Cheese makers - help? did i waste 2 gallons of goat milk?

[ohiofarmgirl]

sorry if this is mis-posted.... i'm kind of in a pickle as a newby cheesemaker.

today during the 'storm of the century' (until the next one of course)... i was following the directions to make mozzarella and the newscasters screaming about the storm distracted me..... and after i added the citric acid, lipase, heated to the right temp.. then i reached for the thermophillic starter... but grabbed the rennet instead...

so there is no starter and i skipped the ripening part of this...

so do i have just a big pot of nothin' but 'cheese' for the chickens? any way to salvage this into anything??

drats..... its two gallons of milk... help!

 

[MissPrissy]

Try wrapping it in cheesecloth and pressing to get the liquid out and see if you can salavge any type cheese. If not the chickens will indeed love it.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

thanks MissP!

i'm a big ol' disaster lately - my buttermilk sat too long and separated yesterday. ugh. need to get the hang of this for sure.

thanks thanks thanks!

 

[johny1]

Ah, this is really annoying if you try to make something and you just do a little thing wrong and then you can throw away the whole piece. Unfortunately there is sometimes no other solution than to throw it all away.