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At last! I have started my first hard cheese. And it was so easy. I ’ve been wanting to do this for months. I got a homemade cheese press made. Then I procrastinated. Then I realized I didnl’t have all the right supplies. But I finally got it all together and started some farmhouse cheddaro–and ita’s no more difficult than making soft cheese. There are a few more steps, yes, but it starts out with the same basic process.

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With winter and low humidity, I expect the cheese will be ready for waxing in a couple of days. The one thing the directions left out was where to put your cheese if you have 10 cats. (I canr’t believe they left that out!!!!) I set the cheese on a small cutting board inside a cabinet, leaving the cabinet doors slightly ajar to allow for air flow. Look for a cheese-waxing post in a few days as I continue the process of making farmhouse cheddar. I ’ll also share the final results with you in about a month, after it#’s aged! In the meantime, I plan to start some other hard cheeses!

Cheddar, made in the classical way, tends to have a sharp, pungent flavour, often slightly earthy. Its texture is firm, with farmhouse traditional Cheddar being slightly crumbly, it should also, if mature, contain large crystals of calcium lactate – often precipitated when matured for times longer than 6 months.[20] Real Cheddar is never soapy , in texture or mouth-feel, and tends to be more brittle than other types of cheeses.