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Re: First Cheddar a la blind *update: success***
« Reply #15 on: June 06, 2012, 11:32:09 AM »
Boofer, is that your first DG make?  I really need to make a wheel.  That is one of my all time favorite cheddar styles.  I was just thinking the other day that it would be a score to make a DG that taste as good as the imported one I have been buying.

I decided to make the Lancashire this past weekend instead since I need a fast maturing type to hold be over the aging period of the others.

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Re: First Cheddar a la blind *update: success***
« Reply #16 on: June 06, 2012, 02:03:04 PM »
Yes, first time for that one. Never tasted it, so I won't know if I'm on target or not when I cut it. Should be interesting though...it was pressed harder than anything else I've done. Maybe I have a yellow brick. You know, when I say that, I conjure a number of images...

Yellow Brick

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Re: First Cheddar a la blind *update: success***
« Reply #17 on: June 06, 2012, 04:31:44 PM »
Boof, you are a riot man.

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Re: First Cheddar a la blind *update: success***
« Reply #18 on: June 07, 2012, 12:59:01 AM »
The more cheese you get made the easier it gets to wait. After a while it's time to slice one open and your putting them in and taking them out at the same rate (more or less).

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Re: First Cheddar a la blind *update: success***
« Reply #19 on: June 07, 2012, 03:51:27 AM »
The more cheese you get made the easier it gets to wait. After a while it's time to slice one open and your putting them in and taking them out at the same rate (more or less).
Yes ma'am, that's where I want to be. I see it's almost Friday...time to do another cheese.  :)

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Re: First Cheddar a la blind *update: success***
« Reply #20 on: June 07, 2012, 11:29:17 PM »
Amen Debi.  I'm getting there.  A couple of weeks more; worth of makes and I will be at the point where I can "wipe on - wipe off" in one swell swoop.  :D

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Re: First Cheddar a la blind *update: success***
« Reply #21 on: June 07, 2012, 11:43:49 PM »
I love that song, don't remember 73 to good, just uh lil'l hazy :o
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Re: First Cheddar a la blind *update: success version 2.0***
« Reply #22 on: June 17, 2012, 10:15:32 PM »
Day 78 on the cheddar and noticed some white residue between the wax and the bag.  So, let's re-bag it right?  Of course but, not before we take a wee wittle slice just to check.

Wow,  what a difference a little time makes.  The cheese is definitely maturing.  I can only describe the taste as more robust, more tangy, longer lasting on the palate and just plain yummy darn it.  I had to slice off a thin layer to get to the real cheddar as the residue (a mold), gave that first thin slice a funky good taste albeit, not the true taste within.

Truth be told: I don't like making cheddar, the process is so time consuming.  But, after seeing how this make as well as the Chihuahua/Mennonite make have turned out I am considering working on these once I have my Gouda and Havarti make recipes tweaked to my liking.

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Re: First Cheddar a la blind *update: success***
« Reply #23 on: June 17, 2012, 10:51:08 PM »
Man I thought I could smell the Cheddary aroma :P
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Re: First Cheddar a la blind *update: success***
« Reply #24 on: June 17, 2012, 11:15:31 PM »
H-K-J:  I forgot that part.  Come to think of it, I always do.  Yes, cheddary aroma is another good characteristic.


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Re: First Cheddar a la blind *update: success***
« Reply #25 on: June 18, 2012, 01:36:51 AM »
Yessir, I definitely see cheese artistry here. See how it shimmers in the light.  :)

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