Things are tough for me right now, so please forgive me for being very scant on the posts. I have a lot I would like to say but right now I am terribly upset about issues going on with some friends of mine. I keep wanting to post about the garden and the goats and the horses and such but every time i try I just break down.
I am FINE, nothing is going wrong with ME. I am just way too emotionally involved in the dissolution of the marriage of the people who were, IMO, my two best friends. Because no matter what happens at this point I have lost at least one of them as a friend, and seeing the hurt going on between them is making me physically ill. I've been spending less time online, more time with my nose stuck in a book to just avoid thinking about it all.
A dear friend of mine once said, "It's really exhausting being there for your friends when they are hurting." This friend said that while being there for ME while *I* was going through MY divorce. It's the same friend who is now going through it themselves and they were right.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
I'm alive!!
I survived my Queso Blanco adventure.
The stuff is like tofu! It basically has very little flavor of it's own, and is a tad rubbery. I salted it but should have used a little more salt. I'm going to try using it in a few dishes to extend the amount of ground meat I use or maybe even as meat replacement in a few recipes. Next batch I am going to have some garlic salt and chives to mix in before I hang it to form into a lump. I think I got around 2 pounds out of it, and I saved the whey to use for making bread. I heard it makes for a nice rich moist loaf. And the Queso Blanco freezes well, so once the goats are milking if I have no other use for the extra I can whip up some of this and freeze it to use later.
The stuff is like tofu! It basically has very little flavor of it's own, and is a tad rubbery. I salted it but should have used a little more salt. I'm going to try using it in a few dishes to extend the amount of ground meat I use or maybe even as meat replacement in a few recipes. Next batch I am going to have some garlic salt and chives to mix in before I hang it to form into a lump. I think I got around 2 pounds out of it, and I saved the whey to use for making bread. I heard it makes for a nice rich moist loaf. And the Queso Blanco freezes well, so once the goats are milking if I have no other use for the extra I can whip up some of this and freeze it to use later.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Oh dear, what have I done?
I ran to the store and bought a gallon of whole milk, then spent the last hour doing this:
Queso Blanco
It's currently dripping out whey into a pan inside the cold oven (to keep the cats away from it). If i don't ever post again it is because i died after eating it. Wish me luck. If it turns out and i decide to make it again I'll document the whole process for a post. If it doesn't turn out and is disgusting I will never mention it again. lol.
Queso Blanco
It's currently dripping out whey into a pan inside the cold oven (to keep the cats away from it). If i don't ever post again it is because i died after eating it. Wish me luck. If it turns out and i decide to make it again I'll document the whole process for a post. If it doesn't turn out and is disgusting I will never mention it again. lol.
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