I'm getting ready to make homemade cottage cheese! :yahoo:

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:barf: I will help you with that :killingme

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MY cats' Mommy is better than YOUR cats' Mommy because THEIR Mommy makes them homemade cottage cheese with no preservatives and artificial ickies in it.

:cartwheel:

We used to make it when I was a kid. Of course we made damn near everything. Where you going to hang it? :lol:

MY cats' Mommy is better than YOUR cats' Mommy because THEIR Mommy makes them homemade cottage cheese with no preservatives and artificial ickies in it.

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:clap: So you changed their kitty food too?

Hmmm...I must not have done it right or maybe I squeezed too much of the whey out, because what I ended up with was more like cheese cheese instead of cottage cheese.

So I said, hey! :lightbulb: And squeezed even more whey out of it, then salted it and added some fresh basil. Then I kneaded it until it was smooth and somewhat stringy, very similar to mozzarella. And now I'm eating it on some garlic butter pizza crust I made the other day.

:yahoo:

:clap: So you changed their kitty food too?

They're eating what the vet recommended. :smile:

Hmmm...I must not have done it right or maybe I squeezed too much of the whey out, because what I ended up with was more like cheese cheese instead of cottage cheese.

So I said, hey! :lightbulb: And squeezed even more whey out of it, then salted it and added some fresh basil. Then I kneaded it until it was smooth and somewhat stringy, very similar to mozzarella. And now I'm eating it on some garlic butter pizza crust I made the other day.

:yahoo:

Homemade cottage cheese will be drier than the stuff in the tub from Shoppers. I remember my uncle getting it out and pouring buttermilk on it to moisten it up.

Homemade cottage cheese will be drier than the stuff in the tub from Shoppers. I remember my uncle getting it out and pouring buttermilk on it to moisten it up.

This was pretty dry. But I'm not unhappy with the result - it made a tasty dinner.

is it less salty than store bought? I want to eat cottage cheese because it is healthy..but the saltiness is too overwhelming for me..

is it less salty than store bought? I want to eat cottage cheese because it is healthy..but the saltiness is too overwhelming for me..

It's just milk and vinegar to curdle it. You can make it as salty or not as you like. YUM!

It's just milk and vinegar to curdle it. You can make it as salty or not as you like. YUM!

ooh neat. i'll hafta try it. great idea!

Yeah, but are your dining room chairs hot pink? I think not.

I made this cheese with raw goat milk last year. :yum:

And I just made butter, too. It's a lot easier using the food processor than shaking it in a jar. :lol:

What other grandma stuff should I learn to make?

And I just made butter, too. It's a lot easier using the food processor than shaking it in a jar. :lol:

What other grandma stuff should I learn to make?

We used a blender and it works too.

When I lived on a dairy we used to have the coolers on the 300 gallon milk tanks conk out and a tank would sour. Most of the time you would call the dairy association and they would send a truck that picked it up for the butter plant. Sometimes we would keep it and make butter. We used an old tub type washing machine my granddad modified. He made paddles for the agitator and we would churn 20 gallons at a time. It sucked :lol:

Yeah, but are your dining room chairs hot pink? I think not.

When the big one hits, don't you come crying to me and Pixie for pizza cheese :razz:

Dill pickles
Cure and smoke your own bacon and ham.
Preserves
Sour Kraut
Graze a cow in your back yard then kill it yourself and butcher it.

And I just made butter, too. It's a lot easier using the food processor than shaking it in a jar. :lol:

What other grandma stuff should I learn to make?

COOKIES!!!! Lots and lots of cookies!!! Cake would be okay too! And you can pass all your "test" cookies and cakes on to your fellow forumites for quality control testing!!! I would be more than willing to help you out! :buddies:

BTW, did you know if you took a Duncan Hines Pineapple Cake Mix (blasphemy, I know) and added a banana or two, used pineapple juice in place of the water, and added some Rum extract (or Captain Morgan - if no children would be partaking), it is really, really good? Especially in cupcake form!! Of course, I've discovered that some people like white whipped icing with coconut on top too.

You asked!!!!!

Dill pickles
Cure and smoke your own bacon and ham.
Preserves
Sour Kraut
Graze a cow in your back yard then kill it yourself and butcher it.

I have never made pickles - good one!

Preserves, done it.

Kraut, done it.

But I am not going to raise livestock in my backyard, let alone butcher it. My neighbors would...have a...

COOKIES!!!! Lots and lots of cookies!!!

I can make awesome oatmeal scotchies, but that's about the extent of my baking prowess. :lol:

BUT! I can fry chicken!!

I have never made pickles - good one!

Preserves, done it.

Kraut, done it.

But I am not going to raise livestock in my backyard, let alone butcher it. My neighbors would...have a...

