Judging Homemade Cheddars - What Aging Method Created the Best Tasting Cheddar?

Jokingly referred to as "the Cheddar Olympics", four identical homemade cheeses competed for the title of "best tasting cheddar." Each cheddar was treated differently after being made. Their "after-care” (properly referred to as “affinage”) was either:
- vacuum-packed
- waxed
- cloth-bandaged (the traditional technique for cheddar)
- left natural (with occasional brine washing).

Mary Anne wanted to find out how these surface treatments would affect the flavour & texture of her homemade cheddars, so she invited 8 friends to judge her 4 cheeses based on their taste, texture, appearance and aroma. After taste-testing each cheese, the judges scored each cheese from best to worst.

Which cheddar do you think was voted the overall favourite/best tasting?
Which cheddar do you think was voted the least favourite?

Watch the video to find out the surprising results!

Here’s the link to see Mary Anne’s video tutorial to make cheddar at home (copy & paste it into your internet browser):    • Make Cheddar at Home--Amazing Cheddar...  

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Learn about how to make other cheeses at home such as camembert, brie, roquefort (blue cheese), feta, mascarpone, quick mozzarella, cream cheese, ricotta, labneh, Nabulsi, Belper Knolle, Boursin, colby, yogurt, as well as goat cheeses (chèvre) like crottin- & valencay-style cheeses.

Royalty-free music song used in this video is: “George Street Shuffle” by Kevin MacLeod.