Whey

[jenny_haddow]

Obviously there's quite a lot of this going spare when you make cheese, and it does seem a pity to wash it all down the sink. With today's batch I shall use it for stock in a sambhar I'm making for dinner, but that still leaves a lot left over. Can it be frozen for future use, and apart from drinking it and making ricotta cheese, what else can you do with it? I hate to waste stuff.

Jen

Recently bought a job lot of cream muslin on ebay to make roof blinds for the conservatory. The surplus has given me some excellent straining squares, I ran a hem round on the machine and voila!

[Rik vonTrense]

You can freeze it by all means Jen..

I use it for the liquid in making bread and you can used it for any liquid like stocks etc.....it is all protein.

Use it for ice cold drinks with Crusha instead of milk....a good whey is slightly greenish

I don't see why it cannot be used to cook vegetables in where there is a lot of it they feed it to the pigs etc.

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[jpj]

i've heard of someone brewing with it. problem is can't remember where . . .

[Rik vonTrense]

The nomadic Arabs of the Sahara brew a form of Arak (in arabic it means juice or wine) from goats milk whey. After they make their cheeses they ferment the whey and distill it into a very potent happy juice.

They term this Arak but it is not to be confused with the Lebanese wine Arak made from grapes in the normal way.


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[Guest]

Could it be used to replace the water when making sausages?

Jen

[Rik vonTrense]

Yes answer in brief. although I do not know if it would go sour.

I wouls think that only if there were milk solids present wouild it curdle.

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