Cheddar, Freeze Dried Cultures - Recommendations?

[cheezwhizz]

   Im in the middle of placing an order to Dairy Con. and need to know what cultures are best for making chedders. Can some one help in a hurry ?  ...Thanks

[wharris]

You have lots of choices....

I might suggest that you try the Dairy Connections MA19.
There are numerous cheddar recipes for cheddar on this forum. Here is one of mine:
Basically this is using MA19 which contains the following strains. (I called it MA11 in my recipes....)

• (LL) Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis
• (LLC) Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris

But there has been some talk of using other strains.
We have looked into using CHR-Hanson's R-707.  It is here.

Sailor uses his mother culture and makes his own. (Don't want to speak for you Sailor, but that is how I remember it.....)

I would suggest you find what works for you and develope your own process. 
Good Luck...

[cheezwhizz]

   Thanks Wayne,

   Was ordering some culture's for  parms. And on a whim,  decided to try my hand at Cheddar's. This will be my first attempt, so thanks for the culture recommendation and the recipe post. Ill use that as a jumping off point and..... do some research after that. ...Thanks again...... All your posts have been a great help.

   Hugh