You need to perfect an eggnog recipe for the upcoming holidays. :yay: Mulled wine and buttered rum.

Vrai, stop trying to make me sick.:lol:

I can make awesome oatmeal scotchies, but that's about the extent of my baking prowess. :lol:

BUT! I can fry chicken!!

Try the cake mix thing!! I'm telling ya... It's really yummy!!

I have never made pickles - good one!

Preserves, done it.

Kraut, done it.

But I am not going to raise livestock in my backyard, let alone butcher it. My neighbors would...have a...

I've made pickles..it's really easy..but I was a little disapointed because they didn't come out as crisp as I wanted..but it may have been the cukes I used. give it a try..garlic pickles are :drool:

I have never made pickles - good one!

Maybe you'll create a whole new pickle experience! I can see them on the store shelf now...



"Vraickles"

Moderated pickles for forum members!!


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I'm getting ready to make homemade cottage cheese! :yahoo:

Savvy Housekeeping » How to Make Cottage Cheese (http://www.savvyhousekeeping.com/?p=98)

Yeah, but are your dining room chairs hot pink? I think not.

When the big one hits, don't you come crying to me and Pixie for pizza cheese :razz:

I think that I'm going to weep. :bawl:

And I just made butter, too...

And you say I am losing my mind. You're now MAKING butter?

:lol:

I have never made pickles - good one!

Preserves, done it.

Kraut, done it.

But I am not going to raise livestock in my backyard, let alone butcher it. My neighbors would...have a...
Dymphna made pickles a couple years ago. Dill & 2 types of bread & butter. :yum: There is NO better bread & butter pickle recipe than the one from my aunt. I could eat a jar in a sitting.

And you say I am losing my mind. You're now MAKING butter?

:lol:

You would faint from pleasure if you tasted it because it is insanely fresh and yummy!

It's just milk and vinegar to curdle it. You can make it as salty or not as you like. YUM!

Did you do the cream or half and half at the end? Alton Brown's recipe looks the easiest.
Can't wait to have a Granola party :yahoo:

What other grandma stuff should I learn to make?

You can now make flavored butters and cheeses. Oh, and you can make yogurt. And you should make chicken stock. I just butchered 22 chickens, and I kept the feet for stock. It's supposed to make incredibly wonderful stock. Oh, and I made dog treats from the livers.

I just butchered 22 chickens, and I kept the feet for stock.

I am NOT doing that - at some point I have to draw the line :lol:

I am NOT doing that - at some point I have to draw the line :lol:

Now, I know you are losing it. A chance to murder birds? En masse? And you pass?

Now, I know you are losing it. A chance to murder birds? En masse? And you pass?
One of my childhoon memories that scared me for life was the October day my parents and a group of their friends decided we should purchase 100 chickens and make an assembly line to process them so we'd have fresh, free-range chicken for our freezers. Ward was given the job of feather plucking, but was soon removed once people further down the line noticed chickens coming from him were sans legs and wings... he decided it was quicker to chop them off rather than pluck...:doh:

One of my childhoon memories that scared me for life was the October day my parents and a group of their friends decided we should purchase 100 chickens and make an assembly line to process them so we'd have fresh, free-range chicken for our freezers. Ward was given the job of feather plucking, but was soon removed once people further down the line noticed chickens coming from him were sans legs and wings... he decided it was quicker to chop them off rather than pluck...:doh:

Granted, it is better if processing animals is more a way of life than some sort of once in a lifetime family bonding thing... :lol:

Granted, it is better if processing animals is more a way of life than some sort of once in a lifetime family bonding thing... :lol:

I can think of better ways to bond. :lol:

I'm getting ready to make homemade cottage cheese! :yahoo:

Savvy Housekeeping » How to Make Cottage Cheese (http://www.savvyhousekeeping.com/?p=98)Ya know, the grocery stores do sell cottage cheese, butter, cheese, and a host of other items including jelly/jams/preserves, chicken, and beef hoisted on top of a beautiful piece of styrofoam.

Vlassic makes better pickles than I ever will. Smuckers makes a damn good jar of jelly, and Perdue takes all the yuck out of cooking up some delicious chicken.

Ya know, the grocery stores do sell cottage cheese, butter, cheese, and a host of other items including jelly/jams/preserves, chicken, and beef hoisted on top of a beautiful piece of styrofoam.

Vlassic makes better pickles than I ever will. Smuckers makes a damn good jar of jelly, and Perdue takes all the yuck out of cooking up some delicious chicken.

:yeahthat:

Ya know, the grocery stores do sell cottage cheese, butter, cheese, and a host of other items including jelly/jams/preserves, chicken, and beef hoisted on top of a beautiful piece of styrofoam.

