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I also wonder if you guys knows what happens if my mesophilic culture never got really active during the cheese making? Is the cheese then screwed, or could it still age quite well somehow? I think the mesophilics I had out in room temperature never really got started :) But I used them as an...

Ah ok 👍 So there is no chance that the cheese "dies" in there or something? For example, the cultures. Could this method also be used for doing the initial drying, after pressing, in room temperature? I am then talking about the first week when the cheese should be dried in room temperature...

Ah, how great :) I am gonna get that book. Do you normally keep the lid on your ripening boxes slightly open? To get some air in there, circulating around your cheese? Or do you keep your boxes completely shut? But with about 2/3 of air to cheese ratio in there? I guess it differs for your...

I am a bit confused on the subject of the ripening box :) :) When you say ripening box you mean a plastic box right? Kind of like a lunch box? With a lid. The vacuum bag comes after the cheese has already been ripened inside of a plastic ripening box, right? The vacuum bags are for aging the...

Ah :), so you have your own vacuum sealer that you use for this? And then the vacuum bags act as the final ripening boxes, right? How do you mean that you age it before you seal it? Do you age it in the open air inside your wine fridge before you seal them in the bag? Or do you age them inside...

Hmm ok :) Nice. Where do you get those types of vacuum sealers in America? Do you have some air inside of them around the cheese or should they stretch really tight against the cheese to keep out all air? And are they just ordinary vacuum bags which are easy to seal by hand? Or do you need...

Ok nice 👍 Are those plastic sealers and boxes what people call "ripening boxes"? About the sealers, are you using some type of vacuum bags? Or are they just ordinary plastic sealers? And where can I buy those? And would ordinary plastic bags from any supermarket work just as well? Or could...

Aha! OK :) So the compressor-ones requires less electricity? Which of the two are more silent normally? Also those shelves that you built. You got them from home depot right? I don't have Home Depot here in Europe. But maybe I could use some other material ? 🤔 I like that your shelves looks...

Why is this important? I see that mentioned all the time. Is it the ones with compressors that are good? Or is it the other way around? I have no clue when it comes to electronics. So it would be nice if someone could explain why it should be compressor (or the other one).