Outch! Did you give it to the dogs?
Thanks for sharing this info. How late is "late blowing"? Are there any effects on moisture? I understand it smells terrible from your description. Does it endanger other cheese in the cave?
You know, in flying there is this cockpit resource management concept of "sterile cockpit environment". This has nothing to do with cockpit clean enough to make cheese in it... The idea is simply that during the critical phases of flight, the cockpit must remain silent. Conversation is only allowed in direct context of essential flight management. No announcements, personal conversation, eating, reading the paper, etc. Flight attendants are not allowed in the cockpit at that time. This is done to prevent the flight crew from getting distracted. You would not believe how many people lost their lives when flight crew members lost track of checklists feeling the urge to answer a flight attendant behind them asking them "How will you take your coffee?"- That stopped in the 80's, when this rule became a law pretty much worldwide.
I took this concept and adopted it seriously to the critical phases of cheesemaking in my kitchen (which is genuinely sterile
). It's simple, no one walks in unless they participate in the cheesemaking and their hands are washed. No touching or moving things around, no using the sink and faucets, range, dishwasher, oven or microwave, no eating or taking stuff out or putting it in the fridge or cabinets, no dealing with trash or prepping any food. Just cheesemaking until the cheese is in the press, aging container or cave.