Comments on: Holy Crap! It worked! http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2009/02/01/holy-crap-it-worked/ I never touched it, honest! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:35:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Katherine Hunter http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2009/02/01/holy-crap-it-worked/comment-page-1/#comment-11901 Katherine Hunter Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:48:00 +0000 http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2009/02/01/holy-crap-it-worked/#comment-11901 no one ever called me frugal / smile / i have used skim, 2% and whole milk to make the curds i call ricotta / a pal asked if it could be made with half and half / so i tried that too and yes you can no one ever called me frugal / smile / i have used skim, 2% and whole milk to make the curds i call ricotta / a pal asked if it could be made with half and half / so i tried that too and yes you can

]]> By: Jeremy http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2009/02/01/holy-crap-it-worked/comment-page-1/#comment-11900 Jeremy Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:06:48 +0000 http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2009/02/01/holy-crap-it-worked/#comment-11900 <a href='#comment-11883' rel="nofollow">@Linda Wambura</a> - You can come and make some with me, then go on the picnic. Takes about 90 minutes when you don't know what you're doing. @Linda Wambura – You can come and make some with me, then go on the picnic. Takes about 90 minutes when you don’t know what you’re doing.

]]> By: Linda Wambura http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2009/02/01/holy-crap-it-worked/comment-page-1/#comment-11883 Linda Wambura Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:51:57 +0000 http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2009/02/01/holy-crap-it-worked/#comment-11883 You actually went through with it. Congrats. Wow!!!! I'm very impressed. Can I have some for my next picnic? You actually went through with it. Congrats. Wow!!!! I’m very impressed. Can I have some for my next picnic?

]]> By: Jeremy http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2009/02/01/holy-crap-it-worked/comment-page-1/#comment-11877 Jeremy Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:35:19 +0000 http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2009/02/01/holy-crap-it-worked/#comment-11877 <a href='#comment-11876' rel="nofollow">@Katherine Hunter</a> - Nice recipe Katherine, but having lived in Italy, you know that ricotta is frugality itself, made from the whey <em>after</em> the mozzarella or other cheese. To make it with whole milk seems awfully extravagant. @Katherine Hunter – Nice recipe Katherine, but having lived in Italy, you know that ricotta is frugality itself, made from the whey after the mozzarella or other cheese. To make it with whole milk seems awfully extravagant.

]]> By: Katherine Hunter http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2009/02/01/holy-crap-it-worked/comment-page-1/#comment-11876 Katherine Hunter Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:34:52 +0000 http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2009/02/01/holy-crap-it-worked/#comment-11876 it is also easy to make ricotta and you dont need anything but milk and lemon juice / heat two quarts milk slowly with juice of one lemon / stir once / gradually raise temperature to 190' / a nice thick layer of curd forms / do not boil / turn off heat and let cool a bit then strain through linen cloth / hang for 20 minutes to let it drip / i like the first taste to be when it is still warm and drizzled with honey / i lived in Italy for six years and miss it a lot ! but now i live in the great American southwest and substitute Mexican cheese for mozzarella / smile they whey is useful too / my dog likes it and so do plants it is also easy to make ricotta and you dont need anything but milk and lemon juice / heat two quarts milk slowly with juice of one lemon / stir once / gradually raise temperature to 190′ / a nice thick layer of curd forms / do not boil / turn off heat and let cool a bit then strain through linen cloth / hang for 20 minutes to let it drip / i like the first taste to be when it is still warm and drizzled with honey / i lived in Italy for six years and miss it a lot ! but now i live in the great American southwest and substitute Mexican cheese for mozzarella / smile

they whey is useful too / my dog likes it and so do plants

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