tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679575.post5106244982319619846..comments2023-12-23T03:18:42.423-05:00Comments on Gnomicon: Fromage Blanc Take TwoScholeologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110359677410211160noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679575.post-7887806872803098192011-02-18T01:10:38.015-05:002011-02-18T01:10:38.015-05:00"I didn't get an interesting bloom on my ..."I didn't get an interesting bloom on my cheese." That's such a nice way to say, "My kitchen sanitation skills are not that of a chimpanzee, unlike yours."<br /><br />I gave up on scooping and dumped it all in, too. Seems to work out just as well.<br /><br />I read in 200 Easy Homemade Cheese Recipes by Debra Amrein-Boyes in her tips for Fromage Blanc, "If you're using homogenized cow's milk, it is strongly recommended that you add calcium chloride . . . [to] stabilize the curd, hasten the setting, and increase yield." So maybe that's why your milk didn't separate neatly into curds and whey. I used unhomogenized milk . . . but that doesn't explain why the my milk in the bowl set better than the milk in the Yogotherm. Hmm . . . do you have access to calcium chloride?Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10985641228586503550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679575.post-16178156573543819012011-02-16T19:52:35.856-05:002011-02-16T19:52:35.856-05:00I didn't get an interesting bloom on my cheese...I didn't get an interesting bloom on my cheese. But, it's also been winter here and I'm not sure that there's much that's alive.<br /><br />I started to scoop into the muslin, but gave up and just dumped it all in. I didn't have any leakage onto the counter, but I pulled up the edges and placed them on top, so there wasn't anything hanging over the edge of the bowl.<br /><br />I have no idea how we are going to eat it yet. The yogurt cheese that I made was eaten as cream cheese with pepper jelly on crackers.<br /><br />I will wash the muslin with towels, but it was pain to get the cheese off - it was in little crevices. I think that due to my squeezing the cheese in the cloth. The scrapper is a good idea - I should try that next time.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05101977301861885022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679575.post-27527844345322460592011-02-16T16:23:49.522-05:002011-02-16T16:23:49.522-05:00Did you get anything resembling my orange bloom? ...Did you get anything resembling my orange bloom? Was your whey relatively clear? Did you dump the whole contents of the Yogotherm into your muslin-lined sieve or did you just scoop out curds? Did capillary action lead your muslin to leak whey all over your counter? I used a silicone scraper to get the cheese off the muslin. I ran the muslin through the washing machine with my napkins and dishtowels.<br /><br />Supposedly this is less fatty than cream cheese. What are you going to make out of it?Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10985641228586503550noreply@blogger.com