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Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: magician176 on September 05, 2010, 08:41

Title: Making Cheddar cheese at home.
Post by: magician176 on September 05, 2010, 08:41

Hello all out there,
I have just started to make my first batch of Cheddar cheese. I made use of Katie Thear's instructions and followed it to the point. All went well until it came to the point where the curd must "Mass" so one can cut it into slabs for the "Cheddaring" process. It just wont become so massed together that one could cut it into the slabs. It actually crumbled as I tried to cut it. I eventually gave up and started the press process. Can anybody possibly give me some advice here please.
Kind regards
ED

Title: Re: Making Cheddar cheese at home.
Post by: Trillium on September 05, 2010, 16:28

Haven't done cheddar myself but these links might answer your questions:

http://www.ehow.com/how_4894290_make-cheddar-cheese-home.html

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Title: Re: Making Cheddar cheese at home.
Post by: magician176 on September 06, 2010, 09:10

Thank you kindly for the links!
Regards
Edward :)

Title: Re: Making Cheddar cheese at home.
Post by: catllar on September 06, 2010, 17:19

Just a pedantic point : - Hope you do actually live in cheddar.  If not the cheddar cheese police will be after you!

Title: Re: Making Cheddar cheese at home.
Post by: magician176 on September 07, 2010, 07:59

Well now, actually I am the head of the police right here in Cheddar! :tongue2:

Title: Re: Making Cheddar cheese at home.
Post by: magician176 on March 05, 2011, 06:24

Hello all, I tried the recipe from Katie Thear's, I works wonderful indeed. Thank you Katie Thear's! My cheddar came out just the way I wanted it to be, rich and strong!

Title: Re: Making Cheddar cheese at home.
Post by: arugula on March 05, 2011, 08:44

That's good to know, magician. :)

Title: Re: Making Cheddar cheese at home.
Post by: magician176 on March 05, 2011, 20:05

Thank you ! I have had some succes with Edam, haloumi and Feta.

Title: Re: Making Cheddar cheese at home.
Post by: arugula on March 06, 2011, 07:19

Well I'm very impressed! :)

Title: Re: Making Cheddar cheese at home.
Post by: chrissie B on March 06, 2011, 16:29

can we put in orders
chrissie b

Title: Re: Making Cheddar cheese at home.
Post by: magician176 on March 07, 2011, 04:26

You are welcome LOL! NZ is not close but if you ever come this way, be certain that you are most welcoming!
ED