Hi all,
Another newbie question, I buy all my my starter cultures etc in bigger packs, i.e, 1 pack does up to 20 batches of cheese, I would like to open and seperate the cultures, for instance my pack does 500 litres's(130 galons) of cheese, it comes in a small foil type bag, can I open the bag, seperate cultures into equal portions, place back inside small coin bags, or dime bags, and then into brown paper bags or envelopes and back into the freezer.
Yes:
1) be as sanitary as possible
2) dunk bag in bleach solution if possible
3) wear gloves
4) do it in a draft-free area
I would store in plastic vials, like the centrifuge or small blood vials. Easier to work with, easier to seal with a screw cap.
Yep ,tiny glass vials (should be sterilized and dried first or heated in an oven and left in a sealed container to cool down) are your best options.
I have been considering the same thing as those small packets are so expensive.
I like the tiny glass vial idea but was wondering if there would be a benefit to using a colored vial (amber, blue, green) vs a clear one?
Yes, you can color code them easier that way. Like all blue ones can be aromatic mesos, or something like that.