Hi all! I'm a college student just getting into cheesemaking. After spending (literally) 16 hours pouring over these forums, I think I'm ready to give it a go. I'm hoping to make this work even on a very fixed budget. My grandmother always made her own ricotta which she used to make her homemade ravioli, and somewhere in my memories, that's why I was fascinated with cheesemaking. Thanks for being so helpful everyone.
Looking forward to homemade cheese in the future
Jimmy
Hi Jimmy in Utah, welcome!
Lots of good people and ideas here. Here's a Sticky Post for people new to cheese making (https://cheeseforum.org/forum/index.php/topic,582.0.html), other than fresh cheese, a proper temp & humidity aging environment (cheese cave) is a problem.
If you really want to make an aged cheese then and only have a kitchen fridge then here's an idea (https://cheeseforum.org/forum/index.php/topic,3555.0.html).
Welcome to the forum. Good luck.
Thanks guys. So the news this weekend is that my wife and I are attempting our first cheeses. We have a light cream cheese going right now and tomorrow I'm going to slip to wal-mart to buy a thermometer (we have two different ones that are reading about 10 C off) and we'll try a queso blanco! I didn't take any pictures just to avoid the possible humiliation of ruining two simple cheeses. I appreciate the help!
Jimmy
Good luck, as you can see from many of my posts and pictures I can screw up cheese making quite often :o.
Welcome aboard Jimmy. I think you and your wife will enjoy this new hobby. Is can be very rewarding.