I finally got around to making homemade Kahlua. I just wanna drink the coffee simple syrup from the first step!

Yesterday was officially eight weeks, the recommended time.

Smell:-store bought: smelled of alcohol, but sweeter, looks like they put corn syrup in there maybe for this purpose ( Read more... )

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I have the process down and don't make a big mess anymore. Last night I used (apple cider) vinegar as the acid and it worked just fine. About 1/2 cup was more than enough to curdle it.

A gallon of milk makes about 1.5 lbs of paneer cheese. That's a pretty good ratio, and with the price of cheese these days it's also a pretty good deal. =)

I found a really good flour tortilla Instructable! They're a little more labor intensive than corn tortillas: the dough requires more ingredients, time, and work; and you roll out the tortillas instead of using a tortilla press, which in my experience works very well for corn, but not flour tortilla dough.


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Don't know if top chef gets me in the mood for this sort of thing or because I'm just hungry, but I'm going for the triple play in the kitchen tonight: paneer, bread, and blondies ( Read more... )

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I can't believe how easy this was and that I've been missing out on homemade cheese all these years!
Finished product:

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I will be ordering from the New England Cheesemaking Supply Company very soon!

I'm on the hunt for vegetable rennet...

That DIY soyrizo didn't work. The result tasted fine, just not like chorizo. I tried adding lots of cayenne pepper sauce and buffalo wing sauce to Morningstar crumbles. At least it's spicy.