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Gouda - think I made a mistake
« on: July 18, 2011, 05:53:51 AM »
Hi all,

I made 2 small gouda wheels yesterday, placed them in the brine bath this morning.

All was going well but I think I mis-read Ricki's brine instructions and added 30% liquid volume of CalChlr to the brine.

Is this a horrible mistake?


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Re: Gouda - think I made a mistake
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2011, 06:24:52 AM »
Linuxboy may say it in detail but I don't think it is a horrible mistake. When you go home remove them from the brine and prepare a new brine and continue the recipe.

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Re: Gouda - think I made a mistake
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2011, 01:30:11 PM »
How big are the wheels and how long are you brining them? I am assuming a saturated brine.

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Re: Gouda - think I made a mistake
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2011, 04:11:23 PM »
Thanks for the replies, I brined for +- 55 min in the calchl rich brine, then made a batch of saturated(not fully as I ran out of salt) with a 1/2 tsp of vinegar, no calchl, brined for further 1.30 hour.

I'm still very new to this. Both wheels were 500g after pressing(about 1 lb each i think)

Everything has been going well with my cheeses but I was tired by the time I made the brine and assumed it was the easiet step...

Either way they are drying and I will continue as normal to see what end results are.

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Re: Gouda - think I made a mistake
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2011, 12:09:02 AM »
Fingers crossed.  :)

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Re: Gouda - think I made a mistake
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2011, 01:05:55 AM »
Eh, put some Windex on it, you'll be fine.

note: don't actually do this. But cheese should be fine, rind might be too tough, though.