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Description: | View of what appears to be a water pump powered by an International Harvester stationary engine on the farm of Albert Guenther. |
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Description: | After the milk is picked up at the farm, it is stored in tanks that hold up to 25,000 lbs. and is held at temperatures of 38 to 40 degrees. |
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Description: | The milk is pasteurized for the first step in the cheesemaking process. Milk is heated to 161 degrees, held at that temperature for 15 seconds, and then co... |
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Description: | Two men working in a vat that has been filled with pasteurized milk and to which rennet (an extract from a calf's stomach) has been added, which coagulates... |
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Description: | The milk, after cutting, has been transformed into curds and whey. The curds are comprised of the solids in the milk and the remaining whey is the liquid p... |
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Description: | Workers are busy filling the stainless steel Brick Cheese forms with curds. |
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Description: | Each Brick of cheese weighs out at approximately 5 pounds. The general rule of thumb is that it takes 10 pounds of milk to produce 1 pound of cheese. A 5 p... |
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Description: | Brick Cheese derives its name from the bricks used to press the curds. |
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Description: | There is some cream in the whey, which is extracted by pumping the whey through this cream separator (a Westfalia Centrifuge). |
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Description: | Cheesemakers remove loaves of Brick Cheese that have been floating in the salt brine tank for 14 hours. |
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Description: | The Foil Pack Brick Cheese is a surface-ripened cheese. Each cheese is washed with whey to enhance the ripening process, during the week-long stay in the c... |
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Description: | Each Brick Cheese is packed in an airtight bag. A machine draws all the air out of the bag and a clip is applied. By dipping each package in hot water, the... |
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Description: | When making Cheddar Cheese, slabs of cheese are turned and packed, which is called, "Cheddaring." |
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Description: | The slabs of cheese are put through a curd mill, which makes the popular Cheddar Cheese Curds. |
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Description: | Salt is sprinkled on the newly cut cheese curds. |
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Description: | The finished cheese curds are weighed and poured into forms to make a 40 pound block of cheese. |
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Description: | In 2004, Widmer's added 3500 sq. feet, which includes packaging, cold storage, loading dock, office and bathroom facilities. Pictured here is Widmer's CEO ... |
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Description: | CEO Joe Widmer and Office Manager, Kristine Miescke, go over reports in their office. Widmer's ships cheese to every state in the union. |
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Description: | CEO Joe Widmer stands in the newly added area used for cheese packaging. |
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Description: | CEO Joe Widmer stand in the 40-degree cold storage room where Widmer's ages their award winning Cheddar, Brick, and Colby Cheese. |
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