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Title: My First Stilton Cheese - Huge Success!! Phew!
Post by: lorrainey100 on January 03, 2019, 11:18:55 PM
I just made my first Stilton cheese which was a success. The pictures below are Stilton at 4 weeks, 6 weeks and cracked open at 10 weeks.  I made sure humidity stayed at a constant 90% by buying small hygrometers for $1-2 each from ebay and placing it in the cheese container, temperature was a constant 13 degrees celsius. If it was too humid, I opened the lid of my cheese container and placed bowls of salt in the fridge on the top shelf, microwaving for 1-2 min every week to dehydrate the salt and reuse again to lower the humidity in the fridge.  If it was too dry, I placed the lid of the cheese container back on to keep the moisture in.  I checked the humidity and temperature everyday. The flavour was very creamy, had the Stilton flavour and overall exceeded my expectations for a first timer. I used the Gavin Webber recipe which you can find on Youtube ;D ;D
Title: Re: My First Stilton Cheese - Huge Success!! Phew!
Post by: cheesehead94 on January 04, 2019, 02:35:53 AM
Wow, looks amazing! Allow me to give you your first cheese!
Title: Re: My First Stilton Cheese - Huge Success!! Phew!
Post by: TravisNTexas on January 04, 2019, 06:47:17 PM
That really does look marvelous!  Another cheese for you!
Title: Re: My First Stilton Cheese - Huge Success!! Phew!
Post by: lorrainey100 on January 05, 2019, 12:45:31 AM
Thanks for the cheese! ;D ;D ;D ;D