Easy homemade cheese

Did you ever purchase something you already had?  That's me.  I had 1/2 a gallon of milk in the fridge and purchased another gallon.  There was nothing wrong with the first one.  I know there are many things I could cook with the extra milk, but I wanted to do something besides another batch of macaroni and cheese.  Oh... that did sound good didn't it?  I digress.  I decided to make cheese.  Cheese!

It was so easy.  First I set up a colander with a couple of sheets of paper towels inside and placed it in the sink.   To make the cheese all I did was heat up milk to just shy of boiling, and stirring all the way so that I didn't burn the bottom.  Then I poured in white vinegar.  I wasn't sure how much to add, but then it became obvious.  Everything separated.  The curds (white clumps) all pulled away from the whey (the liquid remaining).  I was able to take a slotted spoon and strain out the curds which I placed in the colander for additional draining.  Next I sprinkled in some salt, and squished everything together.  It tastes so GOOD!  Kind of sweet, and soft, and still warm.  I can see doing all kinds of things with this cheese.  I could add seasoning, herbs, I bet garlic salt would be fabulous.  I'm making this again.  Here is what it looks like: