{"id":26092,"date":"2016-03-11T17:11:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T22:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/?p=26092"},"modified":"2016-04-25T12:37:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T16:37:33","slug":"blue-cheese-veining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/blue-cheese-veining\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do Blue Cheese Veins Look the Way They Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Qgreen_40px.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1183\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Qgreen_40px.png\" alt=\"Qgreen_40px\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Qgreen_40px.png 40w, https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Qgreen_40px-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 8px; margin-left: 50px;\">The veining doesn\u2019t look the same in all blue cheeses&mdash;why?<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Agreen.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1184\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Agreen.png\" alt=\"Agreen\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Agreen.png 40w, https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Agreen-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 12px; margin-left: 50px;\">It\u2019s no secret that what creates a cheese\u2019s blue veining is the presence of a penicillium mold, typically <i lang=\"la\">Penicillium roqueforti<\/i>. But there\u2019s another, perhaps lesser-known key factor in mold growth: oxygen, without which these molds wouldn\u2019t exist. As a result, blue veins will grow where air pockets are, their shapes and patterns reflecting the pockets in the curd. The size and dimension of these pockets are influenced by the curd\u2019s firmness. Pastes that become softer and creamier may display more wispy veins (as in <a href=\"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/cheese-library\/Gorgonzola-Dolce\" target=\"_blank\">Gorgonzola Dolce<\/a>), while pastes that retain a firmer texture aren\u2019t as likely to collapse, thus maintaining the air pockets (as in <a href=\"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/cheese-library\/roquefort\" target=\"_blank\">Roquefort<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrvalleycheese.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carr Valley<\/a> cheesemaker Sid Cook, veining is also shaped by how mold spores are incorporated during the make process. In Carr Valley\u2019s case, \u201cblue spores are purposely added to the milk, instead of to the curd,\u201d he says, so that the \u201cbloom is consistent and even throughout the cheese.\u201d And of course, those deep, straight veins we often see in blue cheeses are created when fresh wheels are purposely punctured to create airflow inside the cheese.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Culture team tackles how the dashes and dots of blue cheese veins come to 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