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Sekanjabin and Cheese (future projects)
So, I was teaching my class at Pennsic and explaining to the students that modern Italian cheeses contain lipase and then theorizing that perhaps the Roman versions did as well. Because I didn't have an Italian rennet recipe, I could only speculate on how this came to be. Well, after returning from Pennsic, I got my hands on a very nice translation ( Read more... ) -
AS-50: 8/21/10 Camembert #7, 10 (Variations in culturing)
I have a set of Camembert cheeses (hopefully) moldering away in my refrigerator. I put them in there on the 8/21/10 and hopefully by 8/31/10 they'll be nice and fluffy with penicillium candidum. The last batch I made was successful, and I cultured those by buying a commercial brie and tossing a piece of it's rind in with my milk. This time, I've ( Read more... ) -
Redecorating the Bebe:
The spawn has long grown out of all the cute onesies that we made at my baby shower. This means that in order to stick with my theme of "sarcastic bebe" I must make her some new trews ( Read more... ) -
This cheddar has gone gouda!
So, on all the cheddars I made early in the year, I'm noticing a very gouda-esque flavor and texture profile. I think it's because there was too much whey left in the curds, and the wax trapped it inside the cheese, resulting in that slightly bitter and elastic gouda taste/texture instead of the sharp/dry combination I look for in a cheddar ( Read more... ) -
I scream, you scream...
So, I got a wild hair up my @ss to make homemade ice cream. Being a cheesemaker, I have all kinds of dairy in the house anyway, so why not make some treats too ( Read more... ) -
Snuggly Cheese
Ok... maybe not *snuggly*, but it certainly is furry.
I'm a little concerned that the fur appears... kinda peach, instead of stark white like in the pictures of brie and camembert I've seen other people make.
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What is the sound of one hand typing?
I don't know, but I can assure you that it's much slower than the sound of two hands typing...
Now that I'm back at work, I can type with two hands while Emily occupies her Grandma with the sound of one baby belching and perhaps the sound of grandma's one hand typing...
While I didn't often have two hands to myself, I did still manage to make some ( Read more... ) -
Bad Day:
Dirk. You were a magnesium fire in the dark night of the DC Goth scene. Generous, hilarious, and fabulous in every way. You will be missed by all the lives you touched.
