What? Live without cheese? Inconceivable!
I’m starting to learn about cheese making in the medieval period. Those of you who know me, know I do not like spending time in the kitchen, but this is a health issue. I need to start watching my salt intake, and cheeses are so salty, I am going to try and experiment with developing low salt cheeses. I have learned salt is a required ingredient for hard cheeses, so I need to see what the minimum I can get away with is, and still have it develop correctly. If I am going to spend time in the kitchen, I might as well do it the old fashioned way while I’m at it and contribute some knowledge to my journey backwards.
I have not gotten very far on this quest yet, but I’m sharing the links I have found on the topic here. If you have any food sources for authentic cheese recipes or information, please send them to me and I will include them here.
Historical Cheese Info / Links
Amazing collection of historical cheese making links!
Scholarly article for historic cheeses
Cheddar Cheese
Cheddar Cheese – good basic instructions for how to
Blue Cheese
Non-historical Cheese Info and Links
General info on making cheese at home
http://blog.cheesemaking.com/cheese-making/
Livarot chese info and recipes
Yorkshire cheese making – scholarly article
Related Info
Scholarly article on cheese cultures
How to make mesophilic cheese starter
Videos on making mesophilic culture