How to Make Cheese
Years ago, I received a cheese-making kit for Christmas. It called for a gallon of milk and I couldn’t believe the small amount of cheese it made. I thought I did something wrong. Now, as I’m going through 1800s cookbooks, I find it actually takes about five quarts of milk to make a pound of cheese. If you want to try making your own cheese, look at modern recipes. Milk in the 1800s was not pasteurized and could sour without…