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LGC 004 – Interview with Gürkan Yeniçeri

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A great show this week. I interview Gürkan Yeniçeri who has a cheese and deli blog: artizanpeynirci.blogspot.com. His blog is in Turkish, so you may need to use Google Translate.

Gürkan Yeniçeri

You can also find Gürkan on his facebook page https://www.facebook.com/HomeCheeseMakers?ref=mf

The news segment is from The Sun newspaper published in the UK. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4939592/Police-stop-gran-making-Double-Gloucester-for-cheese-rolling-event.html

The cheese of the episode is Emmantaler.  I made a wheel last Sunday, and it is aging in the cheese fridge.  In fact, I am making another cheese making video tutorial about this recipe, so it should be up on YouTube in a week or two.

Listener questions are about pressing curds that do not knit together, and a Frenchman learning to make Camembert!

Thanks for listening. Until next time curd nerds, Keep Calm & Make Cheese.

LGC 003 – Cheese Making Basics

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This week, in the absence of an interview, I talk about cheese making basics. I step you through how cheese is formed and what properties within the milk assist it into separated curds and whey. I also talk about cultures, rennet and salt.

The News of the week came from this link in the Scotsman.com; http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/harrods-snaps-up-mum-s-home-kits-for-making-cheese-1-2924733. Well done to Ailsa and her future endeavours.

cheese making basics

The Cheese of the episode is Colby. I describe how this unique washed curd cheese is coloured with Annatto, and how many commercial cheeses are dyed with this food colouring.

There are many listener questions which cover topics such as Lactose free soft cheese, a swollen parmesan, sour farmhouse cheddar, and a correction to the quick mozzarella recipe. Keep sending them in, as I love reading them on air.

Thanks for to the many listeners for subscribing. It would be a great favour and help raise the profile of the show if you could leave a comment/review and rate the show within the iTunes store. In this way, more home cheese makers will become aware of this free resource.

Until next episode curd nerds!

LGC 002 – Interview with Liz Beavis

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This week on the Little Green Cheese podcast, we have an interview with Liz Beavis, who writes at http://eight-acres.blogspot.com.au/ and lives in Nanango, Qld. Liz has two dairy cows that she and her husband milk each day. With the excess milk, Liz makes raw milk cheese for her own consumption.
Liz Beavis
In Cheese News, I look at this article from the Maitland Mercury; http://www.maitlandmercury.com.au/story/1474392/a-mature-approach/?cs=170

The Cheese of the episode is Caerphilly, which I made on Sunday, May 5th, 2013.  It is now ripening in the cheese fridge, and you can find the recipe within my cheese making book “Keep Calm and Make Cheese – The Beginners Guide to Cheese Making at Home”.

Thanks for listening!

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