DIG your Master Cheese Maker: Brian Schlatter
Curds and whey has turned into the alchemy of cheese making when practiced by Brian Schlatter of Canal Junction Cheese. Brian, a sixth generation farmer in Northwest Ohio calls it the perfect mix of “science and art”.
Think of it, 94% of milk is a liquid called whey, 6% represents the protein that creates cheese. So, for every 5,000 pounds of milk (a gallon “whey’s” 8.6 lbs.) you get 500 pounds of cheese. From one single ingredient and some help from culture and rennet-you can get Chedder, Gruyere, Blue Cheese, over 200 varieties of hard and soft cheeses.
It is a labor of love, emphasis on the labor when you are moving 300 pounds of curds around. Let’s hear it for the new generation of farmers who give new meaning to the phrase, “until the cows come home”.
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