cheese making kit for a birthday. Started (as everyone does I assume) with the simple fresh cheeses and slowly worked through them all till I found the ones I like to make and eat. One day I might get a few goats (goats are more suited to small acreage) and create cheese from beginning to end... but until them I am happy to use milk from a 'nearby' dairy once a month for my cheese making.
Welcome to the forum
Pictures of your cheeses (good or bad) is a requirement (JK)
Enquiring eyes want to see (http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/smilie_thumbsup.gif)
Quote from: H-K-J on September 01, 2015, 03:24:21 PM
Pictures of your cheeses (good or bad) is a requirement (JK)
heh heh
<--- thats one.
here is another pic of the same cheese
Another - this one was a pepato.
I used pink peppercorns and they ended up altering the colour of the cheese to a faint orange.
A blue goat with whats left of the pepato being consumed with some friends.
The curds on the blue were a bit too soft and all the cavities closed up but flavour was still good.
Welcome and a cheese for some great looking cheeses.
Welcome to the forum fsryrrwng (I must admit, I copy pasted your user name :P )
Welcome from another Aussie. Your cheese look brilliant. Have one from me. I haven't been real active lately. There's just been too much on unfortunately. I hope to be back into it again soon though. :)
Shane
thanks for the welcome everyone!
Welcome FS......g ! A lurker no more. Alright ! Yeah !! Another Aussie------>> told ya'll (just learnt that one 8) there were more on the way :). Wonderful cheeses.
Ooooh I love Mudgee, you have a wonderful spot to experiment with pairing of your cheese and wonderful wines. For all the others here Mudgee is home to some of the nicest wines in Australia - if you can find one, buy it - you wont be disappointed. :) What are you next cheese adventures ?
-- Mal
Quote from: OzzieCheese on September 04, 2015, 03:45:28 AM
What are you next cheese adventures ?
I'm trying to create a soft creamy blue but coloured like a Shropshire blue - i.e. orange with blue veins - for the family Xmas.
This is my first go at it and hopefully I'll be able to get it right when I make it for real in Oct.
The cheese just went into the cheese cave last week and is only beginning to show the tiniest amount of fuzz today.
A pic of the cheese after being pierced attached FYI.
I think I could have gone a bit stronger with the annatto but we'll see.
oh and yeh, cheese and wine with a few local relishes is a perfectly acceptable way to loose an afternoon here :)
Funny you should mention Christmas blues - I'm doing my 'Silky Blue' today. Not coloured but it does turn a lovely creamy golden colour by the end. I pair this one with a Coopers Pale Ale :)
https://cheeseforum.org/forum/index.php/topic,14026.0.html (https://cheeseforum.org/forum/index.php/topic,14026.0.html)
look forward to seeing this one mature..
-- Mal