Where else but at our company (New England Cheesemaking Supply Co.) can you buy a press for $4.95? Yes, it’s true that you have to make it yourself, but we’ve done the hard part for you! Our Off the Wall Cheese Press Plans (OWP) is one of our oldest and most enduring products. We’ve been selling it for over 30 years! It’s very popular, and
Calculating Weights for the Dutch Style Press
As you may already know, we sell several different kinds of presses, including the Dutch Style Press (E30) (shown below) and the Off the Wall Press Plans (OWP). Both of them come with the weight measurements already calculated. Our friend, Bob Albers in Mandeville, Louisianna made his own Dutch style press (shown below) and he had to figure it out for himself. He sent us
Roland Wilk in North York, Ontario, Canada
Roland Wilk Roland Wilk falls into our “proof that cheese makers are the most interesting people” category. When he started making cheese, he designed and built his own mechanical stirrer and a press that handles 300 pounds of pressure. When he was younger, he designed and built model airplanes and he played bridge on two national teams. Now, he is an accomplished musician. Roland’s wife,
Gift Idea #2 – Fig Cake for a Cheese Basket
Photo by Buff Strickland at DIY Network Cheese baskets make a great gift and this is a perfect addition to it. It seems like every cheese counter in the world has fig cakes for sale. That’s because the flavor of figs with almost any cheese is unforgettable. It had never occurred to me to make my own fig cake until Joe Heyen from Colorado* sent
Lucinda McGinty of Jefferson County, NY
She never took a class, but she sure knows what she’s doing! Lucinda contacted us originally to show us a few of her pictures and to ask a question about her Jarlsberg. We forwarded her question to Jim Wallace, our technical advisor, and then asked her about doing an interview for this article. During the course of the interview, it became clear that Lucinda
Booker Dechert in Earlton, New York
Booker with Annie, born last May Did we mention that he’s 13?! He raises his own goats, milks them every day, and makes cheese. We first heard about Booker from his mother, Larissa: I have been amazed by son’s interest and steadily increasing skills. We had a harvest potluck recently, and he prepared a plate of manchego, ricotta salata with paprika, and chevre rolled in
Making Our Cheese Press aka A Labor of Love
Jamie Eckley (The Cheese King) Gets it Done! There are over 10 different vendors involved in the production of our cheese press (E28) and Jamie knows them all. That’s because he found all of them five years ago when he took over responsibility for making this beautiful piece of equipment. He places the orders, picks up the parts, and assembles every press himself. And that,