| Home Cheese Making | | | | About the different types of cheeses |
| Why make cheese at home? | | | | Cheese is a food that is made by using the curds |
| For the person who enjoys canning, home | | | | (or solids) from the soured milk of cows, goats, |
| brewing beer and wine, or pickling, home cheese | | | | or sheep which is then separated from the whey |
| making is a hobby that they should consider | | | | (or liquids). Once the curds and whey have been |
| trying. Making cheese at home is surprisingly easy | | | | separated, it is then salted, poured into a mould, |
| and most people don't realize that they have | | | | and pressed into firm, solid blocks. Typically, |
| everything they need right in their own home | | | | bacteria and/or surface fungi are used in the |
| kitchens. For many people who have turned to | | | | ripening process of cheese, while it is aged to |
| making their own cheese at home, they have | | | | maturity before it is eaten. |
| discovered that the process is no more difficult | | | | Cheese today is normally classified into one of the |
| than baking homemade bread. | | | | 6 following categories:oWhey cheese - made by |
| If you are the type of individual who enjoys | | | | coagulating whey proteins using heat and includes |
| creating food products at home, then you should | | | | cheeses such as Mysost or PrimostoProcessed |
| consider home cheese making. Additionally, if you | | | | cheese - made by using additives and skim milk |
| enjoy eating different types of cheeses, home | | | | powder (dried)oVery hard cheeses - such as |
| cheese making will help you appreciate what | | | | Parmesan, are made using skimmed milkoHard |
| artisan and commercial cheese makers go | | | | cheeses - includes cheeses such as Cheddar or |
| through in order to make their products. When | | | | Swiss varieties such as Emmental and are usually |
| you consider some of the costs and labor | | | | ripened by using bacteriaoSemi-Hard cheeses - |
| involved with making cheese, it is easy to see | | | | can be made by using either bacteria, a |
| why some artisan cheeses can run upwards of | | | | combination of bacteria and surface fungi, or by |
| $30 a pound. | | | | injecting penicillin mold into the cheeseoSoft |
| After you have dabbled in the hobby for a while | | | | cheeses - these types of cheeses can be ripened |
| and you have learned how to make a few | | | | or unripened and includes cheeses such as cottage |
| different types of cheeses at home, you'll more | | | | cheese or Camembert |
| than likely understand why the assortment of | | | | Just as home beer brewing and wine making |
| cheeses in the grocery store is so expansive. | | | | burst onto the scene and became extremely |
| You'll also see how the same 4 ingredients - milk, | | | | popular two decades ago, home cheese making is |
| rennet, salt, and starter - are usually involved in | | | | where those two hobbies were at that point in |
| making many different types of cheeses. In | | | | time - poised to explode in popularity. In so many |
| addition to this, based on the milk source and the | | | | words, making your own cheese at home is now |
| type of cheese, you'll learn what you can expect | | | | a hobby whose time has finally come. |
| from each of the different types that you make. | | | | |