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Does, or has anyone made their own Creamcheese, the type like Philly.I fancy having a go, after looking at recipes here on the net. It is something I have always eaten, though I know it is not to everyone's liking.

Julia in Derbyshire

I do. Haven't for a while.

Full cream milk, form memory I think a pint makes an ounce.

Bring it to blood heat-ish. Squirt in about half a Jif, you mght need a bit more, can't remember.

That is cottage cheese.
If you run it through a jelly bag overnight you have cream cheese and whey which makes pretty good scones.

Thanks Rita and Sharron. I know what you mean Rita. There is only the two of us, but we both like cream cheese, especially when the OH has pulled fresh beetroot from the allotment and I have boiled it. Very scrummy with salt and pepper on. And we both like cheese cake.
Sharron, thanks for that method. We also like cottage cheese, so either way, I am onto a winner, with your recipe and method.
The other week, I was in the chemist, waiting for my shipping order of tablets and morphine, to be got ready. Wandering around the shop, I noticed they sold Muslin Bags, for brewing, so I bought one for when I am making things with all the fruit off the allotment, this summer. It will now come in handy for cheesemaking. I also knew you could use the whey for scones, so will have a go at that also

Thanks Again

Julia in Derbyshire

i like cream cheese but have never made it myself

has any cream cheese fans tasted the new chocolate philly?? the thought makes me wana hurl lol,

good luck in your making fresh julia x

Saw the ad. last night for the first time Stray. It positively turned my stomach. So no, I will be not making it that flavour. LOLOL

Julia in Derbyshire

Don't fancy that chocolate one at all. I love my philly - just plain with bananas in a sandwich or philly and ham on top of a jacket pot.

Vera

PS Julia have you seen Pinnochio's 'Woolpacker's'

I would think that chocolate Philadelphia might make an acceptable topping for a cake.

iv seen mixed reviews on FB about it, but i cldnt even try it haha x

stray i will buy you chocolate pilly to try

oooooh Cream Cheese!

My favourite sandwich - lotsa cream cheese, kiwi fruit, dried apricots & walnuts......... sounds weird, but it's yummerful.

I'm the only one in this house who eats cream cheese (noses turn up at my sandwich - call me a hippy lol )

<3 :-D

They were doing taste testing in the local T*. I had to be coaxed into sampling the new choccy philly, I just didn't fancy it at all.

I was pleasantly surprised that it was very good, my daughter thought it amazing and bought some individual trays of it. Thought that it would be good for children as an alternative to choc spread, much healthier. :-)

Hi All, I agree with Sharron it would be good on or in a cake.
Lavender, yes it would be healthier for children than choc spread. It's that I just could not fancy it, myself.

Julia in Derbyshire

Julia, Tights are good for straining things,and good for using as a Fanbelt on a car if one breaks. :-D

my littleman wont eat choclate spread, or hot chocolate, or chocolate biscults, or chocolate cakes, in fact no cakes at all, and not very many biscults, lololol,

Tell the truth Stray, :-| There,s never any left for him to try :-D :-D :-D because you Gobble them all up. ;-)

Yes I know Merlin, but I don't wear tights. The knee-highs that I do wear, I also use for suspending over a bucket of water, with a mixture of Comfrey,Nettle and Six X, to make a liquid feed for the Tomatoes. Of course, I don't wear them again afterwards. LOLOL

Julia in Derbyshire

Merlin, i hardly buy then unles he asks me to for him to try, but he never likes them lol,

oh julia ya can use them for drying ya lettuce to, tights that is lol

I forgot to ask..........

" Squirt in about half a Jif "

What's a Jif?

In Australia it's a cleaning product, don't fancy that. :-)

A plastic lemon.