born on march 15 , they were kind of slow to take off and ripen but an 1 or 3 out side the cave each day finally drove the softness towards the center . I also raised the cave temp to 58f to help out a little . The make was per Iratherfly's recipe page accept raw milk and the affiance was changed to 2 extra days before washing I like to see the geo powder forming not just the sliminess , an extra 4 or 5 days of washing , I also lowered the salt to 3 percent in the 2nd week of washing , then after wrapping they stayed in the cave until ripe with a few vacations into the dining room for a few hrs at a time.
I also have noticed that each time I make these the linens gets stronger and faster to take hold and I have to baby them less each time.
hopefully the cheese forum will be the first to experiment with taste-o-vision
That's a seriously good looking cheese. Have another to go with it.
Incredibly similar result to mine which started just 2 days before this one. It sounds like it is not raw milk or did I read that wrong? You have obviously sampled it, What was it like?
Yes, how did it taste? Was it linensy?
Looks perfect. AC4U
That's one delicious looking cheese!! AC4U!!
And I as well - bloomin Amazing looking cheese !! This is what I have in my head I just wish my attempts come even close to this one.
-- Mal
Yes raw organic milk , the taste is better than the ones my wife brought back from Switzerland , And yes quite linensy , and creamy goo goodness . To bad they take so long to make as I could eat 1 of these per day.
I decided to make reblochon and tommes only for the first year or so until I can get them perfect every time. I think this is the best way to learn how my milk changes through out the year.
Also they are my 2 favorite cheeses
I just noticed that I got 5 cheeses for 1 pic of a cheese 5 to 1 ratio , I have to post more cheese porn.
Thanks every one.
Nice - a cheese to you! :)
Found some pics of the make I am eating right now made on March 15 and the last one from the make before that . They were made jan. 4th so they were over 60 days from make at the time of the pic , the ph meter croaked half way through that make so my ph numbers may have been off . the linens acted very sluggish and took for ever to make them gooiey
Sorry ipad is loading pictures upside down , I can not figure out how to rotate them.
Gregore, this seems to be a regular problem with pictures uploaded from an iPad. The picture file actually contains a rotation factor; if a person downloads the file, they may well show up correctly. But forum software often has trouble with rotated pictures; I use a program called image-magick to rotate (and optionally also to resize) pictures before uploading to forums. I've done this with your three pictures; here they are. (By the way -- what are the large red dots?)
@Gregore: what are the red circles?
Pepperoni?
Wondering if they are casein labels? Tomato slices?
Nice cheeses, Gregore. Another C4U.
For those not in the know about the red dots, they're put on in case the cheese is a failure. so they can become Skeet targets. ;)
Larry
Yes casin labels from Yoav . Though the pepperoni and tomato sounds delicious .
They are kind of wasted on the reblochons as they get eaten long before the next batch are ready.
They would come in handy on the tommes assuming I could still see them under the molds.
Ooooh. I must have missed it. How do I get these labels from Yoav?
I had to email and ask for them as they were not on the site.
Sorry I'm late to the party what is Yoav's site? Is it ArtisanGeek?
Quote from: amiriliano on April 30, 2015, 01:40:16 PM
Sorry I'm late to the party what is Yoav's site? Is it ArtisanGeek?
Yes. Yoav also goes by iratherfly here.
Larry
Thanks!
Do they sell "edible markers"? If so you could just write on the cheese and maybe make a stamp up for them. ;D
Yes, they make "food coloring markers" -- I've often used them to mark a cheese. Here is a link for reference, but the ones I have came (I think) from the grocery store, or maybe Walmart or Target or such: http://www.amazon.com/Gourmet-Writer-Decorator-Assorted-Colors/dp/B0012DMI1S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1430416815&sr=8-1&keywords=food+coloring+markers (http://www.amazon.com/Gourmet-Writer-Decorator-Assorted-Colors/dp/B0012DMI1S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1430416815&sr=8-1&keywords=food+coloring+markers)