• Question: what is your worst type of chese and using science how would you improve it ???

    Asked by anon-29046 to Duncan, Grant, Julie, Nik, Rachel on 18 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Julie Bland

      Julie Bland answered on 18 Mar 2013:


      Worst type? I don’t like cheese that is too strong such as old brie which is due to the protein and fat breaking down in smaller part due to bacteria during the maturation to limit this one way is to reduce the amount of water, because bacteria need water to work.

    • Photo: Rachel Edwards-Stuart

      Rachel Edwards-Stuart answered on 18 Mar 2013:


      If I could use science to improve a cheese it would be to make hallumi less squeaky. Did you know that the reason most people don’t like hallumi is because it makes such a squeaky noise! I once made some hallumi extra squeaky by cooking it in my water bath and it was horrible!

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