[Cheese] Cheese wax

[Jack Schmidling]

Dehaven James W wrote:
> I am about to make my first cheese; large curd cottage cheese; Ricki
> Carroll says salt optional; when and how much is best? 

As it is ready to eat, just salt it to taste.  It's pretty bland without 
salt but it is strictly for flavor in a fresh cheese.  My recipe calls 
for 1 tsp salt for one gallon of milk but you may want to try half that 
and taste it.

>Also how important is Calcium Chloride the first time?

I don't think I ever used it for cottage cheese but it might make it 
easier if you have it.

js

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