Hiya granny.
From your yahoo group, will post the homemade cottage cheese link, as a reference:
http://www.savvyhousekeeping.com/?p=98
That sounds incredibly easy. And I love cottage cheese and do end up with extra milk from time to time. thx.
If you form the cheese into a ball and put a weight on it for a few hours, you can make a hard cheese.
It is close to the goat cheese recipe that I made many pounds of.
While it is still crumbles, add chopped picked Jalapeno peppers, and it is very good.
Save that whey, for gravy, bread or at the least, give it to the animals to drink or soak their grains in it, be it pigs or chickens, or for the animals, add flour and sour dough or yeast and make them a healthy treat.
I have not tried whey in my sourdough starter, but did use it in cooking and baking, look up the ingredients, it is good for you, they even sell whey pills in the health food store.