I tried the yellow wax today.  It’s not very yellow when on the cheese.  I wonder about putting in a couple of yellow Crayons.  Any thoughts?

I made two muensters this past week, and in one I put some prepared horse radish sauce just before rennetting as an experiment.  In the other I put an envelope of onion soup mix right before it went to press.  I’ll keep you posted on the end results.

Jeanne…
I really love how you are willing to try new things with your cheeses. The onion soup cheese really sounds good to me. Please keep us informed on how it turns out!
As for the “yellow” wax, I also found it to be very light in color.
What I’ve found is that it needs several coats to form the yellow color. What I bought was advertised as “natural” and honestly that’s exactly how I would describe it. With only a couple of coats, it’s pretty much translucent but with 4 coats it does start to form a nice yellow color.
Again, I’m looking forward to hearing of the results of your onion soup and horseradish cheese. Great ideas.

Dave

Dave

Thanks for the advice.  I’m going to get that horse radish right!  I have another ace up my sleeve if this doesn’t work. 

What do you think about the Crayon idea?  I might put a bit of it in a dish and add a touch of annato and see if it works.  I really wanted a true yellow wax.

I believe it was you who gave me the idea for the various colors of wax.  I had been using red only, and then read a post, I believe by you, about how pretty the different cheese in different colored waxes look in the cave.  So I ordered black and yellow to go with my red, and it does look nice in the cave (a wine frig).

Thanks for the idea.

Add turmeric, very yellow, u dont know what the properties and health issues with crayons, just because their said to be child safe, does not mean I would trust them, might be from china

Neil’s got a good point about the safety of the crayon material.  I wouldn’t use anatto either.  Its water soluble and would probably not mix well with wax.  I think I’d go to a shop that sells candle making supplies and ask them about their coloring agents regarding food safety issues.  No solubility problem there and a host of colors to choose from.

The Muensters sound great.  And I agree with Dave.  I love your openness to trying new things.  I’ve been considering bacon bits.  It would have to be the real stuff as the artificial would bleed color into the cheese.

Great idea about the candle making supply house.  I’ll look into it. 

I’ve also considered the bacon bits, but thought they might have too much moisture and cause mold.  Let us know if you try it.

Jeanne…
I’d have to agree with the others about the safety of crayons.
Now having said that, I will say that on the Fankhauser site he uses crayons as a coloring for his wax and in the three years I’ve been looking at his site I have never seen him report any problems from doing so.
I agree with you that it’s really neat to see the various colors of wax in the cave. I like making different sizes and shapes of wheels which also adds a nice touch…..
Here’s a question for you:
Do you think you could maybe mix the red and yellow wax and making something that comes out with an orange tint?
Or perhaps use a mixture of all three colors and come up with something else….maybe a purple if you really cut back on the black?
This might be something I’ll give a try in a few days. I just did a pepper cheese, using a swiss curd (without the proprionic shermanii), and it will get waxed within the next few days.
If it works, I’ll post some pics. If it’s a failure it will be my little secret.

Dave

I’ve given up on the Crayon idea.  And I looked into candle coloring, and it’s not edible, so nix that idea also.  I’m thinking of trying a small bit of wax and a small bit of tumeric, per Neal’s suggestion.

Barring the crayons and the candle coloring, the only other option that comes to mind would be everyday food coloring.

i would buy yellow cheese wax and have my peaceful mind

I wonder if the food coloring is water soluable?  I’ll look into it. 

Nabil:

I did buy the yellow cheese wax, but it’s not very yellow, more of a natural color.

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most of food coloring is water soluble, and water based, try to get one from super market

JRing - 10 March 2009 10:18 AM

I wonder if the food coloring is water soluable? I’ll look into it.

Nabil:

I did buy the yellow cheese wax, but it’s not very yellow, more of a natural color.

There are food colors for marzipan, it’s sold in baking supply stores.

Alex