We're still letting jerky take some milk. Christina is giving us over four gallons a day so we don't need any more. Jerky is so big now, but he's still Christina's baby. It's so cute how he cuddles up to her as he nurses.
Today our baby turns three years old. We made cream cheese yesterday that we'll use for frosting. If you look at the ingredients for commercial cream cheese, you'll find several things besides cream and culture. Ours is only cream, culture, and one drop of rennet. It's thick but not quite as smooth as commercial cream cheese. However, when I get it in the mixer with some powerdered sugar, it whips up smooth and rich.
Today we'll bake a cake and make spaghetti. And we'll probably finish off a three-pound block of colby. This is the first cheese I made after Christina freshened (calved) and the last one with the old nasty press. It looked so nasty when it came out of the press that I almost didn't take the time to wax it. But even with holes it in and pretty mild from only two months aging, it has good flavor and better texture. This container was completely full when I cut the block up yesterday and now it's mostly gone. Our little one turning three has done most of the damage.
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