Vlassic makes better pickles than I ever will. Smuckers makes a damn good jar of jelly, and Perdue takes all the yuck out of cooking up some delicious chicken.

I like to cook but I can not stand to touch raw chicken for some reason. It gives me the heebie jeebies!

Ya know, the grocery stores do sell cottage cheese, butter, cheese, and a host of other items including jelly/jams/preserves, chicken, and beef hoisted on top of a beautiful piece of styrofoam.

Vlassic makes better pickles than I ever will. Smuckers makes a damn good jar of jelly, and Perdue takes all the yuck out of cooking up some delicious chicken.

Vlassic makes a decent pickle but nothing like the cooler pickles grandma used ot make. :lol:

Ya know, the grocery stores do sell cottage cheese, butter, cheese, and a host of other items including jelly/jams/preserves, chicken, and beef hoisted on top of a beautiful piece of styrofoam.

Vlassic makes better pickles than I ever will. Smuckers makes a damn good jar of jelly, and Perdue takes all the yuck out of cooking up some delicious chicken.

:yeahthat:

:yeahthat:

My chickens are boneless and my eggs don't come from a chicken butt.

:yeahthat:

My chickens are boneless and my eggs don't come from a chicken butt.

Where do the eggs from Shopper come from then?

Where do the eggs from Shopper come from then?
I don't know about all of them, but I know the ones I buy come from the Easter Bunny because they have a red "EB" stamp on each and every one of them.

Where do the eggs from Shopper come from then?

The egg aisle.

I don't know about all of them, but I know the ones I buy come from the Easter Bunny because they have a red "EB" stamp on each and every one of them.

:killingme

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Where do the eggs from Shopper come from then?

A truck silly!

Ya know, the grocery stores do sell cottage cheese, butter, cheese, and a host of other items including jelly/jams/preserves, chicken, and beef hoisted on top of a beautiful piece of styrofoam.

Vlassic makes better pickles than I ever will. Smuckers makes a damn good jar of jelly, and Perdue takes all the yuck out of cooking up some delicious chicken.

No no no!!! That misses the point of accomplishment. Like my tomatoes last year, I want to prove I can do it. Once that happens, I can then leave it to the professionals. :yay:

Screw the dayum cheeseball and prove you are woman enough to make us all a punkin' pie!

1,725-pound pumpkin takes the prize.

Screw the dayum cheeseball and prove you are woman enough to make us all a punkin' pie!

1,725-pound pumpkin takes the prize.

:yeahthat: I love, love, love pumpkin pie!!! :clap:

Screw the dayum cheeseball and prove you are woman enough to make us all a punkin' pie!

YAY! I love punky pie!

You cut up and cook the punkin, and I'll mix all stuff together and pour it into Ready Crust. :yay:

YAY! I love punky pie!

You cut up and cook the punkin, and I'll mix all stuff together and pour it into Ready Crust. :yay:

:eyebrow:

Come on now... you at least gotta make your crust from scratch!

YAY! I love punky pie!

You cut up and cook the punkin, and I'll mix all stuff together and pour it into Ready Crust. :yay:

Team work! :clap: I'll bring the mango margaritas... you like mangos, right? :clap:

Screw the dayum cheeseball and prove you are woman enough to make us all a punkin' pie!

1,725-pound pumpkin takes the prize.

YAY! I love punky pie!

You cut up and cook the punkin, and I'll mix all stuff together and pour it into Ready Crust. :yay:
You really have to try the Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream Cake. It tastes like pumpkin pie without the sliminess of a pumpkin pie.

You really have to try the Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream Cake. It tastes like pumpkin pie without the sliminess of a pumpkin pie.

Well, if your pumpkin pie ice cream cake made it to Annapolis without fail, it will surely make it to Leonardtown...:tap:

You really have to try the Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream Cake. It tastes like pumpkin pie without the sliminess of a pumpkin pie.

:eyebrow: What kind of pumpkin pie are you making?

Well, if your pumpkin pie ice cream cake made it to Annapolis without fail, it will surely make it to Leonardtown...:tap:
:tap:

:eyebrow:

Come on now... you at least gotta make your crust from scratch!

Did I say Ready Crust? :doh: What I *meant* to say was the crust that would be ready when BadGirl makes it. :yay:

Mmm, you guys should make Paula Deen's pumpkin pie cheesecake :drool:

Did I say Ready Crust? :doh: What I *meant* to say was the crust that would be ready when BadGirl makes it. :yay:
Now that IS crafty! :clap:

Now that IS crafty! :clap:

I am a delegater. :shrug:

:eyebrow: What kind of pumpkin pie are you making?

