Got a bit of a dilemma.
When a recipe says to press the cheese at a certain pressure, say 10 lbs, we find a big rock outside and weigh it and then press the cheese with this ie the cheese in the mold with a follower, a tin on top of it and the rock sitting on a plank that is counterbalanced with another rock and some big books. When the pressure requirement changes, we simply find a bigger rock.
Now I was wondering, when I use a larger mold we are actually not getting ten pounds of pressure (the snowshoe effect). Does anyone know the formula for calculating pressure or is it the P = Force divided by area.
Might have to get some bigger rocks till the tradie in the house makes me a proper press!
