tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post9151109342033223281..comments2023-10-12T08:24:32.710-04:00Comments on Cheesemaking Help, News and Information: Making Rennet From Fig Sap?!!DiecastSourcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753023868955302901noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-85485852773666276442014-08-10T12:54:32.559-04:002014-08-10T12:54:32.559-04:00I like to eat fresh figs with milk on them. Someti...I like to eat fresh figs with milk on them. Sometimes the milk does coagulate a little; it becomes thick. This may be more pronounced if the figs are unpeeled than with peeled ones. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-59216703677876849292013-08-01T22:16:28.210-04:002013-08-01T22:16:28.210-04:00Thank you, Gabriela. Using thistle is definitely ...Thank you, Gabriela. Using thistle is definitely more work.Jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16311158553860253920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-78621419120333148802013-08-01T21:37:04.190-04:002013-08-01T21:37:04.190-04:00Excellent article... thanks for sharing! I read th...Excellent article... thanks for sharing! I read that the plant traditionally used in Spain and other Mediterranean countries to make cheese was cynara cardunculus, a wild cardoon, or cynara humilis,, a wild thistle. There are some cheeses sold in Spain nowadays that require this specific kind of rennet, so it is sure that it works well; but it seems to be a bit more difficult to use than the traditional one. Thanks again for your article.Gabriela Fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-74304760821403703672013-06-26T13:30:09.815-04:002013-06-26T13:30:09.815-04:00Yes, Elisabeth - it's so interesting -could yo...Yes, Elisabeth - it's so interesting -could you write a brief essay about thistle curdling?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-84461920870432168482013-05-24T16:36:05.237-04:002013-05-24T16:36:05.237-04:00Elizabeth,
I would like more info about how you...Elizabeth,<br />I would like more info about how you're using it for another blog article. Can you contact me at jeri1000@gmail.com? Thanks.Jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16311158553860253920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-58474418001678576952013-05-24T11:46:51.651-04:002013-05-24T11:46:51.651-04:00I use thistle rennet with great success.I am in th...I use thistle rennet with great success.I am in the South of SpainAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855495344189573857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-61982267408309288112013-05-24T11:46:14.429-04:002013-05-24T11:46:14.429-04:00I use thistle rennet with great success.I am in th...I use thistle rennet with great success.I am in the South of SpainAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855495344189573857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-26734635066861574212013-04-16T13:04:38.582-04:002013-04-16T13:04:38.582-04:00I'm trying to plant a fig tree, your informati...I'm trying to plant a fig tree, your information is very useful for me,thank for your articles. regardsbuahtinhttp://buahtinara.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-84828061606205744232013-03-27T02:27:39.405-04:002013-03-27T02:27:39.405-04:00A far as using cardoon thistle, as well as wild th...A far as using cardoon thistle, as well as wild thistle, I just bumped into a paper at http://eithni.com/ReferenceDesk/RomanCheese.pdf all about cheese technology in ancient Rome. It specifically mentions using the flower of the wild thistle and the blessed thistle. So it sounds like any thistle you happen to have handy might work.Joan Parrenonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-51546059267389839732012-07-27T09:42:33.623-04:002012-07-27T09:42:33.623-04:00what about using wild (non-cardoon) thistles? can ...what about using wild (non-cardoon) thistles? can it be done?lovemademusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676350535995208045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-89827733379544179332012-07-27T09:41:49.314-04:002012-07-27T09:41:49.314-04:00what about wild thistles?what about wild thistles?lovemademusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676350535995208045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-64095441790041927572012-05-16T14:21:24.392-04:002012-05-16T14:21:24.392-04:00Sorry you had to post twice- there's always a ...Sorry you had to post twice- there's always a lag time because i approve the comments before they're posted. I'll try to post your second comment as well.Jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16311158553860253920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-40639701771693400712012-05-16T14:18:24.694-04:002012-05-16T14:18:24.694-04:00Most part of the cheese making in Portugal uses ca...Most part of the cheese making in Portugal uses cardoon thistle that you can find in the wild, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serra_da_Estrela_cheesecheesyjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14095764049291178343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-82860098875473144932012-05-16T14:15:36.784-04:002012-05-16T14:15:36.784-04:00Just to add some more to there's another plant...Just to add some more to there's another plant that is good to make rennet and i coan found all over in the wild in my country Portugal , Thistle Flower - Flor do Cardo (family Asteraceae), and