In no way do I consider myself an expert or even very knowledgeable on cheesemaking, I have been making cheeses for about 10 years. Although it’s on my to-do list, I’ve never, for example, made a hard or semi-hard cheese that requires a press. On the other hand, I’ve made lots of Greek feta style […]
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As some of you may know, at the end of November, we spent a weekend up in Exarchos, Central Greece, to help with the olive harvest – olives that were to be pressed into olive oil. We were not there for the entire harvesting – but even the hours we did spend were hard work;
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The above photo was used on my post about making Bulgarian Yogurt. The reason is because I don’t have too many photos of the yogurts I have made, although I have a few that show some different steps in the process. However, this photo was taken when I successfully made yogurt from UHT treated milk
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Years ago, I wondered if I could make yogurt myself, and save some money on grocery store purchased yogurt – at the time, my youngest son David was really enjoying yogurt mixed with a bit of honey and frozen blueberries. My first attempt was a fabulous success, and we really enjoyed our homemade product. Several
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Last week, I decided I wanted to deal with the recent urge to do some home cheesemaking again after an approximately 4 year hiatus. While I do not have all my cheesemaking supplies and sometimes necessary ingredients for creating additional flavour (lipase specifically), I finally was able to source calcium chloride as well as rennet
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This should matter to you, if you are a Canadian. Max Fawcett’s salary is subsidized by Canadian tax payers. He is the lead columnist for Canada’s “National Observer” which is subsidized by the Canadian federal government. But Max is pretty much a fool when it comes to having abilities to fact check things. He will
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As I wrote the other day, we were in Exarchos to help with harvesting olives that are going to be pressed into olive oil. On Sunday, it was raining in the morning so a decision was made to cancel that day’s planned work. So, after it stopped raining, I decided to head over to my
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It was a chilly 2 degrees Celsius when we all woke up around 7:15 in the morning, on November 26, 2022. I’m not really a morning person and hadn’t had a lot of sleep but I crawled out from under the heavy wool blankets about 15 minutes later and felt the chill in the air.
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On our third day on the Island of Kea, we decided to really burn some fuel – and if you are going to travel around the island in a car, be prepared for some high fuel consumption! Over the course of the days we were on the island, we drove perhaps just over 200km, and
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One of the must-sees if you visit Kea is located just outside the village of Ioulida (also called Ioulis), and is accessible via a foot path in Ioulida, or from the other side near the Benjamin Spring. This stone sculpture apparently dates back to the 6th Century BCE and and its origins remain shrouded in
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