feeling ambitious

[missus_vegas]

for a bout two weekish now i been watching vids on making cheese and yogurt and butter.
last nite i bought a jug of milk and decided wat the heck mi ago try a ting.

well the yogurt is now in its incubating stage and the cheese mi still have it a drain.
so far the cheese looks how it supposed to look. as for taste its rather bland bcus so fall its just milk really. i will add some more salt and a bit of pepper and a hint of tumeric or neting else mi mind tell mi fi add.

i wont know how the yogurt go till later on tonight. gonna give it atleast 5 hrs or so fi gwane do its ting.

recipe suggested using homo milk but i forgot and bought 2%. I dont think that will affect the yogurt much but the cheese my be not as rich, as if i had used homo milk.


mi will keep oonuh posted.

an oonuh no badda come tek set pan mi like oonuh do miss twiney

[missus_vegas]

so you guys dont get ur hopes up when i post pics, this cheese is not a cheddar or aged cheese. i decide to start out with the very basic basic cheese. its more of a paneer (indian cheese) than anything else.

for cheddars you need to use a ting dem call rennet and do a bunch a tings wen mi no tink mi ready for at dis point and time in mi life. lol.

for my cheese i simple add lemon juice to cause the curd and whey to seperate, then i will season to taste. I dont have a cheese press so it wont be as firm as store bought. i will have to press mine with some heavy object around the house.

[MsExced]

You a gwan with things can't wait to see the pics

[diabolical_Tanya]

you really a gwaan wid tings

I should learn dese tings soh mi can goh a yaad and raise some goat an mek cheese fi sell

[missus_vegas]

you really a gwaan wid tings

I should learn dese tings soh mi can goh a yaad and raise some goat an mek cheese fi sell

u mad like.

[Peasie]

Our likkle Jamaican Heidi

[twiney]

Vegas step away from the bloggers ... they are like crack...soon you will feel the desire to start writing about your adventures next ting u gwine need pintervention and rehab from ziplist and menu planning.

[missus_vegas]

I am so so so so so pleased with my efforts.
yogurt was a bit runnier than i would like. I am thinking it maybe be one of three things:
1. the starter yogurt was no fresh enough
2. my temperatures were slightly off
3. I may not have left it long enough. (highly unlikely as i gave it 6+hours ish.)

I did not use a thermometer. I i just judge it. based on boiling point and then based on touch. I will forsure purchase a candy thermometer

the cheese....
turned out great. i think it would taste better if i added some pepper. i will definitely play around with the flavoring. it taste more mozzarella than cheddar. i personally prefer cheddar taste but that takes aging fi atleast two months. mi no able grow no bacteria go kill of mi family. mr v will no strong enough yet.

Little miss loved the yogurt but refused to taste the cheese. I will try her again tomorrow and see.




of course i have a vid to follow but utube tekkin a while tonight.

[missus_vegas]

Vegas step away from the bloggers ... they are like crack...soon you will feel the desire to start writing about your adventures next ting u gwine need pintervention and rehab from ziplist and menu planning.

Do you have something to confess?

i know this stuff is addicting.

[missus_vegas]

[missus_vegas]

[Peasie]

Just bottle the yogurt and call it kefir


The cheese looks delish!

[MsExced]

The cheese looking good vegas

[missus_vegas]

the yogurt thickened up a bit now that it has been in the fridge. I noticed its the same consistency of a yoplait brand that i have in the fridge but it still not as thick as the greek yogurt or even some other regular yogurt like activia, which is the consistency i am aiming for.

LV loves yogurt and she eating this one like it ago out of style so i can go ahead and pat myself on the back.

[twiney]

the yogurt thickened up a bit now that it has been in the fridge. I noticed its the same consistency of a yoplait brand that i have in the fridge but it still not as thick as the greek yogurt or even some other regular yogurt like activia, which is the consistency i am aiming for.

LV loves yogurt and she eating this one like it ago out of style so i can go ahead and pat myself on the back.

Secret to those thicker yogurt corn starch/gelatin/pectin but the quantity so low they dont have to list it on the packaging