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boulderbrewer

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Cheese and Cheese making
« on: October 15, 2010, 09:31:18 pm »
I'll start off with some pictures. Mmmmmmm! Blue cheese.


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Re: Cheese and Cheese making
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2010, 09:55:10 pm »
I really want to move past the mozzarella stage of cheese making, maybe this winter I'll be able to make some goat cheeses and the other cheeses we love so much.
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Re: Cheese and Cheese making
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2010, 10:10:13 pm »
Waiting for the curd to set.



Cooking the curd



Cooked curd




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Re: Cheese and Cheese making
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2010, 10:25:23 pm »
Wow thats great. This is something I want to do too.

 So many things to make, so little time.
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Re: Cheese and Cheese making
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2010, 10:27:39 pm »
I need to find a good wood to smoke the cheese. What kind of carboard too!

I'm not going to smoke the blue cheese, that bacteria is pricey

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Re: Cheese and Cheese making
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2010, 10:30:56 pm »
Goat milk is cool but you can make great cheese with store bought milk. It is a great way to practice. The ulta pasturized milk won't work but regular pasturized milk works.

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Re: Cheese and Cheese making
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2010, 11:18:54 pm »
Very cool!
The only cheesemaking I've ever attempted is the simplest of simple  Indian (southeast Asian Indian, that is)  style  Paneer cheese:  heat, acidify, drain the curds,, and press.    That one is very much (to me anyway) like the Queso de Frier cheese in the hispanic supermarkets around here...which actually makes a good substitute for the Paneer when I'm too lazy to make it.

The idea of doing a nicely aged  blue-veined cheese is intriguing...other than some of the creamy raw milk cheeses like Morbier or Raclette   and very ripe cheeses like Limburger,  all of which I love,   I think that the Bleu, Stilton, Gorgonzola, and others of that type are my favorites (especially with a snifter of strong Porter or a truly old Old Ale). 
I forget where the quote comes from, but I've heard cheese referred to as "milk's great leap toward immortality".

I guess it will have to be my next science project...
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Re: Cheese and Cheese making
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2010, 11:40:41 pm »
I made a cheddar a couple of years ago, it turned out nice except that I couldn't get it pressed enough so there was a lot of nooks and crannies on the surface so it as impossible to wax and age.  We ate it young.  I need to try again, that was fun.
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Re: Cheese and Cheese making
« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2010, 12:04:44 am »
You should have acess to all kinds of cardboard boxes. Any will do.

BTW, nice pressure cooker. You are just using it as a double boiler there right?
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Re: Cheese and Cheese making
« Reply #9 on: October 16, 2010, 08:23:52 am »
BTW, nice pressure cooker. You are just using it as a double boiler there right?

Yep, It holds my 4 gallon pot so I can make 3 gallon batches of cheese.

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Re: Cheese and Cheese making
« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2010, 09:52:46 am »
BTW, nice pressure cooker. You are just using it as a double boiler there right?

Yep, It holds my 4 gallon pot so I can make 3 gallon batches of cheese.

Are you using fresh milk or store-bought?
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Re: Cheese and Cheese making
« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2010, 09:56:21 am »
Oh, its fresh.
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Re: Cheese and Cheese making
« Reply #12 on: October 16, 2010, 10:08:43 am »
Oh, its fresh.


I hesitate to ask, but did you milk it from an animal that tends to walk upright or something?
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Re: Cheese and Cheese making
« Reply #13 on: October 16, 2010, 10:11:35 am »
No Boulder did. And Im pretty sure it walks on all fours. I dont know though I think he breeds, who knows what he has goin on up there.
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Re: Cheese and Cheese making
« Reply #14 on: October 16, 2010, 10:12:57 am »
Goat milk is cool but you can make great cheese with store bought milk. It is a great way to practice. The ulta pasturized milk won't work but regular pasturized milk works.

Maybe I should read the thread better next time. ::)
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