{"id":392,"date":"2016-07-18T02:46:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T02:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/?p=392"},"modified":"2016-07-25T19:30:31","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T19:30:31","slug":"july-9th-stirred-curd-recipe-aka-cheddar-curds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/?p=392","title":{"rendered":"July 9th &#8211; Stirred Curd Recipe AKA Cheddar Curds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another batch of amazing milk from WiMo Farms and I used all 7 gallons for Cheddar. I am able to split the milk into 2 3.5 gallon batches and just combine the curd at the end to finish the process.<\/p>\n<p>I have now chosen to make this recipe several times and under many conditions, so this is the first recipe I will add to a recipe section of this site.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_377\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-377\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/curdblock.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-377 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/curdblock-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"curdblock\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/curdblock-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/curdblock-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/curdblock-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Curd blocks as I waited for the PH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the things that always bothers me about the process is that there are hundreds of places to make mistakes. \u00a0If there is some way to fake till you make, I want that short cut. \u00a0This recipe has that built in. \u00a0It is precise PH readings that we are waiting \u00a0to reach. Once the step of curd blocks has been reached, you just keep flipping until the PH reaches 5.4, then you stop.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_380\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-380\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/frenchfries-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-380 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/frenchfries-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"frenchfries\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/frenchfries-1-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/frenchfries-1-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/frenchfries-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cut the curd into french fries to salt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cheddar is a process\u00a0not a type of cheese. Again this recipe lends itself to success by salting after the correct PH has been reached.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_379\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-379\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/press.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-379 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/press-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Just out of the press\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/press-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/press-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/press-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1 lbs and a 2 lbs wheel of cheddar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Everyone struggles with making a good looking wheel. \u00a0At first I thought it was just me. Afterall, I am new to cheese making and there must be a secret I&#8217;m missing. Over time I have come to the conclusion that everyone struggles, but that a good mold and some practice and most of us can come out with a decent looking wheel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another batch of amazing milk from WiMo Farms and I used all 7 gallons for Cheddar. I am able to split the milk into 2 3.5 gallon batches and just combine the curd at the end to finish the process. I have now chosen to make this recipe several times and under many conditions, so this is the first recipe&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[19,25],"class_list":["post-392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-semi-hard","tag-cheddar","tag-curds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":399,"href":"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions\/399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cheese.sunspotdesign.com\/cheese\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}