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

[TOM KNUCKEY]

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
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jack Schmidling<mailto:arf at mc.net> 
  To: The Cheese Makers' Digest<mailto:cheese at hbd.org> 
  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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