First Hard Cheese tasting!!!!!

[garraed]

OMG!!

We did it! We made cheddar

Comments

[ornerie]

yay indeed!!!!!

[the_thread_lady]

Yeah cheese! or should that be !Yum Cheese! ?

[tsuruko_sensei]

Looks yummy!

[mightyjesse]

Congratulations! Now you just need to make MOAR! I hear from Best Buy that my vacuum sealer finally shipped so soon I will not have to fuss with waxing my cheeses. Hoorah. Waxed cheeses look great, but waxing a 3 lb cheese usually results in mess and tears for me. just being able to vacuum bag will be SO much easier.

[garraed]

Ok - you are so smart! That is a very good idea

And likely way easier

Does it change anything about the aging process? I assume less air gets in and that might slow maturation?
(ie: wax, I assume, isn't 100% air tight)

[mightyjesse]

When you apply the wax as thickly as you did, it is effectively air tight. (Not enough oxygen/CO2 will be exchanged for mold to grow - which is the general idea here

[garraed]

Rockin!

Seen them at Costco and been thinking they might be a worthwhile investment. That may cinch the deal:)

Thanks

[eveglass]

Looks awesome! (By the way, this is Katherine Ashewode. I had no idea you were on LJ!)

[garraed]

I'm not ...

[eveglass]

You're... not? I'm confused!

[garraed]

Clearly