Recreating fresh dairy

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Dairy is one of those things I can see running out quite quickly - particularly imported cheeses. I'd really like to maintain my supply of dairy if supplies are interrupted - else I'll be onto a vegan diet

So far, the ideas I have are

• milk = UHT or powdered
• yoghurt = Easiyo
• butter = buy salted, stick it in the freezer and hope for the best (I'm assuming fresh cream for churning your own will be in equally shorter supply)
• cheese = the ricotta style cheese from powdered milk that someone else posted; Emmi fondue; freezing parmesan and cheddar (more suggestions very welcome)

But I haven't a clue about options for

• sour cream / creme fraiche (quite important to me, used mainly in cooking)
• double cream
• blue cheese (will it survive freezing and still be as nice?)
• eggs (used to keep chickens, circumstances make it no longer viable)

I just put it straight into the freezer. When it defrosts it can go a bit crumbly so trickier to slice but it tastes exactly the same. Blue cheese also crumbles. Again I put it in as wedges and then just chop a piece off when frozen to use. Feta also freezes very well and so does boursin and goats cheese.

I also freeze odds and ends of things eg a left over bit of camembert (doesn't often happen but occasionally) and then I use it in cooking.

You can make suprisingly tasty sour cream from soaked cashews. I'm vegan and have fed it to numerous non-vegans who always ask for more and rave about it. I use this recipe but add two or three tablespoons of nutritional yeast to improve the flavour and add extra B vitamins.

Thanks @squee123

We have two freezers and one is just for dairy. Full fat milk and butter. I love butter.

Thanks all.

I've never frozen cheese, milk or butter before. I feel like I've discovered a whole new area of prepping - one that's going to be very useful for us. If we were unable to get these things, for whatever reason, it would be a real pain in the arse feeding my toddler for more than a few days. Having some in the freezer just in case will be great.

I'm going to get some extras for the freezer tomorrow. I'll report back when I eventually use them.

Hmm I may have mistakenly stumbled on to this thread. But what apocalypse/disaster are we preparing for where we still have a freezer?

But what apocalypse/disaster are we preparing for where we still have a freezer?

Job losses, illness and injury, universal credit, bad weather (we've been stuck in for a few days before and when we did go out tesco was bare - apart from brown seeded bread - locals here won't eat that apparently) fuel strikes, supply issues, asda taking two payments bit not delivering. Etc etc. We're a low income family, but we'll always have food for a month or two. It's my safety net.

currently cold weather and brexit supply chain issues

But what apocalypse/disaster are we preparing for where we still have a freezer?

I'm a single mum with an irregular income and stay in a relatively remote area susceptible to the slightest weather related hiccup. It makes sense for me to store things when I can.

But what apocalypse/disaster are we preparing for where we still have a freezer?

Brexit. I don't anticipate there being long term power shortages (a few hours at a time, perhaps). A freezer will remain frozen without power for a couple of days if you avoid opening it. The backbone of my prepping, however, is tins, jars and packets.