Dry and Crumbly
Posted: 04 April 2009 06:07 PM   [ Ignore ]
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What leads to dry and crumbly cheese?
I’m using this recipe:
http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Fankhauser/Cheese/Cheese_5_gallons/CHEESE_5gal_00.htm

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Posted: 04 April 2009 08:19 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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Too much acid. Thats our biggest homemakers problem. Using a PH meter helps with that problem.

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Posted: 05 April 2009 01:07 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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yeah that’s right

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Posted: 05 April 2009 11:19 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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Thanks.  Looks like I need to get a ph meter.  Too much acid comes from cooking too long, right?

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Posted: 05 April 2009 12:03 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]
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No leaving it to ripen too long. Cut the curds earlier, but the thing is is hard to understand whats going on untill u see the actual PH taking changes during the process.

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