Nylon cheese bag at artisan geek?

[narnia]

Anyone use this?  How do you like it?  It seems to be more sanitary and more convenient than butter muslin or flour sack towels....

http://artisangeek.com/synthetic-elastic-top-draining-bag-cheesecloth-small/

[SOSEATTLE]

I use something similar and prefer it to butter muslin.


Susan

[Gregore]

Have one and I love it . Put a lovely rind on soft and hard cheese . . Order more than 1 if you are going to make cheese more often than you wash the linens .

[narnia]

Have one and I love it . Put a lovely rind on soft and hard cheese . . Order more than 1 if you are going to make cheese more often than you wash the linens .

Great idea!  How do you wash yours?

Is it soft and pliable, or is it stiff?  I used a nylon nut milk bag that I had ordered from Amazon and I found it to be pretty stiff and not well suited for cheese making.

[Sailor Con Queso]

That's just a paint strainer bag. You can buy them at any hardware or paint store.

[narnia]

Really??!!   Exact same product??!  That would not be food grade, would it?

[narnia]

Have one and I love it . Put a lovely rind on soft and hard cheese . . Order more than 1 if you are going to make cheese more often than you wash the linens .

Since you own one....is it the same thing as a paint strainer bag??

[Gregore]

Never seen a paint straining bag , so I can not answer this . But I  think that I would prefer to pay more for the food grade one .

[pastpawn]

Never seen a paint straining bag , so I can not answer this . But I  think that I would prefer to pay more for the food grade one .

Home Depot sells 1 gallon and 5 gallon sizes.  I've been using them for many years in food preparation.  You have nothing to worry about there.  I soak mine in a bucket of oxiclean, but you could probably just toss it into the washing machine. 

[narnia]

Never seen a paint straining bag , so I can not answer this . But I  think that I would prefer to pay more for the food grade one .

It did not state on Artisan Geek that it was food grade.

[narnia]

Never seen a paint straining bag , so I can not answer this . But I  think that I would prefer to pay more for the food grade one .

Home Depot sells 1 gallon and 5 gallon sizes.  I've been using them for many years in food preparation.  You have nothing to worry about there.  I soak mine in a bucket of oxiclean, but you could probably just toss it into the washing machine.

Thx!  I checked them out online yesterday, and I saw that they have a drawstring version as well.  Is it stiff or soft?  I had bought a nut milk nylon bag and it was kind of stiff and squared off at the bottom, which did not form the chevre into a rounded ball, but spread out along the bottom and it was not as easy to empty out as my flour sack dishtowel. 

Do you ever boil it?

[Wuhanchef]

I think I've bought both varieties of all of them that artisan geek sells. I love them. And then my husband put it in the dishwasher. My hatred of specks of food is at an all time high right now.


I'm curious how that bucket if oxyclean works right now- if it could restore my beloved nylon bags that'd be great. If not, artisan geek is going to get another chunk of my paycheck next order.

[Wuhanchef]

And yes I've boiled these bags. Haven't noticed any change in their structure or anything. Half the time I use it as a cloth, not a bag, and I think I prefer it that way when making my small cheeses.

[Gregore]

Artisan geek does actually state that it is food grade .

[narnia]

I did not see it stated on the small size bag page.  Maybe I missed it...