SC - Cheesemaking question

[Philip & Susan Troy]

So far, I've had a few successes and a few failures, and I think I've 
read nearly every cheesemaking website on the Net.  There's one 
question I haven't been able to answer about period cheesemaking 
practices: I know they used cheese presses to shape and firm the 
cheese, but did they cook the curds?  Or is that a modern 
innovation?


Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
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