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bb yer makin me blush (gauwrsh)

I finally found the video that gave me a lot of information on the smoothing and piercing plus other interesting fact's.

Stilton - The King of English Cheese

I have to agree with bb, that HKJ was my inspiration also!  Your Stilton is looking great. 

Quote from: H-K-J on February 13, 2013, 06:49:37 PM
bb yer makin me blush (gauwrsh)

I finally found the video that gave me a lot of information on the smoothing and piercing plus other interesting fact's.

Stilton - The King of English Cheese

Thanks for sharing. It is amazing what will happen when you have a shot and stop warring isn't it.  Not necessarily in that order

Great looking cheese!!! That's the same video I watched but I would have sworn she said to go bottom to top.  Must have been watching with my dyslexic eye. LOL

Quote from: Al Lewis on February 14, 2013, 02:04:48 AM
That's the same video I watched but I would have sworn she said to go bottom to top.  Must have been watching with my dyslexic eye. LOL

I do that all the time Al LOL

I am now fighting RH, can't get it over 78%, placed a wet paper towel under it this morning (was 76% then) checked at 1:pm and wow 78%.
I stuck another damp towel in and will see what happen's cant get the blue growing unless it come up 10% more, Dang it!!

Can you mist inside of the cooler with a spray bottle?

This one is driving me nuts. the white mold is running rampant.
that has never happened before

Reminds me an awful lot like a forgotten cheddar I had in the back of my cave. Only thing you are missing is the linens       That "cheddar" turned out very tasty, although it didnt taste like a cheddar, nor did it have the texture of a cheddar (and was much smaller than your stilton...a 1 lb make that was experimental)....it turned out more like a muenster than anything. 

The PR will overcome!!  LOL  Works every time!!

Smelling good, looking different and ageing
3 weeks old today
Going to pierce next week

Arent you supposed to pierce Stiltons at something like 10 days?  Given your success with these beauties I believe my next one will follow your make style, but I am interested in the late (apparently) piercing.

On my last one I went 25 days till first piercing, so anytime within the next 4 or 5 days I think it should be alright
OK maybe one or two days more, have a lot going on tomorrow and Tuesday so maybe Wednesday

I have been thinking about changing the size of my piercing tool.
the attached picture has the skewer (top) that I have used on all of my Stilton's
I am thinking I want to use the stainless steel spoke (bottom), kind-of small, afraid the holes might become overgrown in a very short time.
does anyone know what size they use on a real Stilton? I know I have read on the forum, some where, there is a particular size, I just can't seem to find it.
So, I will keep looking, but if someone knows the size I should be piercing with, I would be appreciative

H-K-J did you do a brine rind wash or have you?