Questions on Fresh French Goat Cheese Kit

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• From Tara at 4/5/13 8:46 PM
  • My kit arrived today and I am excited to start making cheese with my raw goat milk. What is the difference between the fresh culture and chevre culture??
  • There are slight differences in the bacterial makeup:
    
    Chevre Culture ingredients: lactose, (LL) lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, (LLC) lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris, (LLD) lactococcus lactis subsp. biovar diacetylactis, microbial coagulant enzyme
    
    Fresh Culture ingredients: Lactose, (LL) lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, (LLC) lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris, (LLD) lactococcus lactis subsp. biovar diacetylactis, (LMC) leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. cremoris
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• From Sara at 12/30/12 12:55 PM
  • Can goat milk purchased from the grocery store be used to make cheese or yogurt? I'd like to practice before I committ to purchasing goats.
    Thank you.
  • Yes, absolutely! You will want to make sure that any goat milk you purchase from the store is raw or regular pasteurized, but not ultra-pasteurized. Ultra-pasteurized milk will not work well for making cheese, so this is an important thing to keep an eye on.
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• From Me and My House at 11/3/12 3:17 PM
  • Are these all soft spreadable cheeses, or some firmer cutting cheeses?
  • The cheeses made from this kit are soft, spreadable cheeses.
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• From 1 Healthy Nut at 7/26/12 4:17 PM
  • I want to make "raw" goat cheese...is this possible?
    
  • Yes, the cheeses in this kit are raw. Milk heated to temps up to 110ºF is still considered 'raw'.
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• From Maggie at 4/4/12 5:42 PM
  • Hi, can I use raw goat milk instead the one from the store , I got my raw milk from a local source
  • Yes, you can! You may have to heat the milk to make the cheese, but using fresh milk is just fine.
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• From Kate at 11/9/11 10:06 PM
  • Can I used dry instant milk to make goat cheese?
  • Dry instant milk is too highly processed for the cultures to use effectively. The only cheese kit that works okay with powdered milk is the mozzarella-and-ricotta kit, as those cheeses don’t require culturing.
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• From Kate at 11/1/11 3:49 PM
  • Hello,
    
    My only experience with cheese making is mozzarella which is very simple- and cheddar which failed miserably.
    
    How easy is goat cheese to make in comparison to mozzarella?
  • Fresh goat cheese is VERY simple...heat the milk, mix in the culture and wait. And don't worry if your cheese experiments don't go well at first. Even experienced cheese makers have failures from time to time. You just have to try again. :-)
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