[Cheese] cottage cheese and milk choices

jeri bluefeatherj at comcast.net
Sat Mar 25 16:33:36 EST 2006


Hi, thank you for your input; i live in southern mich .  i will definately 
check out the web site you suggested.
jeri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Conroy" <rosemarygoddess at moonwiseherbs.com>
To: <cheese at hbd.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Cheese] cottage cheese and milk choices


> re: cottage cheese and milk choices>
>
> Greetings. I am not sure where you live but you may be able to find farm 
> fresh milk-look on the website realmilk.com to see if there is a farmer 
> near you offering raw milk.
>
> Also I do know that Organic Valley gallon size of milk is low heat 
> pasteurized. Some of their 1/2 gallons are ultra pasteurized, so if you 
> have access to that brand, you could purchase the gallon size. I called 
> them because it did not say on the gallons what type of pasteurization 
> they were using and they told me they have different plants and that all 
> of their gallons are low heat pasteurized. I personally only use 1-2% for 
> making Italian hard cheese i.e. Romano, Parmesan etc. I use whole milk for 
> all my other cheeses-much better consistency and flavor!
> Hope that is helpful.
> Happy Cheese Making
> Linda
> www.moonwiseherbs.com
>
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>> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:37:48 -0500
>> From: "Erica Cooksey" <erica.cooksey at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [Cheese] Flavored Monterey Jack
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>> Hi all,
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>> First of all, this is the same Erica who has been posting here...I just 
>> got
>> married so my last name is different.
>>
>> Tonight I want to try something different and make my first flavored 
>> cheese.
>> I plan to make a Monterey Jack with chipotles, garlic, and fire-roasted
>> jalapenos.
>>
>> Before I roll up my sleeves, does anyone have any advice regarding the 
>> use
>> of auxiliary ingredients in cheese? Any experience with hot peppers 
>> and/or
>> garlic?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> --Erica
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>> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:49:07 -0800
>> From: "Brian" <mavityre at comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Cheese] Flavored Monterey Jack
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>> Hi Erica,
>> Congratulations on your marriage.
>> >From what I understand, anything that grows in the ground has the 
>> >possibility of Ecoli coming into play.  From what I hear, it is best to 
>> >saute the items first before adding to kill any unwanted bacteria.
>>
>> Good luck!
>> I'm making another cheddar tonight, Jack's recipe with the RIGHT starter 
>> this time.  LOL
>>
>> Brian
>>
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>>   From: Erica Cooksey
>>   To: cheese at hbd.org
>>   Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 8:37 AM
>>   Subject: [Cheese] Flavored Monterey Jack
>>
>>
>>   Hi all,
>>
>>   First of all, this is the same Erica who has been posting here...I just 
>> got married so my last name is different.
>>
>>   Tonight I want to try something different and make my first flavored 
>> cheese. I plan to make a Monterey Jack with chipotles, garlic, and 
>> fire-roasted jalapenos.
>>
>>   Before I roll up my sleeves, does anyone have any advice regarding the 
>> use of auxiliary ingredients in cheese? Any experience with hot peppers 
>> and/or garlic?
>>
>>   Thanks!
>>   --Erica
>>
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>> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 13:20:32 +0000
>> From: bluefeatherj at comcast.net
>> Subject: [Cheese] not much luck
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>> Hi , I haven' t got as far as cottage cheese yet;
>>  both of the two batches i've made had a distinct rotten taste and had to 
>> be thrown out.
>> I remember my mother making cottage cheese back in the mountains of 
>> tennissee .
>> She would place the curds in small cloth sacks and hang them to drain 
>> from the back porch rafters.  of course she had the freshest raw milk to 
>> work with.
>> I used 1% skim milk,  I read in a cheese book that ultra pasteurized milk 
>> is no good, but all the so called organic milk was ultra pasteurized,  so 
>> i bought the regular pasteurized homogenized stuff, which i suspect is 
>> full of hormones and antibotics.
>>  anyway, i'm afraid my cheese making is off to a poor start.  any 
>> suggestions? Anyone?
>>                                            jeri
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>> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 09:01:50 -0600
>> From: Jack Schmidling <arf at mc.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Cheese] not much luck
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>> bluefeatherj at comcast.net wrote:
>> > Hi , I haven' t got as far as cottage cheese yet; both of the two
>> > batches i've made had a distinct rotten taste and had to be thrown
>> > out.......... I used 1% skim milk...
>>
>> If that is all you used, it is not surprising that it has a rotten taste.
>>
>> We need more info to help you.  What else did you put in there and how
>> did you process it?  Most importantly, what did you use for a starter?
>>
>> js
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>> Message: 5
>> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 09:27:16 -0700
>> From: Dion Hollenbeck <hollen at woodsprite.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Cheese] Flavored Monterey Jack
>> To: "The Cheese Makers' Digest" <cheese at hbd.org>, cheese at hbd.org
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>> At 09:37 AM 3/24/2006, Erica Cooksey wrote:
>> >Before I roll up my sleeves, does anyone have any advice regarding
>> >the use of auxiliary ingredients in cheese? Any experience with hot
>> >peppers and/or garlic?
>>
>> When I make soft goat's cheese, I separate the result of 1 gallon of
>> milk into 4 quarters after it is completely drained.  One I leave
>> plain.  The other three, I mix with various herbs.  One of the
>> mixtures is dried onion and garlic powder.  I merely mix the herbs
>> right into the cheese.  Each of the three herbed batches get a little
>> salt also, but the plain is left completely plain.
>>
>> dion
>>
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