Cheese~making Class

Our March mother & daughter co~op

was a great opportunity for a

hands-on

'field trip' down to a 

local creamery 

to learn all about cheese making~

 About 12 girls and 7 moms

participated in making homemade mozzarella...

One of the best parts was learning the complete process

from the dairy cows right on the property 

to

milking, cheese making, and selling...

of their raw milk & cheeses.

I didn't capture pictures of the whole group,

but there's enough to capture our experience :)

Learning about the cheese making process~

This guy (and his wife in the picture below) explained
the process of their cheese making...
It was neat how they are trying to keep their family farm
going by finding marketable products to sell.

The mozzarella demonstration was filled with lots of questions
and answers.  

The girls gathered round to see the curds separate from the whey
and then helped cut them.

Stretching out the mozzarella~

In about a half hour you can make about 3/4 lb. of homemade mozzarella
from a gallon of raw milk.  Goat's milk works too.
And, you don't have to use the microwave method if you don't want to.
Easy!

I think everyone went home knowing they could repeat the process
again.  Not to mention the kits we bought make a minimum of
about 10 batches :)