Got a new book!

We went on a Field Trip today, and ended up at Half-Price Books.  I have a love/hate relationship with them - it is very hard for me to go in and NOT buy a book or 10.  Today was no different.....I had no intention of purchasing anything.  But then......they actually had a book on making cheese.  I've gotten bored with the recipes in "Home Cheesemaking" - I have 32 pounds of cheese in the fridge (not counting the 2 pounds of  Manchego and the leftovers of Queso Fresco and Chevre) and 6 more pounds in the china cabinet (my "drying" cabinet - the door is propped open so the wheels can dry before being waxed.)  Most of it is cheddar of some form or another....but really, I'm BORED.  the new book is "Making Artisan Cheese" (or something like that) and it has at least 5 recipes my other book doesn't have.  :bounce:  I need to make more Ricotta tomorrow (for a local guy - he asked, and I don't mind.), then I think I'm gonna try Caerphilly.  Then Romano.  And maybe Swiss again....:lol:  (Hey, the Lord has blessed us with all this milk, it'd be wrong to let it go to waste, right?  Right.)


Herself loves the aged Queso Fresco - and it's fast, so I'll probably be making another batch of that this week - but it's a semi-hard cheese and doesn't last long.  I need more varieties of hard cheese - it stores longer, and - to me - makes better use of all the milk.

Soaping:  I de-molded the Rain Forest log, but haven't cut it yet.  It's pretty solid, and looks good - from the outside anyway.  I washed up with the scraps from the mold.....no zap, so it's a good bet it's a good batch.  I'll cut it tomorrow.....here's hoping it looks as good inside as it does on the outside.  Not that it matters - this is MINE.  :heheh:

I need to read my new book....see what else I can make!