Those who guessed I was making cheese . . specifically mozzarella, were correct.

There’s no plan yet for the whey but I’ll pour it into jars and freeze it and use it for pancakes or bread, or . . the chickens love it!  I’m so happy to have a source for raw milk again.  Vince promises he’s going to clean my cheese press but I think he’s been promising that for several years.  It isn’t like he sits around with nothing to do so I’m not complaining.

In addition to making cheese this morning, I made Lemon Ricotta Cookies.  OK . . so Giada’s are nice and perfectly round and mine kinda haphazardly landed on the cookie sheet . . mine are still delicious!

The sourdough has been divided and fed.  I want to have plenty of starter so that when the grill arrives, I can practice making bread in it.

Just to prove that I’m not always so great in the kitchen, I kinda scorched Vince’s grilled cheese sandwich! 

I wish all my problems were so easily solved . . just flip the not so dark side on top so the scorched side doesn’t show.  If you can’t see it, it’s not a problem!

Heck . . even the good side is a little blemished.   Looks like a little bit of mozzarella got stuck to the bread and there’s some melted mozzarella on the outside of the bread.  That’s ok . . it was still a good sandwich according to Vince!

Vince took off work this afternoon to work on getting the gate painted.  I totally forgot that he was taking off . . not that it matters except that when he’s home, I don’t always get as much done as when he’s not home.  Had I remembered he was taking off, I would probably have spent the morning in the sewing room but . . I didn’t.

Anyone know what this is?

You’ll be a real good guesser if you guess right.  Maybe this picture will help a little.

Now I’m headed to the sewing room . . we’ll see how long I can stay over there before Vince distracts me!