[Cheese] Clean break/coagulation problem -- Warning -- Long Post

[Tom]

What type of Press is it. I have a pvc one and have read it stinks. I have
not used it yet and believe that I probably wasted the money on it. What
type is recommended

Thank you,

Tom Collick

 

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From: cheese-bounces at hbd.org [mailto:cheese-bounces at hbd.org] On Behalf Of
TOM KNUCKEY
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 10:45 PM
To: The Cheese Makers' Digest
Subject: Re: [Cheese] Clean break/coagulation problem -- Warning -- Long
Post

 

Hi Jack - I received your cheese press about a week ago, and made my first
batch last Saturday (cheddar.)  I have no idea how it's going to taste, but
it looked great!  Just wanted to shoot you a quick note and thank you for
the press - it worked like a charm.

 

Have a great weekend.

 

Tom Knuckey

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From: Jack <mailto:arf at mc.net>  Schmidling 

To: The <mailto:cheese at hbd.org>  Cheese Makers' Digest 

Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 8:39 AM

Subject: Re: [Cheese] Clean break/coagulation problem -- Warning -- Long
Post

 


> I warmed the milk the night before to 20C, and let it sit, inoculated with
> mesophylic starter (and I also added some mild lipase powder for
> flavour (just the tiniest amount)), for about 15 hours at 20/21C.

First of all, experimenting with ingredients when something does not 
work, is not a good idea.

Second, you did not say what kind of cheese you were trying to make but 
letting it sit over night with the starter has nothing to do with making 
a typical cheddar cheese.

> A note about my rennet: I find that it fails to dissolve terribly well
> in the water; most does, but there is (as with last time) always some
> sediment on the bottom of the glass.

Use liquid rennet.


> Can you offer any advice?

Ponder my basic cheese process and see how it varies from what you did.
Try it and if that does not work, get back to us.

js

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