how to Make Rennet for Cheese 🧀 from Wild Thistle

[@Sheepdog1314]

Here in the US, in New England, settlers have used a weed called "cleavers" (galium aparine) - it's a sticky trailing little plant - if you grab a bundle, crush the leaves and stems a little bit, put it in a net and suspend it in the milk - it will curdle the milk in a short time...it also has medicinal purposes, and can be fed to livestock

[@lauranyc4966]

Wow thank you 🙏🏻

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

🥳👍🏼 thanks for the information ℹ️ I need to check if I can find it in Italy

[@jagdeepsandhu9659]

What amazing info .! Thank you . Here ,in Himalyan region of North India ,Cleaver grows wild and I have been weeding it out for years , how I regret now .

[@chrismazz75]

Western CT here - I've never heard of cleavers. Tell me more.

[@lulabelle4760]

Love cleavers💖 I dehydrate it all spring so I can have it on hand til the next spring. I will try it for the cheese. Can the dehydrated cleavers be used for the cheese/rennin?

[@omnigeddon]

This is changed my life thank you.. across the street from me there's like so much of this stuff it's you can't walk through like 20 ft by 2000 ft thick.. 9-10 feet tall..

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Spectacular 🥳👍🏼 keep us updated with your homemade cheese 🧀

[@kb2vca]

Wow! Many thanks for this video. I make cheese and I am a vegetarian and so use only microbial rennet, but while I learned that you can use thistles to make rennet, I never knew HOW to extract the compounds or even from what part of the thistle the rennet was made. Your video is what we call a "game changer". Thank you.

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

🥳 thanks

[@rasbijalpatel310]

I saw it sold in a health food store. And now I see the process. I see a lot of thistle around me. Nice and strong. There’s a reason for it. Great.

[@videolibrary86]

Vegetarian And you eat cheese 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kb2vca]

@@videolibrary86 Erm, VEGANS don't use ANY animal products but Vegetarians don't eat animals. Milk taken from a cow or goat does NOT hurt or damage the animal when milked ethically. You might want to check on what vegetarians can and do eat, what vegans won't - They won't eat honey: vegetarians do -

[@lauranyc4966]

Omg I planted milk thistle this summer I got soooooo many flowers and they finally died because last 4-5 days weather in 30s 20s . Smells amazing, beautiful leaves and bees love them 😁 I got ton of dry flowers now I know what to do with them 😁 Grazie 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Spectacular 🥳 keep us updated 🧀

[@facundopasini]

Gonna follow this recipe for sure! It's full of thistles right now where I live

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Spectacular 🥳 keep us updated

[@AwesomeFish12]

Fascinating. Very handy to know, it's easy enough to find thistles around.

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Yes 👍🏼

[@brucecarter8296]

never heard of vegetable rennet. what a great incentive to get out and harvest thistles which are invasive on this side of the pond. flower petals can be stored dry, too

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Yes 👍🏼 you can store it dry

[@CorinaGilligan]

​@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato do they have a shelf life ? Or a recommended time to use ? Many thanks

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

In 1 year

[@CorinaGilligan]

@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato Thankyou !

[@motuw8949]

Thanks for the informative video

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Welcome 🤗 thanks for watching and sharing the video

[@barkmaker]

Good to know. I normally just gather the stalks to eat like celery. Now I know to save the skin and flowers for more uses.

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Bravo 👏🏼🥳

[@masih24]

Wow this one is like survival camping videos

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

😂👍🏼 the problem is to find the milk 🥛

[@fromp2u]

Super cool! Looking forward to the cheese. 😊

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

How to Make CHEESE at Home 🧀 kzbin.info/www/bejne/npDFfmSggNiikLc

[@nzs316]

Never ever would i have thought that these could be used to make cheese! Once again thank you Maestro for the continued adventure. Will the next video be you using the extract to make cheese?

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Thanks ☺️ Yes 👍🏼 exactly

[@jejethejeplalq821]

I didn't know you could do that... Very useful!

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Thanks 😉👍🏼 I am happy that you like the idea

[@zugvogel1950]

Thank you very much that you share your knowledge! I make my own cheese and I have a funny feeling with the vegetarian Rennet in the shops. There is an other herb called Bedstraw (Galium verum). That works fine too.

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Thanks for sharing 👍🏼

[@DGibsonxio]

I believe that's also called cleavers.

[@outdoorloser4340]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Thanks for watching 🥳

[@JontyBlue67]

Awesome... Scotch Thistle 💖

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

😉👍🏼🥃 bravo

[@-joe90]

Excelent😛soy de la pampa y aqui esta lleno ,voy a probar hacerlo

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

🥳👍🏼 keep us updated 😉

[@GoodBeets4ME]

thank you so much!

