CHEDDAR CHEESE RIPENING 275 



market requirements. It is customary for the judge to 

 pick out several samples and score them in order to 

 fix the standard and if there are several judges this serves 

 to unify their standard. Ordinarily judges will vary 

 because of their individual tastes, unless they begin with 

 a uniform standard. 



Certain markets require cheese with given qualities 

 which on other markets would be considered defects. 

 For example, the Boston market requires a very soft, 

 pasty cheese which other markets would consider un- 

 desirable. 



The cheese is constantly undergoing changes due to the 

 ripening agents so that it may not always be scored the 

 same. For example, a cheese may have little or no flavor 

 and after several weeks a very considerable flavor may 

 have developed. This is probably due to the action of 

 the ripening agents, and therefore the second time it 

 would be scored differently. 



265. The score-card. When judging several samples 

 of cheese, the type of score-card on the opposite page is 

 used for each one. 



This gives the date of judging and the sample number, 

 the judge's name and reasons for cutting the score and 

 recommendations to avoid these troubles. 



