Blue Cheese an Opening By Carter

[Cartierusm]

So I opened one of my blue cheeses and it sucked. Way too salty and nasty tasting. The curds from the beginning didn't look too well so it was either the making of or the milk. Anyway. Here are some pics. Enjoy. Enjoy the pics not the cheese as it was horrible.

P.S. It wasn't that marbled on the inside.

[DeejayDebi]

Sorry to hear of your disappointment in the cheese. It didn't look bad. Do you have any ideas what you should have done differently (besides less salt)?

[MrsKK]

I did enjoy the pics.  So sorry that it turned out poorly for you.

[Cartierusm]

I don't know exactly what went wrong, but I think it happened at the time of making it. Bad milk or something else.

[Caise-bodach]

Cartier, did you press this cheese at all when making it?  I'm wondering if that's why it wasn't very marbled inside...might have pressed the openings closed (if you know what I mean.)

[Cartierusm]

Old Man, probably. I pressed it a little to give it shape. I don't care so much about marbling as much as the taste lol, which was horrible.

[Caise-bodach]

Well, I don't know what is wrong with you...I've NEVER made a horrible tasting cheese!  (And if you believe that, I've got some "beach-front" property in Arizona to sell you...lots of sun, sand, palm trees...gotta be a beach somewhere...LOL)

[Cartierusm]

Hey if it's on lake havasu I'll take it.

[wharris]

Sorry to hear about it.  That really sucks.  Do you think you have a handle on what went bad?

As I ramp up to larger, Carter-sized batches,  I struggle with the "what if" questions should a batch goes bad.  With my small batches, I am out only 5 gallons of milk.   (I just tossed about (5) 2lb cheddar wheels that were blocks of crumbly sour nastiness)

I cannot imagine having a catastrophe with 15 gallon or 30 gallon batches.   This is nerve wracking.

[chilipepper]

Hey Carter sorry to hear that didn't go as planned!  Can you elaborate on nasty tasting?  Did it have ammonia taste/smell?  Sour/rotton milk or just not quite like a nice blue?  Are you going to try anything with it or is it garbage?

It doesn't look too bad, not much bluing but if it tastes bad.... kind of hard to overlook that!

Ryan