Bursting of the bubble
matthew
::08 mar 2007 :: 02:51pm
Sorry guys, you can't make cheese out of human breast milk.
I make cheese somewhat regularly for myself and thus am familiar with the requirements. The protein is different, fundamentally, than cow, goat, or even ox milk and there isn't enough milkfat to cause it to curdle correctly. I believe the most you could do is to make the breast milk thicker, or just more sour. You ain't gonna get solid enough curds to press into anything like mozzarella, I'm 99.999% sure.
Trippy, is this the kind of cross-posting you wanted :) ?
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I do believe that you have just sent tripp off into mourning. In fact, I'm not sure that he'll ever recover completely from this news. Better that he finds out now than later.
what if it was human milk with added cow cream or something? or could you extract the fat from one batch and add it to another batch to make it cheeseable?
Cheese, cheese, cheese! What is it with you people? I'm telling you: ice cream is where it's at!
Hey, Rachel, give this to Trippy. It will help his depression.
wow! awesome emacs reference. nice design and layout. emacs over vi anyday.
i'm going to throw my hat in with ray: ice cream is where it's at.
i'm unsure how an emacs cheatsheet will reduce the pain i feel about the possibility of never tasting human cheese, but i vow not to give up on this dream quite yet.
and ice cream is a good backup — but cheese goes with so many things. human cheese pizza, human cheeseburgers, human grilled cheese sandwiches, human cheese and crackers…i could do this all day.
i wonder if keren is onto something with finding a good binding agent?
Make.it.stop.
mac n womancheese, human cheese puffs, human cheese enchiladas, quesadillas, ravioli…if you could overcome the curdling problem and make a soft cheese similar to mozarella, you could have human string cheese. take it with you wherever you go, and when you need a snack, just peel off a chunk- also a great snack for kids.