cheese making
Curd and whey
Cheese making is the process of transforming milk into cheese through controlled curdling, draining, and aging.
The craft involves adding cultures and rennet to milk, separating curds from whey, then pressing and ripening the result.
Techniques vary enormously—from soft fresh cheeses ready in hours to hard aged varieties requiring years: She took up cheese making as a hobby after visiting a Vermont creamery.
- raw milkUnheated, unhomogenized dairy liquid
- vatLarge liquid container
- rennetMilk-curdling enzyme complex
- milkMammalian nursing fluid
- milk fatLipids from cow's cream
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