Cheese Before Church

Finished Cheese

   We normally go to the first service at church. It's less crowded, our day seems longer and it's "our service." We have our seats and we see our friends. Hum...seems like we've made church too much about us. Ok, attitude adjustment coming. Today we're going to second service since the church will be recognizing our graduating students and we have one of those. Because we push 50 over here our bodies are used to getting up at a certain time and today is no different. So what to do with all this extra morning time? Make cheese of course. Simple tasty cheese. Queso Blanco to be exact. It's a whole milk fresh cheese. No aging required and only 3 ingredients. Whole milk, vinegar and salt. The hard work takes about 30 minutes, stirring. That's it. Stirring hot milk until it gets to 195 degrees then add vinegar. Let it sit for 10 minutes then pour it through cheese cloth to drain off the whey. Toss in the salt and let it hang out in the cheese cloth for a while longer. Consume. I'm almost embarrassed to say it's that easy. People are always so impressed when I say I make cheese. I don't expect most people will make their own cheese, I don't know why however. I'll work hard to stay focused in church this morning knowing fresh cheese is waiting at home for me. What do you do before church?

Queso Blanco