St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-31
FARMER AND PLANTER,
chEEsE-MAk,No.

ChEESE-MAKIN0.
q Iexas Woman Tells How She Oispoooa u
SuFpaue MIX when Butter Was Twelve
a1A Ooe-Half Ceats . PoanA.
When butter was in demand 1t s
oents per pound I thought very little
of cheese making, but when it dropped
to 121l cents I thought very seriously
Of finding some other way of using the
milk and labor necessary to produce
good butter.
l had saved up . number of clippings
from various journals ON the subject
Indeed, the one which has been Of the
most practical benefit to me was from
Texas Farm and Ranch of August Is,
iS96, which was clipped from the Ma
tional Stockman.
Ali my clippings, however, were
more or less indefinite, and after many
efforts failed to find any rennet, SO l
was almost in despair-no, only cast
down-wl1en l wrote to you for help
sometime last February. Your reply
came promptly with an address where
rennet might be procured. BY the
next mail I sent for price list, and
on March . made = small cheese by
directions furnished me with the rem
net
For my first experiments used only
Is pounds of milk, and my first was rs
good cheese as any have made since,
though it cost me very much more time
and study than it does now. As .
money-maklng enterprise do not
think many farmers wives will find
it profitable to make cheese, but to
furnish variety for their own table,
it is certainly worth while to make =
supply for home use.
The smallest package of rennet tab
lets costs 20 cents, the smallest case Of
cheese color costs 80 cents. so you be-
gin with an expense of $40. though
this, according to directions, should
make 500 pounds of cheese. My first
hoop was . diminutive affair from q
toy .tambourine." 1now have q good
Y. A. timed iron, 7x9 inches, and =
press made by boy with good idea
of the use of tools.
Now, for the process: l use half
nights and half mornings milk, weigh
1t, mix in zinc tub, place on the cook
stove and stir till it reaches 81 degrees,
then dissolve cheese color in cold
water; pour in and stir till your Their
mometer registers IS. Then dissolve
rennet in cold water and stir into the
milk. The milk Ahould be heated very
slowly, and Mt least ten minutes should
elapse between adding the color and
the rennet After stirring in the rem
net remove the milk from the fire, set
in a cool place. stir ten minutes, then
cover and let alone for 20 minutes
or . half hour. At the end OF. this
time your milk is, or should be, = firm,
glossy curd. Now cut cross-ways, and
every other way till it is in small
Jumps, but it should be done quickly.
Then place your milk over the fire and
heat slowly. stirring constantly till il
reaches y temperature of lOs degrees.
Remove from the fire, placing some
/ object under one side of the tub g
that the whey will dow away from the
curd as you pile 1t (the curd) in the
higher side of the tub. Have q vessel
large enough to hold the whey neal
by with = square Of cheese cloth tied
over the top. Now, dip out your whey
and curd, pour ON the cloth till all your
curl is ON the cloth. Now cover and
let remain = few minutes, then yog
will find it.smatted together, and il
must be cut or pulled apart and replied
SO as to facilitate the dripping of thu
whey. Let 1t gradually cool to 50 de
grees, cut or work it very fine will
| your hands, stir in salt about rs 20,
would salt butter, perhaps = littl,
moret shen your cheese il ready t
press.
Thin seems very simple. and like j
might he done very q bickly, but til,
books say itshould occupy ave or 81,
hours. l generally get . cheese il
press in three hours, BY l always los
some Of the cream add white whey
which Is wrong, and may be because
make too much hast@hes
II the firm from which l procures
my rennet and hoop adscrtise in Texa.
Farm and Ranch, viii you please Civ.
their addfets@with CHS letter, that tn,
sisters OFsh&heeeehold may get thei
price list and directions for chees,
making.
Nothing is more wholesome thai
cheese, and toasted, or rs Welsh rare
bit. it is just the thing for breakfas
dish. There are all sorts Of improve,
fixtures and tools for cheese-making
but il one spends SO or SIS to be
gin with it might be just rs well =
buy that much cheese and sit on tn,
gallery and read while the pigs an,
chickens enjoyed the milk.-Mrs. L. II
Hill, in Texas Farm and Ranch.