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How do y’all clean your cheesecloth, especially when making soft cheeses or yogurt? It’s hard for me to get all the residue off by hand but I’m worried if I put it in the dishwasher or washing machine future cheeses will taste soapy.
 
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I need to know this too because I want to make ghee, and not have it be cost-prohibitive!

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Julie Wood wrote:How do y’all clean your cheesecloth, especially when making soft cheeses or yogurt? It’s hard for me to get all the residue off by hand but I’m worried if I put it in the dishwasher or washing machine future cheeses will taste soapy.



I use squares of muslin (not real cheese cloth) and like it much better for straining yogurt for a lovely cream cheese.
To wash, I first rinse well under cold running water then in a bowl in the sink I wash them in hot water with a little washing soda never soap or detergent.  Then rinse well in warm water and hang in the sun.
No residue. No smell.

Occasionally I sterilize all of them by simmering for a bit but not after every use as the wash seems enough.

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Thank you Judith!
 
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I spray them out with hot tap water, then rub them between my hands a bit to knock cruds of food out, then I toss them in the laundry with our other whites. I'm more worried about putting milkfat in the laundry than laundry soap in the cheesecloth. Anyway, they don't smell like anything but we use pretty green, unscented detergent, so our clothes don't smell like anything either.
 
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Thank you Christopher! Tangent - what detergent do you like? I’m always looking for better.
 
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Charlie's Soap -- we used to buy it in three-gallon square buckets that were nice enough to keep, but they don't sell it that way anymore.
 
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An additional note -- we strain oil for reuse after deep-frying through cheesecloth and that leaves a smell that nothing (at least nothing we use) gets out. It feels perfectly clean to my hand, but kind of stinks. But if it's used for straining yogurt or curds or my sourdough starter inflates up to the cheesecloth cover, that all comes out perfectly fine with the treatment I described above.
 
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I rinse, then cook my cheese cloth with some bicarb soda - a saucepan will do for just one cheesecloth.

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This is one of the things we use the dishwasher for. We spread it out on the top shelf. We weight it down with a few spoons.

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Years ago, I put cheesecloth in a net bag and threw it into the washing machine.

Hanging outside on a clothesline made the cheesecloth fresh smelling and white.

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Anne Miller wrote:Years ago, I put cheesecloth in a net bag and threw it into the washing machine.

Hanging outside on a clothesline made the cheesecloth fresh smelling and white.


Yup. First, I Rinse out as much as I can, then do this.

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I wash mine with cool water straight after cheesemaking, scraping any bits of cheese off it, and then I dry it on a washing line or indoor clothes rack.

I would avoid washing it with anything soapy or weird flavoured, and also avoid washing it with hot water, because this can make the cheese melt into it.

If you have trouble getting stuff off by hand, using a scrubbing brush or scrubber that is only used for milk/cheese gear and nothing else could help.

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