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Title: How long to dry before bandaging?
Post by: nikro000 on July 11, 2019, 08:00:10 PM

Hello, I am new to the wonderful world of bandaging cheese.
I would like to bandage my cheese for the first time very soon (I'll make a cheddar). The WAXING process asks for the cheese to dry for a few days. I never see that in the bandaging process. Can the cheese be bandaged right out of the press, or does it need to dry?

Thank you for your help.
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Title: Re: How long to dry before bandaging?
Post by: Susan38 on July 12, 2019, 03:42:57 AM

Hi--I haven't yet bandaged a cheese but the two cheesemaking books I have instruct to bandage immediately after pressing (no air drying).

Title: Re: How long to dry before bandaging?
Post by: nikro000 on July 12, 2019, 05:32:44 PM

Thank you for the info!

Title: Re: How long to dry before bandaging?
Post by: River Bottom Farm on July 13, 2019, 02:38:42 AM

Dry and cold is what you need. Here is a link with the best description and pictures you will find. https://cheeseforum.org/forum/index.php/topic,13778.0.html (https://cheeseforum.org/forum/index.php/topic,13778.0.html)

Title: Re: How long to dry before bandaging?
Post by: Andrew Marshallsay on July 14, 2019, 01:12:11 AM

Quote from: nikro000 on July 11, 2019, 08:00:10 PM
The WAXING process asks for the cheese to dry for a few days.

Having never bandaged cheese (I must try it sometime), I cannot answer your question.
As a serial waxer though, I would question the "few days". A few weeks, in my opinion, is more like it.

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