How is cheese made?

[ajl50]

Ok...I love food. A lot. My dad used to own restaurants including running some ski lodge at magic mountain for a few years in the 70s. I love to cook. I know just about everything about food. But there is one thing that has eluded me: HOW THE HELL does one batch of milk + rennet/enzymes become cheddar while that SAME formula produces Swiss or gouda.
I just don't get it. Some of you live in Vermont. They make a a lot of cheese there. Perhaps somebody here knows
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[BeanoNYC]

http://home.howstuffworks.com/food-preservation7.htm

 

[andyzee]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Fromunder+Cheese

 

[ajl50]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Fromunder+Cheese

Mmm....didn't you eat some just yesterday?

No really no article explains why one batch makes cheddar and the other makes brie.

 

[BeanoNYC]

http://www.zingermans.com/Article.pasp?ArticleID=article35

http://www.bestofsicily.com/mag/art87.htm

 

[ajl50]

thank you beano-