<div><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">About that experimental polypro set up that I tried; I said that "I'd let ya'll know if it worked out or . . . "<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The answer is “Or . . .”</SPAN></div> <div><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My primitive set up is based on the Fias Co Farms plan (did they really mean to name their place "fiasco"?) and with the larger alignment holes of the top board, it is inadequate for the task of pressing greater than 50#. Too much play, too much wobble. I stopped at 90#, and this morning at about half way through the 24 hour pressing, the cheese had an uneven lean, so I flipped and redressed it and hopefully when I get home tonight it will have settled back into
a decent looking wheel. The "feel" of the cheese this morning has me thinking -- like thinking hasn't bit me in the a** before -- this will be just fine for the cheese. Jack's 6" press already has a 100# spring, and I have been trying to reinvent the wheel.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">On a happier note, I need to get some dig pix of my little baby stiltons to share. They are half proportioned (but not half sized) little stilton wheels. 4"diameter x 6" A normal stilton is 8"diameter x 12" As they say in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Austin</st1:place></st1:City>: they're cute as a button. I have started to leave them in the mold sandwich (4" pvc) for five days, flipping twice daily, before
de-hooping and smoothing them. I have also started to add a small amount of the mild lipase enzyme (I get from Leener's) which adds a nice flavor note to these blues.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">All the best,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dean C.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div> </div><p>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com