5 Traditional Cheddar

[jrhockey33]

where do you get that type of cheesecloth? what is it called?
Thanks!

[anutcanfly]

Hi Jared & Kelly,

There are a number of places that sell cloth I think you want.  New England Cheese supplies has it listed as disposable cheese cloth and Hoegger's lists it as plyban.  Wonderful stuff.  I use it a lot before it wears out.  So far I've been able to boil with my other equipment, so keeping it sterile is easy too.  Best yet, I can seal the side seams on my vacuum sealer.

Anut 

[Boofer]

I can seal the side seams on my vacuum sealer.

Can you describe how and what you do?

-Boofer-

[anutcanfly]

Hi Boofer,

Nothing fancy.  Just sealing the seam of tubes slightly larger than the outside of the mold, at varied lengths needed for cheeses of different heights.  Much easier than sewing, or coping with the many strings of butter muslin that embed themselves in the cheese.

Anut 

[Boofer]

Hi Boofer,

Nothing fancy.  Just sealing the seam of tubes slightly larger than the outside of the mold, at varied lengths needed for cheeses of different heights.  Much easier than sewing, or coping with the many strings of butter muslin that embed themselves in the cheese.

Anut 

I like it! Yet another tip to guide me to cheesemaking nirvana. 

-Boofer-

[anutcanfly]

The shared collective of minds on forums are awesome! I've been too short of time to tune in lately and I have to say I've missed it!  Missed joking around with you all as well! 

[anutcanfly]

Update on the cheesecloth.  I was trying to pick what cloth I would use for the apple press I'm building and I noticed that the disposable cheese cloth at New England Cheesemaking supplies is much more fragile than Hoeggers Plyban (which is the type I've been using the last 6 months).  So I would suspect it won't last nearly as long and I doubt it will stand up to boiling.  I'm thinking I'd better stick to nylon cloth for my apple press.  I never did get the berry stains off the wall when my bag blew out while pressing blackberries (I've changed my pressing technique since then).  It took 3 coats of sealer and 3 coats of white paint to cover the stain!

[JeffHamm]

Sometimes it is just easier to rub more berries on the rest of the wall!

- Jeff

[anutcanfly]

LOL  Now that's what I call thinking outside the box!