Day 5, April 12: Yellow Springs Farm
Today was our last day working at Yellow Springs
Farm. I was in the cheese room the whole day with Al. Being in the cheese room
was a perfect way to escape the rainy weather!
In the cheese room, we began with the first steps of making cheese. We were making cheese that would be aged, so we had to first pasteurize the milk. Once the milk was pasteurized, we added bacteria and rennet and waited for the milk to form into curd. We then cut the curd and let the whey drain. Finally, we put the curd into molds and put weights on the molds to press the whey out of the curd.
There was a lot of time during this process of making
cheese where we were waiting for the milk to be heated, or the curd to form. In
this time, i washed a bunch of dishes. I also package a few different kinds of
cheese and made some samples!
Thank you for the wonderful experience, and the
delicious cheese! I hope I'll be back to visit soon!
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