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How To Make Cream Cheese – Video Tutorial

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Who loves this cheese?

I know that my family does, especially when I managed to create some cheese logs.

The left hand logs are rolled in re-hydrated chives and onions with a sprinkle of cracked black pepper, and the right hand logs are rolled in Italian herb mix with a sprinkle of sweet paprika.  Kim and I had a little of each last night with plain water crackers and the taste was divine.  Kim said I could sell them, no problems at all.

Both are delicious, just like those herbed cheese rolls that you buy over the cheese counter at your local deli.
However, you get these logs and a big tub of cream cheese for just $8.50 in ingredients and no special equipment required!  You can even use it to make the perfect cheese cake.  Impressive or what?

Anyway, on with the video.  It was filmed over two days, as it is a long yet simple process.  If you after a copy of the video and the recipe, you can find it at this post over on Little Green Cheese, or (and I am going to be cheeky) purchase a copy of my cheese making eBook titled “Keep Calm and Make Cheese“, which contains all of my cheese making recipes and techniques.

Also, dear readers, I realise that I have been very cheesy of late on this blog, but when you have one week of annual leave up your sleeve (last week), you do all the things you love doing but don’t normally have the time.  For me it was making lots of cheese and some gardening.

All great fun.  Enjoy your cream cheese!

Great News!

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Over the weekend, Kim and I received some fantastic news.

This news is that the Melton Sustainable Living Group will continue!  I was a bit worried that the group would fold.  After a great co-ordination effort by Patrick Mc, who sent out a survey to members, which helped to fill the missing committee positions, the group now has volunteers for each executive and ordinary committee roles.

All that is required now is to hold the Annual General Meeting to make the changes final, and to perform the handover ceremony.  I am so glad that it is continuing.

We are both ecstatic that people have considered that it is worthwhile to keep sustainable living education alive in our community.  It is really needed as we start to see signs of TSHTF.

Even though Kim and I have resigned, and are not members at this stage due to taking a breather, we still hold it close to our heart as one would expect.  You can read about how I felt on my last day as President in this post titled “Sad“.  But the great thing is that the group continues as an entity, so I am not sad anymore.

Great effort by all who helped keep the group functioning.  Community spirit is alive and well.  I am looking forward to helping out on the odd occasion.

Making Colby Cheese – Video

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Curd nerds rejoice!

I have finally finished production of my new cheese making video.  This one is a modified Colby recipe that I now call my own.

The video took many hours in post production last night due to the failure within the editing software.  At least I can call the first attempt of editing a practice run, so this version should be spot on.

If you want the full recipe, pop on over to my cheese making blog, as I have it posted on Little Green Cheese.  Share with as many people as you like, please.


Enjoy the tutorial.  If you have any questions or comments, leave them over on the associated post titled “Colby Cheese – Video Tutorial“.

Until next time, remember to Keep Calm and Make Cheese!  (corny tagline, but I love it).