Author Topic: My first natural rind cheddar  (Read 2557 times)

Digdagdug

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My first natural rind cheddar
« on: November 11, 2013, 06:48:04 PM »
This was a 3 gallon cheese in the cave for two and a half months. The texture and taste were classic.
Total beginners luck I'm sure. I have others aging and I hope they're this good.

leboy001

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Re: My first natural rind cheddar
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2013, 10:19:49 PM »
YUM!! this looks like its tastes epic

Spoons

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Re: My first natural rind cheddar
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2013, 11:21:31 PM »
Oh wow! What a rustic looking cheese! Well done!!! A cheese for you for such a classic looking cheese!

Denise

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Re: My first natural rind cheddar
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2013, 07:15:58 AM »
A very professional-looking cheese! A cheese to you! ;D

JeffHamm

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Re: My first natural rind cheddar
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2013, 05:44:13 PM »
A cheese to your for an outstanding success.  Well done!

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Re: My first natural rind cheddar
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2013, 02:25:33 PM »
Beautiful cheese!

It looks like it was clothbound. Is that correct? I love the look of the individual curds fused together. It looks much older than 2 1/2 months.

Well done, Digdagdug.

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Digdagdug

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Re: My first natural rind cheddar
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2013, 03:14:15 AM »
Thank you all for the cheeses!
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It looks like it was clothbound. Is that correct?
This was only wiped. Why does cheddar get the cloth treatment? It seems like a great cheese for a natural rind since it's nice and dry and the rind is stable even in my "natural" cave.
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It looks much older than 2 1/2 months.
I suspect that it 'speed aged' because my cave was at 50% RH for half the time the cheese was in there. It definitely seemed like an older cheese to me as well.

GlennK

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Re: My first natural rind cheddar
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2013, 12:32:19 PM »
That is a tasty looking cheese!