Making cheese and soap

Using milk to make cheese, soap, (butter, cream)

Sources for rennet and lye.

Recipe for pineapple farm cheese!!! (pineapple bits, sugar or honey, farm cheese)

2 Responses to Making cheese and soap

  1. Lewis Marshall says:
    October 15, 2012 at 3:41 pm

    Hello, I’m a 26 year old soldier in active duty ARMY. Due to my medical condition I will leave the service within a year or so. My dream is to buy a small piece of land (20-50 acres) in central Texas and start a homestead. I have a particular fondness for goats. I know nothing about making cheese but have a great desire to do so. Could you share some knowledge about cheese and soap production?

    • Inspired Ink says:
      October 17, 2012 at 2:24 am

      Hello Lewis,

      First, thanks for serving our country!

      And as for your request, sure, I’ll add that to the top of my list. It may take a few weeks, since I have several projects already in the works.

      Cheese is either very simple, or vastly complicated, depending on how far you want to pursue it. Some cheeses can be made very easily and quickly, and others involve secrets passed down for generations and months and months of aging before you even know if it came out ok. Goat cheeses tend to fall among some of the simpler ones though.

      Soap is fairly simple … involving calculating the right amount of additives to include with your oils. Again, there are several “levels” but I’m guessing you don’t want the simplest craft soaps that just involve melting and reforming, maybe with some additives. There are some safety concerns, since you are usually working with lye, and beyond that it’s fairly simple for most aspects.

      Maybe we’ll be almost-neighbors; I live in east Texas. Hopefully your land will be well-suited to goats. When I get the posts (I’ll shoot for sooner rather than later) feel free to ask any questions, and I’ll help if I can. :)

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