The Dirty Way » making http://www.thedirtyway.com Work for nothing. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:41:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ Primitive Cheesemaking http://www.thedirtyway.com/2009/05/15/primitive-cheesemaking/ http://www.thedirtyway.com/2009/05/15/primitive-cheesemaking/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 03:52:50 +0000 ross http://thedirtyway.com/?p=72 We got our home cheesemaking equipment in this week and made the first attempt: queso blanco. The main part, cooking and chemistry, went well, but getting it into the press was quite an adventure. It’s a Dutch‑style press, requiring a weight to exert force on the lever. Well, we lack any kind of “official” weight, so examine the picture below. Yes, that’s a dumbbell, the exercise kind.

Dutch-style cheese press, fitness edition

Dutch-style cheese press, fitness edition

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