Cheese piercer for blue cheese mold growth - GIF

[ToolTalkBot]

Cheese piercer for blue cheese mold growth.




Previously:

Cheese wheel sampling tube - GIF
Cutting a cheese wheel - GIF
Fire branding a wheel of cheese - GIF
Fixed weight cheese cutting line - GIF
French cheese stretching competition - GIF
Hydraulic cheese cutter - GIF

[hemmjo]

So, it that just Swiss Cheese before they ruin it with the mold?

[Frank S]

The holes in Swiss cheese are caused by trapped gases at it cures. Swiss cheese U will eat molded curd NO.

[hemmjo]

The cheese they are poking holes is appears to have voids similar to those in Swiss. At least on the surface.

Just curious.

[Frank S]

My question is what bacteria is on those pikes being poked into the cheese to cause mold spores to grow

[hemmjo]

It appears to be Penicillium roqueforti. According to....
https://cycheese.com/article/what-ki...in-blue-cheese

It seems the spores are already in the cheese. The spikes let air into the cheese allow the mold to grow differently.

All new to me. Knew cheese was just “moldy milk”. But have not idea the whole process.

[Floradawg]

I like bleu cheese. I know it has mold in it.