Java. the end.

[savingdogs]

I hate to think of you out there crying, trying to get the leg unstuck. Don't you HATE certain moments in life?

I made a soft cheese with lemon juice this time instead of vinegar. The vinegar ones were good, I flavored the first one like garlic, and it was very runny so we added clams and made it dip. That was yum.

The next batch I flavored with herbs and used vinegar to curdle it and it came out firmer. It was good but a little bland, but GREAT melted on toast.

This third batch was the best, it said to just add lemon juice until it curdled hard. So it did not matter how much milk or how much lemon juice, you do it by eye. Then I strained it just through a thin colander, that is what it said to do, and it worked fine. We really like this third cheese the best. I flavored it with herbs again, but added more salt than before. I eat low sodium, but that was the problem with the bland cheese. It needs salt. At least, mine did. It makes me realize how much sodium is in cheese, which is something I need to consider, but I think you will like the taste better on yours if you make it saltier. When I doubled the amount in mine it went from "eh, okay..." to "YUM!"

 

[Javamama]

The incident with Perdy just goes to show that goats = crazy, just like OFG says. She wasn't goofing off or anything and BAM! she got her hock stuck.
OH! That reminds me of another "just like that she was stuck" story - I was getting them ready to milk and I tied her to the porch rail with a 6 foot dog leash. I walked over to the pen (about 10 feet away) and when I turned around she had gotten the leash wrapped around her leg, over her shoulders and around her neck. If I had been gone for even a few minutes she probably would have strangled herself. And for this I will NEVER, EVER tie a goat up and leave the area. It was like magic it happened so fast.

I happen to have a bunch of lemons here, so I think I'll give the lemon cheese a try. I was surprised at the amount of salt it needed too. It made a huge difference when that salt finally melded in.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

so when life gives you lemons, then make cheese?

;-)

i'm not sure but there is a big roundy bright thing in the sky. i'm afraid. what is it?

;-)

 

[Javamama]

That there in they sky is a humidification device. It's preparing the atmosphere for the next round of 'weather'.


Look at those big words I just used so early in the morning

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

i cant hardly read them big words, java, i got too much cake and coffee in me! whoooot!

hee hee hee hee

plus i'm chasing you from my place to yours
;-)

i'm gonna go out and stare at it for a while.....

but Perdy is better? aside from the "here hold my beer and watch this" stuff?

goats = for heavens sakes!

 

[Javamama]

She's fine. Still a bit swollen but ran to the milk stand for grain.
I'm hopped up on fudge and coffee. Should probably make some eggs or something to eat soon. And my kids have a late start this morning so I could probably feed them too (don't even get me started on the whole late start morning today and Good Friday off tomorrow ) Ridiculous.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Great job on your cheese!!

 

[savingdogs]

Isn't it cool to say, "I made cheese today...."

 

[Denim Deb]

Isn't it cool to say, "I made cheese today...."

I dunno. I keep remember the conversation we had on OFG's journal awhile back.

 

[Javamama]

It IS kinda cool. But I want to say "I made cheese that the kids actually EAT" (I forgot to announce it when I was cutting the cheese )
I really want to learn to make cheese curds but I don't have enough milk for it.