Pumpkin pie ...you should try my pumpkin pie. :whistle:

Pumpkin pie ...you should try my pumpkin pie. :whistle:

I heard they freeze and ship well. :biggrin:

I heard they freeze and ship well. :biggrin:

Hmmm..never froze one.

Hmmm..never froze one.

Mrs. Smith does it all the time!!!!!



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Hmmm..never froze one.

Well, you could always deliver it. :biggrin:

Mrs. Smith does it all the time!!!!!



:lmao:

Look Frenchy, my pies are awesome. :mad:







:lol:

I prefer sweet potato pie over pumpkin. :shrug:

I prefer sweet potato pie over pumpkin. :shrug:

:drama:

I prefer sweet potato pie over pumpkin. :shrug:

:yay::yay:

Well, you could always deliver it. :biggrin:

I can get as far as Sandy Point...wonder if it would Frisbee well. :shrug: :lmao:

I can get as far as Sandy Point...wonder if it would Frisbee well. :shrug: :lmao:

:roflmao:

:drama:

I'll take pumpkin since she isnt interested :howdy:

I'll take pumpkin since she isnt interested :howdy:

You supply the pie plate and I'll bake it!

You supply the pie plate and I'll bake it!

SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :getdown:

I'll take pumpkin since she isnt interested :howdy:

:buttkick: Move over Chicky! I didn't say I didn't like it! :lol:

You supply the pie plate and I'll bake it!

SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :getdown:

:tantrum









Hey Vrai, I thought of something else you can make! Pasta! That's what my Christmas gifts to family will be this year. Different flavored pastas!

Hey Vrai, I thought of something else you can make! Pasta! That's what my Christmas gifts to family will be this year. Different flavored pastas!

I make pasta all the time. It's so easy and tastes so much better than the dried stuff.

COOKIES!!!! Lots and lots of cookies!!! Cake would be okay too! And you can pass all your "test" cookies and cakes on to your fellow forumites for quality control testing!!! I would be more than willing to help you out! :buddies:

BTW, did you know if you took a Duncan Hines Pineapple Cake Mix (blasphemy, I know) and added a banana or two, used pineapple juice in place of the water, and added some Rum extract (or Captain Morgan - if no children would be partaking), it is really, really good? Especially in cupcake form!! Of course, I've discovered that some people like white whipped icing with coconut on top too.

You asked!!!!!

That sounds yummy. How much rum extract or captain morgan?

I make pasta all the time. It's so easy and tastes so much better than the dried stuff.

Well nevermind then. :lol: I just kidnapped my mom's pasta maker/roller thing when I visited her.

That sounds yummy. How much rum extract or captain morgan?

Added rum extract till it tasted right. Didn't take much. If you use Captain Morgan, you could try the same thing. Just might want to go a little light on the liquid to make up for adding the rum. Usually, I find that one can of sliced pineapple has just around a cup of juice and I use that in place of water. Just add enough water to make whatever amount the recipe calls for. Guess you could do the same with Captain Morgan. :shrug:

You really have to try the Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream Cake. It tastes like pumpkin pie without the sliminess of a pumpkin pie.

You really should try to eat a FRESH Pumpkin Pie once. I have never had a pumpkin pie that was "SLIMMY".

You really should try to eat a FRESH Pumpkin Pie once. I have never had a pumpkin pie that was "SLIMMY".

I made pie from a fresh pumpkin one time just to prove I could do it. Then I went back to the canned packed pumpkin.

I made pie from a fresh pumpkin one time just to prove I could do it. Then I went back to the canned packed pumpkin.

You really should try to eat a FRESH Pumpkin Pie once. I have never had a pumpkin pie that was "SLIMMY".

I ment "Fresh" as in just baked, not old and slimmy.

Hmmm...I must not have done it right or maybe I squeezed too much of the whey out, because what I ended up with was more like cheese cheese instead of cottage cheese.

So I said, hey! :lightbulb: And squeezed even more whey out of it, then salted it and added some fresh basil. Then I kneaded it until it was smooth and somewhat stringy, very similar to mozzarella. And now I'm eating it on some garlic butter pizza crust I made the other day.

:yahoo:

:yay: I am going to have to try this! I love mozzarella. This is so cool

I have never made pickles - good one!

Preserves, done it.

Kraut, done it.

But I am not going to raise livestock in my backyard, let alone butcher it. My neighbors would...have a...

:lmao:

I don't know about all of them, but I know the ones I buy come from the Easter Bunny because they have a red "EB" stamp on each and every one of them.

:roflmao:

:yay: I am going to have to try this! I love mozzarella. This is so cool

One caveat:

I made it with skim milk, so the cheese was fat-free. Which means the melt factor was :blick:. If (when?) I do it again, I'll use whole milk to give it some body.