Cheddar #1

[RobinsonN]

Hi all,

At the weekend, I opened my very first cheddar, which was aged for 4 months.  I used G. Caldwell's protocol, and am very happy with the result despite the poor knit achieved, and the subsequent incursions of blue...

The flavour was mild as expected, however certainly attained the correct profile for cheddar.

This bodes well for the other two cheddars in my cave, which I will age out for a year...

Best wishes,
Neil

[RobinsonN]

Another photo...

[OzzieCheese]

They just add character !! Well done and have cheese for yours. Hope your others look as good.

-- Mal

[Andrew Marshallsay]

Well done and please accept cheese from me for your cheddar.
I've used Caldwell's recipe and have been pleased with the results. Perhaps you need to press it ahrder or longer to get the knit nice and tight.

[RobinsonN]

Thanks for the cheeses!

I pressed with an additional 8kg for the subsequent two cheddars, and the knit was much better... 

Cheers!

[John@PC]

Looks "cheddary" to me !  A cheese as well.