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Welcome 🤗

[@alidalavezzari4103]

Grazie!

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Grazie a te

[@ryam8962]

Thank you.

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Thanks 🤗

[@stevekemble8911]

This is fantastic information! I hear that thistle rennet is not good for making all types of cheese because it has a flavor. What types of cheese can be made with this rennet?

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

General cheese 🧀 like this one . Probably this one is not good for mozzarella Cheese

[@1erinjames]

Awesome!! Thank you!

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Thanks ☺️

[@roykilo9642]

thank you

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Welcome 🤗

[@brucetidwell7715]

That is so neat. Thank you! Thistles do grow in the southern USA but they are not common in my area. I'll try to find some, though.

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

👍🏼 keep us updated 🥳

[@soumeyaguediri5540]

Thank you so much

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Thanks 🥳👍🏼🧀

[@pkrueger7313]

We call it a Scottish thistle. remembrance and love. I have one that grows wild in my yard.

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

This coming year you know what to do with it 😉

[@Stelios.Posantzis]

You should be declared a saint of vegetarians! Fantastic video. Will it work with plant-based milk, say soy milk, pea milk or oat milk?

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

😂👍🏼 sorry but I have tried it only with cow milk 🥛

[@BaskerElli]

It works with soy milk! I have made tofu and the process is very similar to cheese making. You heat the milk, add curdling agent, wait for the proteins to separate and then scoop the curds into a mould. Peas work too but they contain more starch than soybeans so you need to filter it out, otherwise the tofu texture will be pasty. I have no idea about oat, it might be tricky to separate all the starch. Mary's Test Kitchen has videos on making tofu from things that are not soybeans if you're interested in that.

[@houndjog]

@@BaskerElli Thank you for commenting!

[@samstokes6872]

Thank you for the video. Very informative. Can you please make a video showing how to make hard cheese with this vegetable rennet?

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Sorry 😬 maybe next year

[@samstokes6872]

Okay. Jan 1 2025. 😉

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

😂👍🏼

[@geroldbendix1651]

Wow, I never knew. But yoghurt or lemon juice do also the trick.

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Yes 👍🏼 but different cheese 🧀 result

[@seanfaherty]

cool

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Yes 👍🏼 very spectacular

[@shineisland7447]

👍

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

😉👍🏼🧀

[@FrankAndreotti]

Can u use artichoke flower?

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

In theory yes 👍🏼 but I never tried

[@lsophial]

Is there any difference using all fresh thistle flowers, or it must be part dry and part thistle flowers.

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

I have always used dry flowers 💐

[@aekmkh4986]

Hi freind What is a classic book on traditional cheese making that you recommend to beginners?

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Sorry 😞 I don’t know any book because I collect information from other people or online

[@innovationsanonymous8841]

Post-pandemic KZbin.

[@esther.f.g]

I use vinegar or lemon juice to make the cheese, what is the difference with rennet?

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Different results 😉 different kind of cheese 🧀

[@innovationsanonymous8841]

When you use acid, it denatures the proteins, causing them to curdle. You are making paneer. Feta if you drop it into a brine. Rennet is needed to make the melty cheeses

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Bravo 👏🏼

[@sappir26]

Do you have a video where you make the cheese with this rennet?

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

😉👍🏼 How to Make CHEESE at Home 🧀 kzbin.info/www/bejne/npDFfmSggNiikLc

[@LVVMCMLV]

I suppose you could use artichoke thistle to make rennet... would it possibly add any additional flavor to the cheese?

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Yes 👍🏼 it’s similar Yes 👍🏼 you can had dried herbs or spices

[@prasad...]

❤

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

🥳

[@AndersonJuhasc]

Did you do with figs?

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Yes 👍🏼 Homemade CHEESE without Rennet in Fig Leaves kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5CxZamgndufgas

[@imeekamland660]

😊😘❤❤❤

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

🥳👍🏼🤩🤗

[@patricianichols9514]

It would be nice if KZbin presenters would give the botanical names of the plants they are using.

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Homemade RENNET from FLOWERS 🌺 kzbin.infoF49GMfkQlFA?feature=share You can find the name in the comments 😉

[@giovannipoggialini4574]

Non so in che zona di Italia vivi , da noi in romagna e nel pesarese urbinate e' prassi comune la cagliatura vegetale ma solo per formaggi di pecora , prova il ramo di fico .😊😊

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Fatto 😉👍🏼 ed è uno spettacolo. Ma trovare il latte di pecora 🐑 è sempre complicato 😞 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYm2qI2woLGnmtUsi=UuPvKARLbVduwtTD

[@RayGalactic]

Thank you so much!

[@Spectacular-cuoredicioccolato]

Thanks for watching and sharing 🤩🥳👍🏼