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I think that it could be fun to make a book (PDF) containing some recipes, rind care, caves, tips and tricks, equipment and press designs and so on from this forum.


I would be very happy to layout the book and be responsible for the technical stuff but I need lots of input.


I'm thinking that the book could be a free welcome present to new forum members maybe with the option to give a small donation to the webmaster for maintaining and hosting this wonderful community.


If the book should be a reality then I suggest that it's not written purely by experts but also contain input from beginners.


Anyone interested in such a project, please PM me or reply to this post.


:-) Danbo

Like a "how to make cheese" book?

Yes! :-)

Sounds like fun however, I think you'll find that most of the recipes being shared on here were taken straight from published matter.  You wold have to be careful of copy write infringement.  Anything "adapted" from a publish recipe that has been added to or changed would be alright i would think.

That's a very relevant point! :-)

With the use of computers the desktop publishing part will be a lot easier.  The last 7 1/2 years I was in the Air Force I served as the Wing Historian.  I had to write a book every 6 months on everything that happened in the wing for the prior 6 months.  Of course these "books" were official Air Force histories and, as such, were classified.  Needless to say the desktop publishing part was close to a nightmare with all of the classified caveats and every paragraph being footnoted with the reference or source.  You would be able to copy and paste this one and simply do a block default format once it was together.  All in all a brilliant idea.  Might want to check with the webmaster though.  Maybe you could put it together as an e-book and get some funds to help out whoever is paying for this site.

Al: I have sent the Webmaster a PM with a link to this thread. Ofcourse he has to feel OK with a project like this...

Absolutely, as responsibility could fall upon him/her should anything arise.  I'm certain you could make this happen without any problems though.  Hell, you could write a book just on the cheese you have! LOL  BTW  I believe you would need the names of the contributors as references.  Always believe in giving credit to the person that gave the information, just in case it's wrong. LOL

Al: I'm very productive when it comes to cheese but I'm not actually that experienced. But I learn so much from this fantastic forum.

Yes, I've learned just about everything I know, not sure if that's a compliment, about cheese making from the folks on here.  Bought all of the books but sometimes books don't give the answers and the ones I have don't have a "trouble shooting" section.

If I had just 10% of your cheese knowledge, I'd be a wise man. :-)

Destitute would be more like it!  LOL  The guys with the real knowledge are the pros on here.  The hard part is getting their advice down to a 4 gallon make from a 100 gallon make. LOL

I'll rephrase: If I just had 0,01% of the pro's knowledge, I would be a wise man... LOL ;-)

Now you're talking!!  Me too!!

This sounds fun. I'm in, if you need me.