[Sca-cooks] Cheesecloth, was Re: Paneer

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From: Carole Smith <renaissancespirit2 at yahoo.com>

Note: For the cloth bag  I folded a plain-weave kitchen towel in half and sewed up the "sides".  The cheesecloth I can buy at the store is useless for this because the curds are quite small and the cheesecloth is very loosely woven.
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Agreed -- the stuff sold in most American supermarkets at "cheesecloth" is all but useless, especially for making cheese!

However ... I get the GOOD stuff from Williams-Sonoma:

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/ and search for "cheesecloth".  

It has worked well with even the finest-curded cheeses I've made.

Alternatively, a nice fine piece of linen or muslin (washed, of course, to remove any sizing from it) ought to work just fine, too.

:) 

Arwen
Caerthe, Outlands
(Denver, CO)