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What is the process to create cheese curds?
What is the process to create cheese curds?
- Adding sugar to milk
- Adding cheese culture and rennet to milk (correct)
- Adding vinegar to milk
- Adding salt to milk
What is the purpose of adding rennet to the milk?
What is the purpose of adding rennet to the milk?
- To give the cheese a mild cheddar flavor
- To add a unique flavor to the cheese curds
- To create the separation of curds and whey (correct)
- To make the cheese curds crispy when fried
What is the next step after curds are heated, pressed, and cut into slabs for cheddaring?
What is the next step after curds are heated, pressed, and cut into slabs for cheddaring?
- Adding more milk to the mixture
- Freezing the slabs for later use
- Cutting the slabs into small chunks and salting them (correct)
- Adding more cheese culture to the mixture
How long does it take to fry the breaded cheese curds?
How long does it take to fry the breaded cheese curds?
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What is the batter used to fry cheese curds made of?
What is the batter used to fry cheese curds made of?
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Study Notes
- 1600 lbs of cheese curds made from 300 gallons of whole milk
- Cheese culture and rennet added to milk to create curds and whey
- Curds heated, pressed, and cut into slabs for cheddaring
- Slabs cut into small chunks and salted
- Curds can be eaten as is or fried
- To fry, curds are coated in batter of flour, beer, milk, eggs, and salt
- Breaded curds are deep fried in oil at 375 degrees Fahrenheit
- Frying process takes 1 to 2 minutes
- Cheese culture gives the cheese a mild cheddar flavor
- Rennet curdles milk to start the separation process of curds and whey.
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