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7. "Perfect Timing"
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Game on, Tribe! These are going to be fun.

We have a weekly standing milk home delivery order. (Yes, I have a milkman who leaves glass bottles of milk on my doorstep.)

Last week, because of Thanksgiving, we were not home much and thus, the Little Fros did not consume the normal amount of milk that they usually would (which is A LOT because they only drink that and water.)

So when this week's milk bottles showed up there were already a few from last week in the fridge, and I had decided that I was finally going to make ricotta with the surplus. I hadn't gotten as far as what to do with the ricotta after I'd made it, yet.

So! I am happy to report that the ricotta is already in the cheesecloth, draining away. It was super super simple to make, obviously, since I managed to do it in about 20 minutes while on a work conference call and having both kids orbiting around me in the kitchen.

Yes, I already tweaked the recipe. (game ON!) I used skim milk because that's what I have. I did use heavy cream. I had to supplement the fresh lemon juice with some bottled because the two little wimpy lemons that I had in the fridge were not terribly juicy.

Also, after pouring the cheese into the cheesecloth/strainer, I tied the cheesecloth into a little bag and hung it from a spoon over the original pot to catch the drips. I had read (when researching ricotta-making previously) that the weight of the cheese unto itself promotes better draining.

Fair warning, I have no basil, so the gnudi are going to be made with something else. Not sure what, yet. Here's the cheese, in a bowl, resting in the fridge until I put together dinner this evening. It's about a cup of cheese. I assume that had I used whole milk, I may have gotten a greater amount of cheese, but I'm not sure.

I also saved the liquid drained off of the ricotta and am trying to determine whether I can do anything with it. (It's a little over 1.5 quarts of whey leftover.) Waffles?

(ETA: I used a cup of whey to make a loaf of bread. I poured the rest of it into jars and stashed them in the fridge and will figure out what to do with them later.)

Pictures to come soon. Have to find the camera cable. Found the cable.



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  Subject     Author     Message Date     ID  
 OTCC: tribe's whims   tribephyl     12-02-11       
   RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   thndrkttn     12-02-11     1  
     RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   Puffy     12-02-11     13  
     RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   tribephyl     12-03-11     16  
   RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   Tummy     12-02-11     2  
     RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   tribephyl     12-03-11     17  
   RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   qwertypie     12-02-11     3  
     RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   Tummy     12-02-11     9  
         RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   qwertypie     12-02-11     10  
     RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   Puffy     12-02-11     12  
     RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   tribephyl     12-03-11     18  
   Gnudi!!!   Snidget     12-02-11     4  
     RE: Gnudi!!!   tribephyl     12-03-11     19  
         RE: Gnudi!!!   Snidget     12-03-11     28  
             RE: Gnudi!!!   thndrkttn     12-03-11     31  
   Holy Canoli CaGnudi!   samboohoo     12-02-11     5  
     RE: Holy Canoli CaGnudi!   tribephyl     12-03-11     20  
   RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   weltek     12-02-11     6  
     RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   tribephyl     12-03-11     21  
         RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   qwertypie     12-03-11     26  
             RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   kingfish     12-03-11     33  
   Perfect Timing   frodis     12-02-11     7  
     RE: Perfect Timing   woeisme1     12-02-11     14  
         RE: Perfect Timing   qwertypie     12-03-11     27  
             RE: Perfect Timing   woeisme1     12-04-11     39  
                 RE: Perfect Timing   qwertypie     12-04-11     41  
         RE: Perfect Timing   frodis     12-03-11     29  
             RE: Perfect Timing   qwertypie     12-03-11     30  
             RE: Perfect Timing   tribephyl     12-03-11     32  
     RE: Perfect Timing   tribephyl     12-03-11     22  
         RE: Perfect Timing   qwertypie     12-03-11     35  
   RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   kingfish     12-02-11     8  
     RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   agman     12-02-11     11  
     RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   tribephyl     12-03-11     23  
         RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   kingfish     12-03-11     34  
   Tribe..   foonermints     12-03-11     15  
     RE: Tribe..   tribephyl     12-03-11     24  
         What is Life?   foonermints     12-03-11     25  
   RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   qwertypie     12-03-11     36  
     Isn't He   foonermints     12-03-11     37  
         RE: Isn't He   qwertypie     12-03-11     38  
             Hardwood   foonermints     12-04-11     40  
   Gnudi pic!   thndrkttn     12-05-11     42  
     RE: Gnudi pic!   tribephyl     12-05-11     43  
     RE: Gnudi pic!   woeisme1     12-05-11     44  
     RE: Gnudi pic!   agman     12-08-11     49  
     RE: Gnudi pic!   Tummy     12-08-11     50  
   Long-winded Ricotta Notes   frodis     12-06-11     45  
     RE: Long-winded Ricotta Notes   qwertypie     12-06-11     47  
         RE: Long-winded Ricotta Notes   frodis     12-06-11     48  
             RE: Long-winded Ricotta Notes   qwertypie     01-07-12     64  
   ohhhh, the G is silent   suzzee     12-06-11     46  
   Fushia Nuclear Beets   qwertypie     12-15-11     51  
     Fushia Magenta Nuclear Beet...   qwertypie     12-15-11     52  
         RE: Fushia Magenta Nuclear ...   frodis     12-16-11     57  
     Big Hit   qwertypie     12-30-11     62  
         RE: Big Hit   tribephyl     01-08-12     70  
   You say "kale chips", I say "party ...   qwertypie     12-15-11     53  
     Kale Chips with pics!   thndrkttn     12-16-11     59  
         RE: Kale Chips with pics!   qwertypie     12-16-11     60  
   Ricotta   woeisme1     12-15-11     54  
     RE: Ricotta   qwertypie     12-16-11     55  
         RE: Ricotta   woeisme1     12-16-11     56  
             RE: Ricotta   qwertypie     12-16-11     58  
   RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   Tummy     12-21-11     61  
   RE: OTCC: tribe's whims   qwertypie     01-07-12     63  
     question(s)   qwertypie     01-09-12     71  
         RE: question(s)   tribephyl     01-09-12     72  
   Burp!   weltek     01-07-12     65  
     RE: Burp!   tribephyl     01-07-12     66  
         RE: Burp!   qwertypie     01-07-12     67  
   GnudiBoinK!   foonermints     01-08-12     68  
     RE: GnudiBoinK!   Tummy     01-09-12     73  
   Swoop   jbug     01-08-12     69  
   More gnudi pics!   qwertypie     01-10-12     74  

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