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It melts like other home made stretched mozzarella, but not as well as store bought. I don't usually slice my mozzarella so I am not sure but it holds a shape, not sure if it would crumble when a knife goes across it. I shred it because it is easier for me to cook with that way.

This is still what my garden looks like and my grapes are next to the garage. The red shed is my gardening shed and the fence posts are about 6 ft high. So I got a while yet before I can prune. But talking about it sure makes me wish spring was a little closer.

Easy Peasy Pizza cheese 4 gallons raw cow's milk 1 1/2 cups yogurt 3/4 cup buttermilk 1/8 tsp powdered calf rennet (or follow the directions for what ever rennet you have) 3/8 cup kosher salt In a double boiler, warm milk to 90*F. Whisk yogurt with buttermilk and enough warmed milk to make...

The book I like best is The complete guide to making cheese, butter, and yogurt at home by Richard Helweg. He explains things really well. The family cow forum has a section on making dairy products if you are still looking for a forum. I found a mozzarella recipe there that you don't have...

Yes, freezing would be lots easier but for me in the fall, that is when the chickens, beef, and pigs get butchered plus I might have frozen tomatoes in there lurking for me to catch up and make more sauce. I have 3 freezers and it's not enough. I know, I have a crazy first world problem...

Oh, my goodness, your experience is amazing!

I am wondering if I can still make wine out of grapes that I turned into juice and canned? It was the middle of Harvest Season for the garden and I still had lots of jam and my husband thought maybe we could make wine but I did not have time then to investigate what that would take, so I...

I have never made any kind of wine before but I have two Valiant grape plants that gave me over 21 guarts of grape juice. I still have lots of grape jam from the year before and need to do something else with it. I am hoping to find something that I can drink that doesn't make my stomach feel...