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Making Cheese curds

Here is the site I used when I first started making cheese curds

http://www.cheesemaking.com//Recipe_CheeseCurds.html

I have  used a mesophilic starter(orginally heat milk to 86 instead of 96) rather then a thermophilic starter, but one could use either.  Each starter will produce a somewhat different taste... You can order the starter s from this site as well or you can use.  If you use the mesophilic starter then only heat the curds to 100 instead of 116...  

Yogurt (thermophilic) with live active cultures

Buttermilk (mesophilic)

a couple more things, you dont have to have calcium cloride, but it does help give store bought milk a cleaner break,    you do need some sort of fabric to drain them in... if you dont have the butter mulin  available to you then perhaps you could find a loose woven muslin to use...

one more thing... Mozzerella cheese is great fun to make as well:> and very easy... If you have any questions holler...

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06:24, 2009-Jan-21 .. Posted by CandyFoote

This is on my list of things to learn how to do this year.
Of course, it was on my list last year too.......

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Candy