Guest guest Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 , It's about personal preference as much as anything else. I have been told that some vegetable derived rennet can cause bitterness in hard pressed aged cheeses like cheddar. Since animal rennet has been tradionally used in cheesemaking, I stick to that. Myself, I like liquid calf rennet. It's easy to measure out and you don't have to fool around with crushing tablet and rehydrate. I buy a pint at a time and store in refrigerator. The dropper bottles are available at most health food stores or any pharmacy that coumpounds it's own medicines. By putting what I will use over a short time in the dropper bottle I make it easy to dispense and limit my risk of loosing it by leaving it out of refrigerator too long. I make a ton of cottage cheese from cow milk and use only buttermilk to set curd. But, for my goat milk cheeses I need rennet because it sets a much softer curd. Two good beginner books are Rikki Carroll's Cheesemaking Made Easy! and Jane Toth's Goats Produce Too! Best place to order DVI, rennet and lipase is Dairy Connection. Donna Safehaven Nubians Dandridge, TN > > I have a question on cheese. > > What is the best rennet to use and why? > > Vegetable or non Vegetable. Does this effect the outcome or taste of > your cheese? > > Best Regards, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Donna, Thank you so very much. I will check out the references you suggest. Best Regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Donna, Thank you so very much. I will check out the references you suggest. Best Regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Many vegans and vegetarians ask me about rennet at the market because they are very concerned not to consume anything of animal origin. However, most commercially available " vegetable " rennets are GMO from specific fungi. Coagulating agents from plant sources such as nettle, cardamom, etc. are true plant/vegetable rennets. When I use a rennet, I prefer to use animal rennet. While not foolproof, still good info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Many vegans and vegetarians ask me about rennet at the market because they are very concerned not to consume anything of animal origin. However, most commercially available " vegetable " rennets are GMO from specific fungi. Coagulating agents from plant sources such as nettle, cardamom, etc. are true plant/vegetable rennets. When I use a rennet, I prefer to use animal rennet. While not foolproof, still good info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 A vegan will not eat cheese as it is made with milk. Lucinda in PA > > Many vegans and vegetarians ask me about rennet at the market because > they are very concerned not to consume anything of animal origin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 A vegan will not eat cheese as it is made with milk. Lucinda in PA > > Many vegans and vegetarians ask me about rennet at the market because > they are very concerned not to consume anything of animal origin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 A vegan will not eat cheese as it is made with milk. Lucinda in PA > > Many vegans and vegetarians ask me about rennet at the market because > they are very concerned not to consume anything of animal origin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 Vegans may not but vegetarians often do. Also, there are degrees of strictness in everyone's diet. Mike > > > > Many vegans and vegetarians ask me about rennet at the market > because > > they are very concerned not to consume anything of animal origin. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 Vegans may not but vegetarians often do. Also, there are degrees of strictness in everyone's diet. Mike > > > > Many vegans and vegetarians ask me about rennet at the market > because > > they are very concerned not to consume anything of animal origin. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 Vegans may not but vegetarians often do. Also, there are degrees of strictness in everyone's diet. Mike > > > > Many vegans and vegetarians ask me about rennet at the market > because > > they are very concerned not to consume anything of animal origin. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 You got that right! We had a young woman stay here for a while. She said she was a vegan but sat and ate all the meat we had to offer because it was grass fed. Go figure. Belinda -- In RawDairy , " m.mccright " wrote: > > Vegans may not but vegetarians often do. Also, there are degrees of > strictness in everyone's diet. > > Mike > > > > > > > > > Many vegans and vegetarians ask me about rennet at the market > > because > > > they are very concerned not to consume anything of animal origin. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 You got that right! We had a young woman stay here for a while. She said she was a vegan but sat and ate all the meat we had to offer because it was grass fed. Go figure. Belinda -- In RawDairy , " m.mccright " wrote: > > Vegans may not but vegetarians often do. Also, there are degrees of > strictness in everyone's diet. > > Mike > > > > > > > > > Many vegans and vegetarians ask me about rennet at the market > > because > > > they are very concerned not to consume anything of animal origin. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 You got that right! We had a young woman stay here for a while. She said she was a vegan but sat and ate all the meat we had to offer because it was grass fed. Go figure. Belinda -- In RawDairy , " m.mccright " wrote: > > Vegans may not but vegetarians often do. Also, there are degrees of > strictness in everyone's diet. > > Mike > > > > > > > > > Many vegans and vegetarians ask me about rennet at the market > > because > > > they are very concerned not to consume anything of animal origin. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 Oops, my bad. They all look the same to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 Oops, my bad. They all look the same to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 Oops, my bad. They all look the same to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Is it better to buy raw organic cheese (assuming cows are fed corn since the cheese is not yellow enough) or grass fed organic pasteurized? These are the best choices I've found. Thanks. co Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Why would you ASSUME anything about raw milk cheese? Ask the question and get 100% of the answer! Raw milk cheese (Castle Rock has at least three) will benefit your digestive system far more than anything pasteurized. Better yet, make your own with the real thing and that is 100% grass-fed and raw milk! This way you teach you kids about food and that's good. You support the farmer and not the processor and that's good. You feel great that you did some of the work yourself and that's great! This is only my 54 year old opinion.. Alvin Is it better to buy raw organic cheese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 My sixty-two-year-old opinion is I " assume, " Alvin, because grass fed milk is often touted on the package. My brief question was to ask a group I consider knowledgeable beyond what packages and dairy will tell a customer. Last year I had to nearly pull teeth to get information out of an organic milk co. that sells through an upscale grocer in the area (do not like to slam store or farmer). After several gentle and direct questions, the woman finally admitted they do feed corn; yet the grocer " assumed " the products from this dairy were from the perfect grass feeding environment in Wisconsin with happy, smiling cows. This grocer was surprised to hear my research. Trader Joe's has several cheeses, from New Zealand to the US, raw to pasteurized grass fed. The rep at T-jo's said there is no information on the label of the raw cheese because it is sold under their house brand. He " assumed " the cows are not grass fed, as did I. I do my homework. My question was to avoid being wordy on this site where busy people don't have time to read my long emails. Will Winter has the right to do that because his emails are a teaching lesson. co Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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