[Cheese] forgot cheesecloth

[Jack Schmidling]

Eric Denman wrote:

> Thanks again for the help.  Just gotta make sure I keep cheesecloth on hand
> more often to avoid this in the future.

As a point of interest and to brag about my prowess, the real need for a 
cheesecloth is a self inflicted wound.

When we first introduced our press, we put all those holes in the mold 
just like every else for centuries.

After a bit of use and more research, it became obvious that the holes 
are not necessary and simply provide a spaghetti extruder.

The big clue was pictures of cheese factories and all those neat 
stainless molds with no holes.

Dealing with a large cloth on the initial pressing is a real hassle and 
completely unnecessary if there are no holes in the mold.

After the overnight pressing, a cheese cloth is needed to let the air 
escape along the sides but it is just a simple bandage around the 
cheese.  If you don't do this, you get voids in the sides but it has 
nothing to do with holes.

Contrary to popular opinion, there is more than enough leakage around 
the base of the mold to allow the whey to escape.

js


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