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Robert Walton wrote:

> 
> I've seen some instructions to bind the sides of cheese with a towel
> in order to hold it in a round when pressing. I suspect that this
> would be the way to go if you don't have a mold. Also would probably
> make some more interesting shapes.
> 
> I'm making some killer feta, mozzarella. With the press I've done
> italian type hard cheeses so far this year. Once in a while a make a
> soft chevre type cheese, but that really does not float my boat. I
> intend to make some cheddar type cheeses here soon..


Realize a few things: (this is from memory)
1. This arrangement will work for a while, with certain cheeses. (I have a 
similar setup using bricks)
2. Using bricks or uniform weights will allow you to calculate psi, which 
will be important for some cheeses.  You buy little devices to measure psi 
for cheesemakers.  I never got that serious about it, preferring to stay on 
the intermediate level, estimating psi.
3.  If you don't have a root cellar, make an area where you can control the 
humidity for aging cheeses.  Cheddars need this-they don't age well in the 
fridge due to the moisture's not right.  
4. Invest in some good cultures.  They keep frozen for years.
5. Don't forget about smoking cheeses....mmmmm
6. I made molds out of plastic containers(like Tupperware, Rubbermaid) by 
heating up a skewer and melting holes in the sides and bottom-worked ok
7.  I am so freakin' jealous of you!!!  I want goats and I want them NOW.

Akka B



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Lynda wrote:
> Arg!  This is clearly representative of what is wrong with the voters in 
> this country. <g>

Hey, careful there..<g>

> 
> First, let me interject, I'm not pro-Obama.  Sheesh, I started the first 
> round of hair pulling and crying by the Obamanistas.  So, I don't belong to 
> that 2/3s.


I know that.


> 
> Second, interesting that you should bring up 2/3s.  It takes a 2/3s vote to 
> pass a bill in either the House or the Senate.  The Dems do NOT have a 
> voting majority.  Therefore, they do NOT "control it all" nor will they 
> "control it all" if Teflon gets elected.

Wow.  I thought they did have a 2/3 voting majority.  So what was all the 
fuss about in '06?  Did they just break 50% and want the public to think they 
had control? I don't get it.



> 
> Now, let's keep the history accurate.  I hate to upset the ol' Repub 
> thinking but y'all do know and understand that ol' Read My Lips and Billy 
> Boy were and are thick as thieves and have been for decades?  Y'all do 
> realise that about half the things that Billy Boy gets credited with were 
> begun by ol' Read My Lips and Billy Boy just continued?  China being one of 
> them and "playing" with Korea being the other.  Not to mention that NCLB 
> isn't a brain fart thought up by Dumbya but rather the culmination of 
> something begun by ol' Read My Lips, and continued by Billy Boy?  Just like 
> NAFTA and half a dozen other things.


I pretty much believe all of the above.  It is one of my pet peeves that we 
blame presidents for things, when the roots of problems can usually be found 
in another administration.  Those roots pass by unnoticed until later.  It is 
one of the reasons I don't bash too much-I can't be sure of who is really to 
blame.


> 
> Lynda, who learned a LONG time ago that one should either grow a thick hide 
> or get the hay you off the net!  Folks can't play whack-a-mole if the mole 
> whacks back <g>

I'm learnin', give me time.

Akka



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Uhh.  According to the Constitution it only takes a simple majority to pass a 
measure in either house of congress.  It does take 2/3 to overide a veto 
(which has been rarely used by this President) and should present no problem 
if both the house and the senate remain democrats with a democrat president.  
It takes 60 votes (not 2/3) to stop a filibuster in the senate; but 
filibusters have become increasingly ineffective, anway.

It only takes a simple majority to pass a bill in either the House or the 
Senate.  The democrats, in fact , do, have a voting majority in both the 
house and senate.  ..........love the constitution, like my country, 
disdainful of the government.....bobford


--- On Wed, 8/27/08, Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net> wrote:

> From: Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net>

>
> Second, interesting that you should bring up 2/3s.  It
> takes a 2/3s vote to
> pass a bill in either the House or the Senate.  The Dems do
> NOT have a
> voting majority.  Therefore, they do NOT "control it
> all" nor will they
> "control it all" if Teflon gets elected.
>