Cheesedate: July 4, 2025 - Dill Colby

Date: July 4, 2025

Type: Colby from NEC (2 gallon milk version; used 8.5 L)

Deviation: Dill added (broth to milk, and dill to curds before pressing.)

Twist/New process: Used this mold (Amazon.com: Large Cheese Mold 1/2 GAL with a Follower Press - Cheese Making Kit - Homemade Cheese Making Supplies - Molde Para Queso Fresco Casero - Cheddar, Gauda, Edammer, Parmigiano, Grana Padano: Home & Kitchen)

I really like the mold. Very snug, so no more cheese extruded while pressing, even at 50 lbs pressure. Not an endorsement; statement of fact.

Final weight: 1.125Kg

Cost: $14.50 for milk (rest of cost amortized, so maybe $7 per batch; I have made about 20 cheeses, spent about $150 on stuff, maybe more) so total $21.50. $19/Kg

So... how did I do?

Hopefully not too much dill.

Knitting gets better and better.