Great Mold for Blues?

[Fundy Mental]

Hi Danbo

Sense of humour is about the same. We don't have as many wind farms as you lot though, particularly in the ocean. And of course you have Legoland

FM

[Danbo]

Al: Looks great - I'm excited to see what it looks like inside when time comes! :-)

Mal: Windmills and Legoland can't really compare to your beautiful country... ;-)

Oh by the way: Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat (Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, born 5 February 1972 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia) is the wife of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark. Frederik is the heir apparent to the throne of Denmark, which means that at the time Frederik inherits the throne, Mary will automatically become Queen consort of Denmark.

You will take over the world eventually! ;-)

OK... A little off topic I guess...


:-) Danbo

[H-K-J]

Boy the blue's are coming on nicely Al :P
I agree with you about the size of make to do
I tell MBH, I have a 5 gallon vat and I will make a 5 gallon cheese or mistake (had a few of those)
I have found that it takes the same amount of time for a 1 or 2 or 5 gallon make so I prefer 5 8)

[Al Lewis]

Thanks buddy!  Yeah, apart from my bries, and other soft cheeses, I'm not doing anything under 4 gallons.  No point in waiting all that time for something tiny if you don't have to. 8)

[Danbo]

Al: I feel the same way - but if a make is bad then outch... ;-) I recently had a cheese with "late blowing" (clostridium) - 24 liters of milk wasted... :-(

[LoftyNotions]

Yeah, that hurts, Danbo. :(

I agree though, my minimum make is typically 4 gallons. I'm pressing a Parmesan right now that is my first 8 gallon batch. My 5 gallon Parm looks like a hockey puck.

Larry

[Danbo]

Wow - 8 gallons... I can't go higher than 6.3 gallons - that is my max.

How is your setup?

[Al Lewis]

I could go to 10 if I use both pots but I would need to buy larger molds.

[Danbo]

I have tried managing two vats a few times - I think that it's a little stressful. But I'm sure that an experienced "old cheese" like you have got the right touch. :-)

[LoftyNotions]

Wow - 8 gallons... I can't go higher than 6.3 gallons - that is my max.

How is your setup?

This was my first make where I didn't use a double boiler. Just direct heat from my gas cooktop. I have a 10 gallon stainless steel pot that I used to use for home brewing. It actually worked out quite well. I only had a little accumulation on the bottom of the pot. Heating times were a lot faster than with a double boiler.

I worked around the weight issue by only moving part of the liquid at one time.

5 gallon makes for cheeses like Tommes or Goudas work well in the 8 inch mould, but with lower yields/dryer curd for Parmesan, 8 gallons looks like it'll give a good size cheese.

I'll get a new thread up for the Parms in the next couple days.

Larry

[Danbo]

I look forward to that. :-)

[Al Lewis]

Well I took my blue out of the cave for it's daily airing and a re-piercing so I thought I'd put up a little cheese porn.  Next week it will get pierced through the sides. ^-^

[LoftyNotions]

Looking good, Al.

[Danbo]

Can't wait to see how it looks inside... :-)

[H-K-J]

Lookin tasty Al :P