Gouda 4
Posted: 29 January 2009 03:13 PM   [ Ignore ]
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Been doing this Gouda all day since 0900 and man its taking a long time. Going by the PH reading it starts off with 6.6 now its 6.14 . Funny thing is it dropped to 5.9 then went back up to 6.57 again, so dont know what thats about. Was doing reading every 15 min now every hour. Supposed to be around 5.2 so Hope it does not take all night :(
Times and reading all written down but not uploaded to the site, probably tomorrow. Wondering if thats why all my hard cheeses dont melt because it was not left long enough. Also I didnt use a starter Just added the powder direct.

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Posted: 29 January 2009 04:51 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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K I lied, I uped it just now and will update as I go.

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Posted: 30 January 2009 07:55 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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So, Neil….
How did things turn out with the Gouda?

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Posted: 31 January 2009 11:52 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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LOL, hmmm. It was a bust, the curds were nice and hard on top but not underneath, it did not solidify, so the whole thing is like cream cheese after draining. My fault, just having gone shopping I had no room in the fridge for 16L so I put it by the door thats normally below zero from the cold freez we have outside, however the weather decided to warm up to -6, so when I checked that morning the temp next to the door it was 12F too warm for storing milk , so 18 hours out probably turned the milk even though it smelt and tasted fine, thats probably why it too soo long for the curds to form.
So what Im doing now (this morning) after pressing for 24 hours its nice and tight, is make it into a washed cheese, I added some white bloom culture and lots of salt on the surface and will wipe it every day. Will add pics later as I update the website. Right now im doing my yearly windows wipe and reinstall, so my workstation is out for now, just my internet machine working now.

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Posted: 02 February 2009 04:50 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]
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Neil , u made me lost, i could not understand a thing !!

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Posted: 02 February 2009 09:31 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]
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keeping commercial milk above the recommended storage temp will make it start to turn. I am going to repeat this process and grab some milk and use it right away (or wait for my fridge to empty).

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Posted: 02 February 2009 04:04 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]
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Maybe I’m missing something, but you said the temp by the door was 12 F.  That would be 20 degrees below freezing.  How could that be too warm????

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Posted: 02 February 2009 04:57 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]
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Deg C. sorry LOL, yup makes a big diff.

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Posted: 03 February 2009 12:11 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]
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that’s make sense wink

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Posted: 09 February 2009 10:45 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 9 ]
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Progress in the washed rind process.

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