mix, mix… stir, stir

Parchment paper and cheese cloth are two things I like to always have on hand in the kitchen. Not that I use cheese cloth everyday, but often it’s a handy solution for an impromptu straining or infusing task, and I really hate trips to the grocery store mid-recipe.

photo by David Peterman

With all of my stock making lately I have been going through more cheese cloth than normal, so when I was at a fabric store recently it occurred to me to ask, “Do you sell cheese cloth?” Yes they do, and for a fraction of the cost of the packages sold in the cookware isle of grocery stores! Even better, I had a choice between a lose weave, or a tight weave. I just bought two yards of 36″ wide tight weave cheese cloth for five dollars! What a deal.