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Subject: made cheddar cheese

Author:
alicea{a

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Date Posted: 08:05:30 01/19/02 Sat

(10:26:27)
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~*~ alicea ~*~ {AGL*}
~ Axe Glacier Lagar ~ XC
: crawls into the Great hall, settles to kneel upon the serving furs

(10:27:51)
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~*~ alicea ~*~ {AGL*}
~ Axe Glacier Lagar ~ XC
: ~ stretching her lithe form one last time....peering round the emptiness of the Hall....crawling her lil self to the servery for chores ~

(10:33:59)
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~*~ alicea ~*~ {AGL*}
~ Axe Glacier Lagar ~ XC
: ~ bringing with her two stock pots....padding to the firepit...arranging the larger pot near the flames....placing the smaller one inside the larger one to construct a sort of double boiler....sauntering to the chillery....spreading her long limbs to heave the wooden door open....slipping inside for the last of the milk....making a mental note to milk one of the bosk later....bumping the door closed with her lil bum...pouring the milk in the pot to warm ~

(10:38:43)
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~*~ alicea ~*~ {AGL*}
~ Axe Glacier Lagar ~ XC
: ~ removing the warm milk from near the flames....placing the pot on the counter....pouring the milk into a mixing bowl....adding a small amount of starter culture....using a whisk to mix it throughly...the culture needing to be uniform through out the milk ~

(10:44:52)
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~*~ alicea ~*~ {AGL*}
~ Axe Glacier Lagar ~ XC
: ~ after the milk has ripen for one hour....sliding onto the counter a small bowl into which she places a lil amount of cool water...dissolving into the spring water a section of a rennet tab....slowly pouring the rennet into the milk....constantly whisking the mixture ~

(10:49:07)
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~*~ alicea ~*~ {AGL*}
~ Axe Glacier Lagar ~ XC
: ~ allowing the mixture to set for a hour or two....checking every so often to see if the curd is firm....using a curd slicer to make sure a clean break can be obtained....using the same slicer she trims the curds into lil cubes ~

(10:52:39)
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~*~ alicea ~*~ {AGL*}
~ Axe Glacier Lagar ~ XC
: ~ once she allows the curds to sit for some minutes to firm up....taking the mixing bowl to the hearth....placing the bowl of curds near the flames to raise the temperature of the milk....gently stirring the curds every few minutes so the curds do not mat up ~

(10:56:52)
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~*~ alicea ~*~ {AGL*}
~ Axe Glacier Lagar ~ XC
: ~ then she cooks the curds for just short of a hour....still stirring the curds so they do not mat together....bringing a colander to the counter....lining it with cheesecloth....pouring the curds in to drain the whey....quickly placing the curds in the stockpot....cooking the curds for another hour...stirring the curds every few minutes....while that is being done she fetches the molds from the storage closet....lining them with cheesecloth she carefully places the curds inside them ~

(11:01:12)
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~*~ alicea ~*~ {AGL*}
~ Axe Glacier Lagar ~ XC
: ~ nearing the end she goes through the process of pressing the cheese with weight for a certain amount of time....upping the weight each of the three times she does this....the final pressing is for a full day....once that has been done she removes the cheese from the press...arranging it on a cheese board to dry out....once the cheese is dry it will be placed in the chillery behind the already ripen cheese so it can aged properly ~

(11:03:43)
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~*~ alicea ~*~ {AGL*}
~ Axe Glacier Lagar ~ XC
: ~ after cleaning the cheesemaking equipment....putting it back in the storage closet to be used later....padding to the Hall for a time ~

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