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# Soil analysis of local pastures’ biotope. | # Soil analysis of local pastures’ biotope. | ||
This performance roughly named [Landscape, Soil, Cheese and me] brought Robin to experiment even more on cheese-making, drived only by his feelings of deep entanglement with the landscape surrounding him and the other artists staying at the Jan van Eyck Academie — to whom the cheeses were destinated to.</b> | This performance roughly named [Landscape, Soil, Cheese and me] brought Robin to experiment even more on cheese-making, drived only by his feelings of deep entanglement with the landscape surrounding him and the other artists staying at the Jan van Eyck Academie — to whom the cheeses were destinated to.</b> | ||
====What was learnt from this performance==== | ====What was learnt from this performance:==== | ||
* For fresh goat cheese the milk | * For fresh goat cheese the milk is often not acidic enough even after re-heating (ph6). It should stay at room temperature for one night to get good curds but never more, otherwise it could spoil the cheese taste. | ||
* The quantity of rennet added, if too high, results in an elastic curd, wether it is cooked or not. | * The quantity of rennet added, if too high, results in an elastic curd, wether it is cooked or not. | ||
* The metal net used in the Mush-room<ref name="mush-room" /> oxidises when the humidity is high, leaving rust marks on the cheeses’ rind. | * The metal net used in the Mush-room<ref name="mush-room" /> oxidises when the humidity is high, leaving rust marks on the cheeses’ rind. | ||
* 3 hours of whey moisturization per week is enough to stay above 75% all week long. | * 3 hours of whey moisturization per week is enough to stay above 75% all week long (differs for every season). | ||
* If there are flies in the cheese ripening room, then it's an emergency where all the cheeses must be moved elsewhere and isolated from each other to avoid any contamination (plastic film is not enough). | * If there are flies in the cheese ripening room, then it's an emergency where all the cheeses must be moved elsewhere and isolated from each other to avoid any contamination (plastic film is not enough). | ||
* The cheeses are very often not salted enough, specially for the cooked curds that get mild and boring. | * The cheeses are very often not salted enough, specially for the cooked curds that get mild and boring. | ||