How It's Made: Blue Stilton Cheese

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[bradhobbs]

Hat's off to the first person that ever thought to try eating it.

[ryanharber]

I used to hate blue cheese so much as a kid, but now growing up and my taste buds have changed, I actually absolutely love blue cheese now

[taharied]

I'm an artisan cheesemaker's apprentice and it's always interesting seeing how larger places than my own undergo lots of the same work that we do, but seeing how they do what we do with our hands, with these giant machines. I'm not knocking it at all, it's just cool to see that, for instance, there's actually a machine to pierce the cheese. We have a tool that's just one long nail, driven by hand, and that's how we pierce our cheese. Another thing, a little different, but notice they have curds in hoops and stir the salt in by hand. That sounds delightful to me; we use this giant table, 400 pounds of curds, and stir the salt in with a huge plastic pitchfork. Every time we do this I have to bend slightly down to shovel these heavy ass curds and it kills my back. I'd love to be able to do it in small batches like that. My employer is old school in a lot of ways and sometimes I see the assembly lines of other places and I'm like...why are we doing this the hard way? lol. But we're so tiny compared to places like this. Everything is in great condition, cleanest place I've ever worked, but it's made for two to three people, not five or more. Anyway, it's just cool to see what other places do.

[maryellerd]

This is the best, most detailed explanation of a commercial cheesemaking process I have seen. None but this video have shown the addition of bacteria and rennet. I have been watching videos made by a home cheese maker making various cheeses or I would not have known the how and why of each step that starts the process. This video showed most of it and it was the first I’ve seen that has done so. There may be others, but I haven’t seen them. I wouldn’t mind a little more detail of the initial steps, but thank you for what you have included.

[TheOnePistol]

Blue Cheese was one of those things I used to hate. But then my pallet changed at some point and now I love it. :)

[Oscar_Hector]

c'est magnifique! Le Stilton affiné au Porto est un de mes fromages préféré

[i]

Blue cheese smells so bad but tastes so good. I love it.

[gailcullinan]

My favourite cheese. Blue cheese is an acquired taste. So glad that my parents brought us up eating it. Many people are averse due to a lack thereof

[ichi_san]

This was brilliant, a great way to directly see food tech as well as how cheese is made in an objective manner. I really enjoyed this.

[bohicainmuas]

"The cheese is old and moldy"- Encino Man

[mihalis]

One thing I always felt was missing from these shows is what the factories smell like. I can't imagine a blue cheese factory smelling like anything other than death.

[glitter.ghostie]

probably the only scenario where you’d be happy to describe milk as ‘gelatinous’

[davidjsaul]

Broccoli and Stilton soup is a thing of beauty

[carolinejayes]

Stilton the king of cheeses, unique look, and taste .!

[TheTiredRedhead]

I cannot stand blue cheese but it’s interesting to see how it’s made!

[jonwayne]

I used to work at the Arla Stilton cheese factory in Melton Mowbray. They actually use antibiotics to get the mold to go faster. The rub up part these guys are doing is the slow way, we would mix a bit of water with some cheese to make a paste and you'd paste it over the Stilton like a plasterer would do a wall. And we weren't allowed to smoke on our breaks because they reckon it could cause the Stilton to taste different lol. The best job I did there was piercing the cheese, you could chill and listen to music, whereas turning the wet Stilton was the worst part of the job.

[RollingxBigshot]

I remember the first and only time I’ve ever had blue cheese, I nearly threw up because of the taste and smell. I can’t believe just how many people enjoy it.

[DigitalDiabloUK]

This is great - Stilton is my favourite blue cheese as it tends to be dryer than many of the European blues.

[floraflowers]

I wonder who forgot their cheese outside, saw it had turned blue, grey, orange and fluffy, and thought, "hm, this looks like it will be delicious"

[bobhiatt]

Probably the finest blue cheese ever made & great eaten with an Egremont Russet apple accompanied with a glass of Port.