Cheese is coming out 92% perfect, that's not good enough.

[valley ranch]

Greetings, I told once that a church group came up on a skiing trip. While here a young lady asked if she might try some of a traditional cured meat that I was making. After tasting she said: "Almost." A miss is as good as a mile, except with horse shoes or hand grenades. I worked at it and one day it was right.

Now,for some reason that escapes me, our cheese is, which had been just right has been coming out almost. It's the stretch that is not coming out as it should. I had it right then for some reason, I seem to have lost it. It was 100%, now it's Almost. We bought fresh rennet, daughter has read to me the instructions which she wrote down as I was making cheese when it was coming as we knew it should be.

I'm at a loss.

Wife is telling me: Make another type of cheese for a while. I don't know!

 

[seedcorn]

Listen to wife.

 

[baymule]

Sometimes the more you try at something, the more you mess it up. You just have to walk away from it for awhile. When you go back to it, it usually goes back to being right.

 

[canesisters]

And make sure that there is nothing else going on nearby - like brewing kombucha or baking bread.

 

[catjac1975]

Greetings, I told once that a church group came up on a skiing trip. While here a young lady asked if she might try some of a traditional cured meat that I was making. After tasting she said: "Almost." A miss is as good as a mile, except with horse shoes or hand grenades. I worked at it and one day it was right.

Now,for some reason that escapes me, our cheese is, which had been just right has been coming out almost. It's the stretch that is not coming out as it should. I had it right then for some reason, I seem to have lost it. It was 100%, now it's Almost. We bought fresh rennet, daughter has read to me the instructions which she wrote down as I was making cheese when it was coming as we knew it should be.

I'm at a loss.

Wife is telling me: Make another type of cheese for a while. I don't know!

I do not know anything about cheese making. However, if temperature is crucial get a new thermometer.

 

[valley ranch]

1.Temperature check I've several good thermometers 2.Kombucha check, there is a batch but sealed =I don't think inoculation is a problem, but will relocate it for the next batch. 3. Walk away, I cannot I'm a compulsive excessive.

We've two jerseys fresh, that's plenty of rich creamy each day. I'm making 2 gallon batches, that makes 3 braids of Armenian String cheese. The cheese is coming out like mozzarella.

Thanks for commiseration.

 

[baymule]

By walk away, I didn't mean totally walk away--just make a different cheese and give the Armenian String Cheese a rest. Or......you could send what you consider to be failures to ME for final judgement!

 

[ninnymary]

Go over very carefully each step and try to see where you may have varied it a tiny bit. Are you using the same measuring tools, dish towel if covering, bowl, quality of ingredients, etc? Temperature of the house?

Mary

 

[Nyboy]

I am with Bay Mozzarella

 

[catjac1975]

Yea, sounds yummy to me.