Neufchâtel and cream cheese : farm manufacture and use by Matheson and Cammack
Neufchâtel and cream cheese by K. J. Matheson and F. R. Cammack is a government agricultural bulletin from the early 20th century. It is a practical, step-by-step guide that explains how to make soft, fresh cheeses—especially Neufchâtel, cream cheese, and pimiento-cream cheese—on farms or in small dairies, with notes on equipment, packaging, costs, marketing, and their use in cooking. The bulletin begins with the qualities of these soft cheeses and explains why
they suit small-scale production. It then details the full manufacturing process: choosing clean, fresh milk; using starters to control acidity; standardizing fat (about 6% for cream cheese); optional pasteurization (145°F for 30 minutes); and the make procedure—setting at about 80–83°F with rennet or pepsin, 15–18 hours of coagulation, draining in cloths, optional cooling, pressing under weights, then working and salting. It covers popular flavorings (pimiento, olives, Roquefort), molding methods using a food-chopper attachment, wrapping in foil or packing in jars, typical yields (roughly 14–16 lb Neufchâtel per 100 lb 4% milk; 17–19 lb cream cheese per 100 lb 6% milk), and standard package sizes. Practical chapters estimate costs per package, outline simple equipment and its depreciation, give advice on direct-to-consumer marketing and keeping quality, and finish with a concise, repeatable workflow plus extensive recipes showing how to use these cheeses in salads, sandwiches, vegetables, cereals, egg dishes, and other household meals. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Matheson, K. J. (Kenneth Jesse), 1885-1940 |
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| Author | Cammack, F. R. (Francis Ray), 1890-1973 |
| Title | Neufchâtel and cream cheese : farm manufacture and use |
| Original Publication | Washington: Government Printing Office, 1918. |
| Credits | Charlene Taylor, Ed Foster, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | SF: Agriculture: Animal culture |
| Subject | Cooking (Cheese) |
| Subject | Neufchâtel cheese |
| Subject | Cream cheese |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77282 |
| Release Date | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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