Cheese press

[LeeB]

Any cheese makers on here? I cobbled together a cheese press today.  

[newoodguy78]

I'm not a cheese maker, but I do enjoy cheese and a clever design. Nice job,I like it.

[LeeB]

I can't take credit for the design. It came from one of the cheese making supply outlets. I got it from a fellow I know that holds cheese making classes. It's modified some from the original plan which has the fulcrum mounted to the wall instead od a freestanding design.

[SwampDonkey]

No, I haven't. But dad's mother would make cottage cheese.

[joe_indi]

I found ' multi- tasking' a ham press works for me. It's one of those light weight  kinds that use 4 springs for applying pressure. I got four very light springs made. 
There is also a Paneer press available ( paneer is Indian cottage cheese) I use that too. A bottle with water at different levels for modifying the pressure gives good results. But my quantities are very low 
Maximum I do is ,5 liters of milk
This is a paneer press

This is the ham press

[LeeB]

The mold I use is like the paneer mold you linked to. What currency is that in the link? Rupee I assume?

[joe_indi]

The mold I use is like the paneer mold you linked to. What currency is that in the link? Rupee I assume?

Yes Indian Rupee

[LeeB]

I've been making quite a bit of cheese here lately. My neighbor is getting way more milk than he wants to deal with so a lot of it has been coming my way. I use about 3 1/2 gallons per wheel and that makes about a pound per gallon. I think I have at least 60 pounds of cheese aging right now. My milk cow should be calving in a few weeks so even more milk to deal with. Woe is me. 

[Southside]

What kinds have you made?  We are working on a few skim recipes  to make use of our excess that gets the cream pulled off. 

[SwampDonkey]

Ever try Brie cheese? Sorta like cream cheese as it uses lots of cream and develops a kind of skin on it from what ever bacterial culture it uses. My grandmother used to make a cottage cheese many years ago.  You guys are making butter to I assume? ;)