cheese making

[Guest guest]

I have deceided to give basic cheese making a whirl. I have the

supplies and thought I would try last night. P

roblem: I cannot get my gas stove to stay cool enough to keep the

milk at 86 degrees. I checked out all the burners and the coolest I

can get it is 100+. I checked the owners manual and there doesnt seem

to be a way to turn down the gas supply short of turning it down for

the whole range, unless someone knows something I don't. So then I

tried my crock pot on the lowest setting...still 100= degrees.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to regulate the temp?

Thanks

[Guest guest]

I can't help directly with the gas stove , but I can explain what we have

set up to make yogurt and Kombucha Tea in a controlled temperature, and it works

really well!

We use an old chest type toy box, pretty good sized one. Inside we placed an

old waterbed heater directly on the floor. They have a temperature control,

ours is set to about 85-90 degrees. Over top of the waterbed heater we put a

shelf. This shelf is just a piece of plywood with a bunch of holes drilled into

it, and 6 little legs (about 2-3 inches high). The shelf is used to set our

jars on so they aren't sitting directly on the waterbed heater. The holes in

the shelf allow the heat to go through and distribute more evenly.

I can fit about 12 gallon size jars in this chest, so I can make a lot of yogurt

or Kombucha! I've been using this method for about 10 years now, and have only

had to replace the waterbed heater once (Ebay-real cheap).

Just thought I would toss the idea out there for anyone interested. Low

investment, very good heat control, and easy as pie to set up.

Janet Brunner

Midvalleyvu Farms

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From: allisonseitz

Anyone have any suggestions on how to regulate the temp?