Hi all-
A friend of mine is a butcher apprentice and learning all sorts of charcuterie techniques. It occurred to me that he has access to all sorts of “parts”... I believe I’ve seen photos (source forgotten) of cheeses curing IN stomachs; does anyone know of recipes/instruction for this technique? Maybe it’s an unnecessarily fussy way of doing things, and maybe I’d never do it, but I’m curious to learn what it’s all about.
-Bobbie

There is a Roumanian cheese called “BURDUF”, it is aged in sheep or goat leather sewn bags. Try it aging in “stomach” bag

Thats how they supposedly discovered cheese , by storing milk in stomachs for their long camel drives.

Yes, Cheese Hole, I’ve read that too, and I can remember seeing photos somewhere of cheese that looked like it was curing in stomach-shaped bags, but I wonder if they were only hand shaped blobs of cheese. Or maybe it was this BURDUF.
-Bobbie

There are NO camels in Roumania, just in the Zoo.

No camels of course, but stomachs of other animals, yes! Sadly I couldn’t find any information or recipes for burduf. Still looking… What is that cheese like? -I’m curious, as I have a friend from Romania and I think he would love to taste it if I made it.

To be more precize, Burduf and Telemea are cheeses from the Transylvania region (I was born there) in Roumania.
You can find both recipes here.
Try Google web and images search for Burduf and Telemea.

Hey, my friend Egon is from that region too (insert silly vampire jokes here). Though he has lived in the U.S. forever, I think he would appreciate tasting these cheeses.
That looks like a beautiful book; thanks for the recommendation. I’ll do a little more searching online for the (free) info.
Bobbie

The other thing you can do with fresh calf stomachs is to make your own rennet. There’s a great explanation, with pictures and all, at http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/Cheese/Rennet/rennet_preparation.html

It’s one of those profoundly weird things that I’ve been dying to try.

Paula

Whoa, Paula, weird! -Coincidentally I just read that page about making your own rennet not ten minutes ago and then read your post! I am trying to find some joke about the calf also dying to try it, but I can’t find the right words- I guess I’m bad at telling jokes. Thanks for the idea though, and don’t hesitate to share your experience if you do it.
Take care,
Bobbie

Imagine a calf dying to use his own stomach to make rennet - a very Moo-ving experience.

There’s the bad pun I was looking for!

Green Cheese Maker - 02 June 2009 08:10 AM

Imagine a calf dying to use his own stomach to make rennet - a very Moo-ving experience.

i liked this lol