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To: MomwithHope
I don't use junket rennet at all. Those have all made too soft a curd, and around here, they are sold mainly for desserts, if you can find them.

I don't know exactly which website I use, but since I know what I want, I don't waste a bunch of time on ordering. Mainly, I get real rennet and cheesecloth. I may have used cheesemaking.com

You are correct. Absolutely clean is very, very important. I lost my cheese thermometer, so I use my beer thermometer.

I'm not too picky about the exact type, so I select hard or soft, and work the cheese that direction.

One year I did do bleu cheese type of cheese. It was the only one I actually used a recipe for, and bought stuff especially for.

/johnny

152 posted on 04/30/2015 4:48:36 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

The junket rennet is especially good for cottage cheese. I also had a cream separator so I had cream to add it was delicious. I also used the Hansen’s rennet. Just depended on what I was making. Bleu cheese is evil! But hubby likes it too. Never made it. I have these cheesecloths that I used year after year, found them at a fabric store and could never find any others. Like an acetate type mesh that I could just put through the washing machine time after time and they came out looking the same. Plus the fabric never stuck to the curd. Those I will never get rid of.


153 posted on 04/30/2015 5:24:56 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Please support efforts in your state for an Article 5 convention.)
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