Author Topic: Clabbered milk is not.. clabbering?  (Read 2660 times)

Sab77

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Clabbered milk is not.. clabbering?
« on: July 24, 2019, 03:44:08 PM »
Hello all,

I was trying to make clabbered milk in order to eventually have a clabbered culture good enough to make cheese.
But it's not happening! It's not thick, nor clabbered.

So here is what I did:
- I milked my goat
- Left the pot on the counter with a cheesecloth on top of it
- After 2 days I separated the cream from the milk and left only the milk no the counter.
- It's now been 5 days, no coagulation has occured. The appearance of the milk is exactly as before, no bubbles, no air in the pot..

Our temps have been ratter high, 22C-25C.

Did I need to refrigerate the milk before? I don't understand why nothing is happening!
Oh, I have 1 Liter in the pot, if it matters.

Thanks for your input. I thought it was a simple cheese to make..

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Re: Clabbered milk is not.. clabbering?
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2019, 05:48:05 PM »
Did you add any culture, or just using the natural bacteria in the milk? Either way, I'm surprised you've not seen evidence of fermentation!
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Re: Clabbered milk is not.. clabbering?
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2019, 06:19:44 PM »
How does it taste at this point? Has it soured yet? If it has soured I would make a second gen using the first to inoculate a second batch

Sab77

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Re: Clabbered milk is not.. clabbering?
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2019, 06:22:04 PM »
Yes it does taste sour! Ok, I will try another batch, thanks.

No I had not added culture, it was just raw milk.