chèvre fail!

Started by dayflowr, July 18, 2012, 01:12:02 AM

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dayflowr

I've made chèvre a billion times with no problem. I started a double batch last night and 24 hours later checked on it as usual and discovered that I have a patty of cheese floating on top of the whey and it's full of tiny bubbles. It looks more like bread dough than chèvre. What did I do wrong? It was super humid today but the cheese was no warmer than 72 degrees. Thoughts?

linuxboy

Contamination, likely with yeast or coliform. How does it smell?

dayflowr

It smells just like it should. I did drop the spoon in it so I'm guessing that's the source. The chickens sure loved it. Good thing my goats are giving me lots of milk right now so 2 gallons to the chickens isn't a huge loss.   :D

Thanks for the input!