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Sutton, Massachusetts
Virtual Museum - First Floor - CHEESE PRESS
Households in the 1800s had a wooden cheese press. Cheese was
made by placing a small wooden pail called a firkin filled with sour milk on
a shelf at the lower part of the press. A cover was placed on the firkin and
on the cover was placed blocks of wood. Theses blocks were lowered and the
liquid was pressed our using gravity. As the liquid came out the blocks
would lower and additional blocks were placed on top. Eventually most of the
liquid was drained off and solid pieces would remain in the firkin. The
liquid was called whey and the solid chunks were called curds. The curds
were stored as cheese. The whey was fed to the pigs.
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