Cooking

I wanted to make a blog to record all the interesting things I have been making in my kitchen, some of them old favorites, and others first time feats. In the last week, I´ve made homemade yogurt, labenah (yogurt cheese), farmer´s cheese, neufchatel, mysost (Norwegian whey cheese), homemade evaporated milk (it´s hard to find and expensive here!). I loved making my cheeses and eating them with something called harcha that I made- it´s like cornbread, only made with semolina. I even made tiropitas with a mix my homemade cheeses and feta (yes, I finally found filo, after months of searching). Which brings me to my next question- how did I make tiropitas without an oven? Well, I finally got one and I love it. I´m going to roast a halved butternut squash today in it to use in a ¨pumpkin-pie¨. Tomorrow I´m going out to buy pie plates, a roaster, cake pan, etc. for my oven. I better go. I forgot I have some chocolate on the stove that I´ve melted to make homemade chocolate chips. Sounds like chocolate chip cookies are comin´to town!