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Title: Heavy duty cheesecloth
Post by: Bantams on May 04, 2022, 12:52:14 AM
I'm making a large format Alpine cheese and found that standard cheesecloth is no match for gathering a 40# mass of curd. Does anyone know of a source for heavy duty cheesecloth?
I know Bichsel sells hemp cheesecloth for large Alpine cheeses but seems there must be an equivalent available more easily in the US. 

https://bichsel-ag.ch/de/kaeserei
Title: Re: Heavy duty cheesecloth
Post by: paulabob on May 04, 2022, 12:08:05 PM
For something that large, I'd look to a fabric store with the 90# grade muslin and buy off the bolt.  It might also be the case you would want to divide and conquer with so large a cheese mass to hang.