[Cheese] Big Trouble in little Gouda

[Erica Schechter]

I always dilute rennet. Otherwise, I find that the milk starts
curdling before it is mixed thoroughly. Just be sure that the rennet
isn't diluted too far in advance, and that you use cool, unchlorinated
water.

A tablespoon sounds like an awful lot...how much milk are you using?
And what type of rennet?

--Erica

On 1/6/06, Brian <mavityre at comcast.net> wrote:
> 1 Tablespoon of rennet dilute in 1/4 cup of cool water.
> I will check out your recipe.  I am pleased with your cheddar recipe.  It
> did what it was supposed to do.
> The recipe said to dilute in so it would mix well.
>
> Brian
>
>
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> From: "Jack Schmidling" <arf at mc.net>
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> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 7:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Cheese] Big Trouble in little Gouda
>
>
> > Brian wrote:
> >> Just finished another batch this evening and had some troubles with this
> >> Gouda.
> >> Recipe called for 2 gallons whole milk
> >> Mesophilic Starter per instructions
> >> Calcium Chloride " diluted
> >> Liguid rennet " diluted
> >
> > Why and to what extent did you dilute the rennet?  Sounds like you
> > should have used it full strength.
> >
> > You might want to compare your recipe with the one at my site.
> >
> > js
> >
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