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    Steve from Hampshire’s Cheesey Guidance on Making Cheese at Home
    Iona
    • Sep 18, 2013
    • 8 min

    Steve from Hampshire’s Cheesey Guidance on Making Cheese at Home

    Steve’s Meadow Farm Raw Milk Cheese. I took Iona’s one day cheese-making course February 2013, and I have made a few batches of cheese...
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    Iona
    • Feb 22, 2013
    • 2 min

    Where to Buy Cheese Making Supplies from – updated

    Phenol: http://www.alliance-elevage.com/dept80_80_02_001_0801017_fiche_phenolphtaleine_30_ml.html Sodium Hydroxide: sodium hydroxide:...
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    Stage 1: Ripening
    Iona
    • May 23, 2012
    • 3 min

    Stage 1: Ripening

    The large vat filled, being stirred by Stu  and ripening Once the milk is pasteurised (or not as the case may be), we heat it to between...
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    Eleven Stages to Making Cheese: to pasteurise or not to pasteurise
    Iona
    • May 22, 2012
    • 2 min

    Eleven Stages to Making Cheese: to pasteurise or not to pasteurise

    Over the next few days we are going to be writing about the eleven stages to cheese making and describing how we make our cheese. First...
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    Things We Have Learned About Bandaging Cheese
    Iona
    • Mar 16, 2012
    • 3 min

    Things We Have Learned About Bandaging Cheese

    Some more newly bandaged cheeses ready to go into the maturing room to be naturally rinded A few people have written in to ask for more...
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    Phage – and What To Do
    Iona
    • Aug 23, 2011
    • 5 min

    Phage – and What To Do

    Picture of a phage virus Phage What is it Short for bacteriophage, phage is a virus that attacks a specific strain of bacteria – the ones...
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    Where to Buy Danisco Starter Culture
    Iona
    • Sep 27, 2010
    • 1 min

    Where to Buy Danisco Starter Culture

    Danisco starter culture The best place to buy Danisco starter culture is from Orchard Valley. I like the guys at Orchard Valley as they...
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    Where To Buy Hansen’s Starter Culture
    Iona
    • Sep 16, 2010
    • 1 min

    Where To Buy Hansen’s Starter Culture

    Hansen's Flora Danica Mesophilic Starter Culture This is a tricky one. Until earlier this year, Hansen’s had only one UK stockist:...
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    Iona
    • Sep 13, 2010
    • 1 min

    The Effect of Washing Curd

    I was reading through some old notes made by my uncle whilst clearing out a filing cabinet.  There is an interesting piece about washing...
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    Iona
    • Sep 3, 2010
    • 2 min

    Reasons Why a Vat Can Be Slow

    We had a slow vat yesterday. Poor Stuart, he was in at 7am, hosing down the vat and setting off the pasteuriser.  We really should have...
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    How Do We Make Cheese?
    Iona
    • Jun 12, 2010
    • 5 min

    How Do We Make Cheese?

    People often ask me, how do you make cheese? To my mind, cheese making is about timing, temperature and acidity.  It is also 75% hygiene...
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