Friday, March 27, 2009

Cheesemaking: things get stabby



Once a week, and sometimes twice, it is time to pierce the blue cheeses.  It's all low tech and no special equipment - just a guy or a gal with a needle putting hundreds of holes in fresh white cheeses.  The piercing lets oxygen into the wheels which allows the interior blue mold to grow.

It takes about two hours to do a stack when working alone.