Brought Sonya and Clara to a cheese making workshop this afternoon. I had made cheese at home myself but had problems many times so I was interested to see how the organizers made their cheese. Oh, it was mozarella cheese that we were making. Also, kids were encouraged to make the cheese so perfect activity for Sonya. Clara was bored most of the time though.
They heated the milk and then added lemon juice to the milk to help it curdle.
Added rennet to further help in the curdling.
While waiting for the milk to curdle, they did an interesting experiment where the kids cracked a raw egg into a bowl and then alcohol was added to it. The alcohol actually started cooking the egg. It was quite amazing!
Now the curds had formed and ready to be separated from the whey.
Heat the curds in the microwave, then stretch it and the cheese all ready.
Savoring the cheese of labour :)
My cheese monster!
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