hi! I'm heather and a cheese-making newbie in eastern massachusetts. technically this is my 2nd post, I found this forum when I was in the middle of what I thought was a cheddar-disaster.... but I think maybe it disaster was averted, only time will tell. ;)
I'm interested in home cheese making - my husband and I have been doing home beer brewing for a couple of years now and a few months ago I realized making my own cheese just kinda seems like another obvious hobby for a homebrewer. I really just like making things from scratch to share with others... the more elaborate the process the better somehow!
I also have a (bad?) habit of doing something once the RIGHT way, reading a bunch about technique, then not following recipes and experimenting and doing things that just SEEM like they might turn out good.
I also love baking and cooking and could probably spend weeks in my kitchen if I were left to my own devices. Another new hobby is making my own homemade liqueurs (cranberry spice, lime-ginger, & lime-cardamom-allspice are some of my most recent successes there).
Anyway, this seems like a great place for all sorts of great cheese makin' info, so I'm excited to be here and will probably spend hours reading everything now!
Hi heather, welcome to this forum! Congrats on your new cheese making hobby, it can be fun!
PS: Search tool is really useful!
Welcome Heather,
QuoteI also have a (bad?) habit of doing something once the RIGHT way, reading a bunch about technique,
...and here we split. I mean, first time I always follow instructions/recipe strictly, and after I understood (at least I think so) what came out and why, only then I dare to experiment.
Welcome neighbor!
I am pretty much the same way. I make something think the snott out of it and try to make it mine with this and that. I love experimenting and cheese is a god place to experiment once you understand the techniques and processes.
Welcome, Harvette--I am new to the forum as well. I"ve learned that there should be no great derevations of general recipes until we understand the principals. This is a great site that does just that.
Christine
Welcome to the forum. No better place to learn cheesemaking.