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ellenspn

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New With Questions Of Course-Allergies-Books-Cultures
« on: September 20, 2011, 08:43:48 PM »
I'm just really getting started learning to make cheese.  I've had some luck with feta, but my husband likes cheese like cheddar and alpine types. 

I'm allergic to penicillin  :'( so I have to avoid the blues and the brie-type.  One of my problems, is looking at a cheese with outside mold and bacteria on it that isn't obvious it's Stilton or brie.  White fuzzy mold is obvious, but what about some of the rest I should avoid?  :o

Is there a really good, solid beginner book out there geared for <2 gallons of milk?  I have Ricki Carroll's but it's thin like whey.  I'm looking for something with more solid science to it without getting into 25 gallon vat sizes of milk. 

Also what sanitizer is recommended?

Thanks!  ::)

linuxboy

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Re: New With Questions Of Course-Allergies-Books-Cultures
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2011, 08:54:26 PM »
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I'm allergic to penicillin  :'( so I have to avoid the blues and the brie-type. 
Is this confirmed when eating blues and bries? Because blues and bries with modern strains do not have penicillin.

ellenspn

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Re: New With Questions Of Course-Allergies-Books-Cultures
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2011, 08:59:00 PM »
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I'm allergic to penicillin  :'( so I have to avoid the blues and the brie-type. 
Is this confirmed when eating blues and bries? Because blues and bries with modern strains do not have penicillin.


Bries for sure (whaaa! :'( ) but I can't be positive about blues as I haven't particularly cared for them in the past.  I'm talking about an anaphylactic reaction, restriction breathing and hives :(

linuxboy

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Re: New With Questions Of Course-Allergies-Books-Cultures
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2011, 09:07:43 PM »
how awful. I think I'd still go for a brie de meaux and have someone stick me with epi afterward (I'm only kind of kidding).

I think you're allergic to something other than penicillin, because p candidum and roqueforti, they just don't produce it. And if so, there's no way to predict what to avoid. Just have to try and see what produces a reaction or not. You could do this through a skin test, or consumption.
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Sailor Con Queso

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Re: New With Questions Of Course-Allergies-Books-Cultures
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2011, 09:25:46 PM »
Ellenspn,

As a former microbiologist, I can tell you that the blue mold strains used in cheese are not the same as those used for penicillin. I have never heard of anyone having a reaction to blue cheese just because of being allergic to penicillin. Now that doesn't mean that you can't be allergic to molds in general but the type of reaction is very different. A reaction to penicillin can be anaphylactic in nature and life threatening. A reaction to mold is generally (but not always) much milder with hives, skin rashes, sinusitis, and similar symptoms.

I'm with LB. Enjoy and keep the EPI handy. ;)

ellenspn

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Re: New With Questions Of Course-Allergies-Books-Cultures
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2011, 09:40:01 PM »
Ellenspn,

As a former microbiologist, I can tell you that the blue mold strains used in cheese are not the same as those used for penicillin. I have never heard of anyone having a reaction to blue cheese just because of being allergic to penicillin. Now that doesn't mean that you can't be allergic to molds in general but the type of reaction is very different. A reaction to penicillin can be anaphylactic in nature and life threatening. A reaction to mold is generally (but not always) much milder with hives, skin rashes, sinusitis, and similar symptoms.

I'm with LB. Enjoy and keep the EPI handy. ;)

I guess I'll have to try again with some of the cheeses.  Because I do love brie.  And yes I do have my epipen ;)

Of course this still leaves my other questions unanswered  ::)

linuxboy

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Re: New With Questions Of Course-Allergies-Books-Cultures
« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2011, 09:46:39 PM »
We've had many threads on books. I'm not the best person to ask, too biased.

Sanitizer, you can do bleach, a no-rinse like Starsan, iodine, etc. There's no one "best"

ellenspn

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Re: New With Questions Of Course-Allergies-Books-Cultures
« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2011, 03:40:57 AM »
I found the books forum now and I'm sure I'm still many many other discussions that are scattered.

I can see this is going to seriously add to my book collection...I thought weaving books were bad ;)

There are about a million weaving books out there on various aspects of the craft.

smilingcalico

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Re: New With Questions Of Course-Allergies-Books-Cultures
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2011, 03:48:21 AM »
I often wondered about the penicillium molds.  My last employer refused to do bloomie cheeses because they feared it would forever be in the environment and throw off false positives on our Delvo-P tests.  Guys, what molds were specifically used to isolate penicillin?

linuxboy

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Re: New With Questions Of Course-Allergies-Books-Cultures
« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2011, 04:08:34 AM »
Fleming worked with p notatum. Commonly now, the bio reactors use strains of p chrysogenum. It's fairly rare among the penicilliums to produce penicillin.

darius

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Re: New With Questions Of Course-Allergies-Books-Cultures
« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2011, 02:31:12 PM »
Ellen,

I too am allergic to penicillin, but have found I can eat Brie and blues with no problems!

opalcab

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Re: New With Questions Of Course-Allergies-Books-Cultures
« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2011, 03:43:16 PM »
Penicillin - is grown on melons or bread, butt commercially grown on cantaloupe to make the pure penicillin for medicine

linuxboy

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Re: New With Questions Of Course-Allergies-Books-Cultures
« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2011, 04:32:50 PM »
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butt commercially grown on cantaloupe
You mean chrysogenum was first isolated from a melon, right? Because bioreactors don't use melon as the medium... inside is modified corn steep liquor that's aerated and agitated, then the entire thing is refined after the production batch, or is fermented continuously.

opalcab

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Re: New With Questions Of Course-Allergies-Books-Cultures
« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2011, 11:08:27 PM »
Your Right the stronger strain was found on the melons
Thanks linixboy

smilingcalico

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Re: New With Questions Of Course-Allergies-Books-Cultures
« Reply #14 on: September 25, 2011, 12:11:20 AM »
Linuxboy, Jack of all trades, master of all of them.