Beyond Unit 15 Day 3 Science Help

[Larica]

Hmmmm, something did not work for us with this science project. We followed the directions to use 2/3 cup of milk and 2.5 T vinegar, then we waited. But we never got curds. Any suggestions?

Thanks!
Erica

[MomtoJGJE]

For us the more fat that was in the milk the better it worked... so cream would work better than whole milk, which would work better than skim.

[HappyMama]

That experiment didn't really work out for us either, but I think the pp is right..... you need something with more fat.

[Larica]

Thanks! We will try again with higher fat milk. It sounds like it would be really fun if it worked. We had a blast making ice cream the day before

Erica

[sbarr]

Ok, ours did not work at first either... but I figured it out and we were able to make small and large curds. If you pour your milk and vinegar mix into a coffee cup and microwave for 1 minute (more or less depending on your microwave) then you will get the curds. Then, pour over a towel or cheeseclothe over a bowl. You will get great curds!