is the common rennet to most part of the cheese making http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thistle , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serra_da_Estrela_cheese DOP enjoy :Dcheesyjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14095764049291178343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-45608174970984245572012-04-15T08:57:49.520-04:002012-04-15T08:57:49.520-04:00I may do another article about making rennet at so...I may do another article about making rennet at some point, and I will check out cardoon thistles. Meanwhile, Raib sounds interesting. If you have a recipe for it, I would like to do an article about it- jeri1000@gmail.com.Jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16311158553860253920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-10490619053639895782012-04-15T08:09:00.659-04:002012-04-15T08:09:00.659-04:00I think it will be very interstitng to try cardoo...I think it will be very interstitng to try cardoon thistles too ( I found this information in the site of Mary Karlin and from Italian cheese makers), but i still wasn't found dry cardoon thistles on my region ( it's too much expensive to order from US). There are traditional Tunisian drink Raib that made cardoon-clotted milk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-85772543724743279912012-01-26T14:25:20.979-05:002012-01-26T14:25:20.979-05:00Jack,
Yeah, I know it isn't the same kind, but...Jack,<br />Yeah, I know it isn't the same kind, but I love that picture!Jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16311158553860253920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-2405181908784926092012-01-26T11:31:31.636-05:002012-01-26T11:31:31.636-05:00The fig tree in the next-to-last photo is not the ...The fig tree in the next-to-last photo is not the fig tree (ficus carica) you and the ancients are talking about. it is a tropical strangler fig or banyan (probably ficus macrophylla or ficus aurea). You might want to replace it with an accurate representation of the correct fig tree.Jack Stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03193492448738760460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-45180535465874479192011-11-30T14:03:13.409-05:002011-11-30T14:03:13.409-05:00That's fantastic! Congratulations!That's fantastic! Congratulations!Jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16311158553860253920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-36352216690447137272011-11-30T12:49:36.257-05:002011-11-30T12:49:36.257-05:00We did it! We boiled 2/3 cup milk and after taking...We did it! We boiled 2/3 cup milk and after taking it off the heat, stirred it with a freshly broken off fig stick. After about 1 minute the milk began to curdle and soon clearly separated into curds and whey. One of us thought it was a tiny bit bitter, the other didn't notice any bitterness at all. All this was done in the morning--I don't know how well the sap flows at other hours.<br /><br />Check out this web site for more about making cheese using fig sap: http://blog.pjvoice.com/diary/503/home-made-goat-cheese-for-shavuotFigTwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676147744747644102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-9473705423991038932011-10-15T11:11:17.812-04:002011-10-15T11:11:17.812-04:00I performed this experiment and totally failed- my...I performed this experiment and totally failed- my milk wasn't curdled during 6 hours and i dropped it out. I tasted milk -and it had a very bitter taste.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-33281288751096396752011-09-26T06:42:55.701-04:002011-09-26T06:42:55.701-04:00Thank you so much for your so useful article! It&#...Thank you so much for your so useful article! It's a big and hard job!<br />I was searching after same recipe for veg. rennet during last couple of days.<br />But I understand that alternative source of rennet without bitterness - is dryed flowers of cardoon<br />Here<br />http://www.artisancheesemakingathome.com/creatingcheese-morecheeses.html<br />you can find address of that sell this dry flowers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-77756029898049298822011-08-06T18:01:36.858-04:002011-08-06T18:01:36.858-04:00Tanglewood,
Everything I know about this is in the...Tanglewood,<br />Everything I know about this is in the article. There isn't much more info available online. <br />That said, it does appear that folks have been making cheese with it for thousands of years, so...<br />Jeri<br />PS If you try it, let me know!Jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16311158553860253920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-65344394633659009652011-08-06T13:04:57.334-04:002011-08-06T13:04:57.334-04:00I'm very interested in this, but concerned... ...I'm very interested in this, but concerned... are there any adverse health effects that could come from ingesting fig sap in cheese? We just purchased several young fig trees yesterday and this would be such a cool way to make out goat cheese without commercial rennet!Emily Jenkins https://www.blogger.com/profile/05505117652925137452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373525592618391216.post-5701511141930857222011-04-19T08:18:49.474-04:002011-04-19T08:18:49.474-04:00If you try it, take a few pictures and let us know...If you try it, take a few pictures and let us know how it went!Jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16311158553860253920noreply@blogger.com