{"id":16946,"date":"2016-02-13T14:06:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T19:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/?p=16946"},"modified":"2016-02-12T14:20:42","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T19:20:42","slug":"connected-cheese-after-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/connected-cheese-after-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Connected Cheese… After Dark!"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Dark: Connected Cheese<\/em><\/a> was an evening event recently held at the NY Hall of Science. It consisted of an approximate 45-minute presentation by Krista Jacobsen, followed by a cheese-eating reception in the Great Hall. Jacobsen is the Caves Assistant Manager at Murray’s Cheese<\/a> who has an especially fond concern for the way animals – “critters” as she calls them: cow, sheep, and goat – are treated and fed, which leads to better milk product yields, and thus a better cheese.<\/p>\n

The science is astounding. And I’m just talking about the ‘pure science,’ not even the ‘tasting science’ or other factors that go into cheese-making. I heard more binomial nomenclatures<\/a> this one evening than I have in a long long time! Jacobsen discussed everything from bacteria to molecular chains and peptide bonds, the different types of rennet used, and of course pH<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And the process – or ‘art’ – of cheese-making is also astounding, very complex, and also somewhat romantic. So many factors go into making a cheese that the package – a block of cheddar nicely shrink-wrapped – doesn’t show, from the washing and milling and flipping of cheeses, to even the pressing and packaging of a cheese:<\/p>\n

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Perhaps the most fascinating slide to me was this genealogical chart; it is limited in what it shows but you get a basic idea of the relationship\/s between cheeses, and their family branches:<\/p>\n

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Here are just a few of the slides Jacobsen showed:<\/p>\n

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After the lecture the eating commenced! I managed to not take a single photo, as I was busy shoveling some really delicious cheeses into my mouth. Four NYC-area cheese-makers were present, including Murray’s, but frankly Eastern District<\/a> took the prize, with some really great sides to accompany their cheeses.<\/p>\n

The event was very timely too, as I recently bought all of the supplies needed to home-make mozzarella cheese, and will be taking up that task soon. It’s easier than you think, but it all goes back to your original milk source – that’s the challenge really!<\/p>\n

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