I Made Cheese!

of course, I don't know if it's any good yet or not, as it has to sit and cure for a month or so. But I'm also proud of my cheese press:

The milk jug has water in it as an (8 lb) weight. The stick pushes down on a little round chunk of oak that I cut from lumber I made from a tree I cut down. how cool is that? I thought I'd have enough for two rounds of cheese from one gallon (thus the two pipes) but I only ended up with about a 4 inch tall, 4 inch round chunk. Home made cheese. fun.