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Offline Danbo

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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2015, 04:28:29 AM »
Yummy! :-)

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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #16 on: February 10, 2015, 08:12:10 PM »
Gnarly! :)

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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #17 on: April 06, 2015, 10:45:25 PM »
I pushed it as long as I could and opened it this past weekend. ( it went in the cave on 1/6/15 out 4/4/15)
The outer edge is a bit dryer than I planned but the center has a nice cream to it.  The taste is bit milder than expected also.


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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #18 on: April 07, 2015, 12:10:56 AM »
NICE!! My personal preference is small piercings, this turned out very nice  8)
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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #19 on: April 07, 2015, 12:28:58 AM »
How did I miss this?  That's one great looking blue you have there.  AC4U!!
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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #20 on: April 07, 2015, 01:54:41 PM »
Very pretty! ACFORYOU.

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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #21 on: April 07, 2015, 07:53:41 PM »
Really nice, Neil. AC4u.

If you seal it up nice and tight it'll still get a lot sharper.

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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #22 on: April 07, 2015, 09:29:14 PM »
A cheese to Neil in Va :).  Trust what Larry says as it will get sharper and more crumbly in the bag as time goes on.

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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #23 on: April 08, 2015, 03:06:19 PM »
Thanks all!  I divided it up and vacuum sealed it.  That way I could try different pieces without exposing all of it to elements.

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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #24 on: April 29, 2015, 04:16:55 AM »
The outer edge is a bit dryer than I planned but the center has a nice cream to it.
When you formed the cheese, I noticed you smeared the outside. Does that help to make the center creamier?

Also, it seems like you have many, many poke holes to get so much bluing. Doesn't that also help to make the center creamy?

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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #25 on: April 29, 2015, 09:33:44 AM »
I'm not sure if smearing the outside has much if anything to do with the center being creamy or not.
My understanding is that you do this to help form an outer seal to keep nasties from getting inside the cheese.
Yes, I poked  a lot of holes in this one. My last one didn't have as much veining as I wanted so I decided to go extreme the other way.  If anything I would think letting more air into the center would remove more moisture causing the center to dry out. 
I'm no expert just my thoughts.

Neil

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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #26 on: April 30, 2015, 02:49:41 AM »
What a Gruesome - Awesome - Bluesome :)

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