Have any of you ever tried making your own cheese?

I’m just loving reading Barbara Kingsolver’s new book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle these days.  She’s inspiring me about so many things!

When I was a young mother of only 1-3 children (back in my 20s) I did a lot of gardening, canning, and so forth.  As we added more children to our family, and things got more intense, most of those extras  were abandoned in favor of survival.  :)  Now that my “baby” is four, there may be room for me to get “back to the earth” a little more every here and there.

Today’s reading of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle reminded me of homemade cheese.  You can get all the books and supplies from the New England Cheesemaking Supply Company.

Although I regularly struggle with whether or not I think cheese is healthy in general, I’m pretty sure that homemade cheese is healthier than store-bought.  :)  I’m thinking that my little homeschool students and I might enjoy some good edible science experiments…..in the form of Ricotta, mozarella, and so forth.

Have you ever tried making homemade cheese?  How did it go?