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Fresh cream cheese
Making Homemade Cream Cheese

Making Homemade Cream Cheese

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In the 1800s, cheese was made from unpasteurized raw milk. The first commercial pasteurized milk was produced in 1882, but the first law to require milk to be pasteurized wasn’t passed until 1908. (source). Cream cheese was a popular cheese to make in the 1800s since it doesn’t have to be aged. For more information on making cheese in modern times, you may want to visit the New England Cheese Making Supply Company website.  INFORMATION BELOW FROM 1800s COOKBOOKS PENNSYLVANIA CREAM…

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Homemade Cottage Cheese
Making Homemade Cottage Cheese

Making Homemade Cottage Cheese

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Before electric refrigeration, milk often soured before it could be used, But sour milk was not wasted. Often it was allowed to clabber or get thick, and then made into cottage cheese.  Cottage cheese was also called Dutch, Curd, Sour Milk cheese or Smearcase. The milk you buy from grocery stores in the U.S. is pasteurized (heated). When pasteurized, many of the beneficial bacteria are killed. The beneficial bacteria is what causes raw milk to sour naturally. When pasteurized milk…

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