Guess where i found the cheese cloth...

I've been on a cooking kick lately...

tried my hand at some curry last week... Chicken Jalfrezi by the way... pretty awesome!

This week im digging into making Pho... 24 hours of boiling spices to make some serious broth

Got me all the ingredients... but the one thing i can't find is cheese cloth

Looked in every grocery store in the area... nothing... like it doesn't exist

I finally give in and ask someone in the last place i hit... "oh sure i know where those are"



Kid takes me down the cleaning supplies aisle... And there's rows of cheese cloth...

Beside the dish soap, mops and disinfectants.... and cat litter

I have never even heard of cheesecloth before, so of course I had to look it up.

Cheesecloth : a very lightweight unsized cotton gauze



www.merriam-webster.com...

a reply to: BrokenCircles

Cheesecloth : a very lightweight unsized cotton gauze

Which is fantastic for disinfecting floors.. and cat boxes...

I use cheesecloth in making cheese (of course), but I also use cut-up old sheets. Properly washed, of course. Sheets might work as well if you're using them for straining.

a reply to: Akragon

Well, whomever runs the store you found your cheesecloth in doesn't have any idea what it is or what it's used for!

Do they put the motor oil in the cooking oil section too?

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

Do they put the motor oil in the cooking oil section too?

No.. Motor's are too advanced for these grocery type.. They're still workin on cloth

As the PC police decend

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

Where do you think they should stock it?

Only curious because where they stocked it makes sense to me in a "plan-o-gram" way; that's where other "fabric" products like dishcloths would be.

As a consumer, where would you assume it would be?

a reply to: BrokenCircles

They make auto prep cloth out of cheesecloth. It's a sticky form of it that lets you get all the dust off a vehicle prior to painting.

a reply to: billxam

It seems that stuff has many uses. I assume I've probably seen it or used it at some point, but just didn't know what it was called.




a reply to: Akragon

You may have already considered this, but if not.... You know you probably could have found it at one/some of the other stores you went to first, if you had only asked someone. I'm the same way, but... just sayin'.... might've saved you some time.

a reply to: Atsbhct

Where pots and pans etc kitchen ware is, also it could be a hit to have some in near dairy products.. which small recipes how to make cheese at home.

I use cheese cloth when making cannabis butter

originally posted by: Atsbhct
a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

Where do you think they should stock it?

Only curious because where they stocked it makes sense to me in a "plan-o-gram" way; that's where other "fabric" products like dishcloths would be.

As a consumer, where would you assume it would be?

I would assume it was where it should be, in the cooking supplies section where the pots, pans and spatulas are. That, or minimally in the sheet goods section with the tinfoil, plastic wrap, etc. is.

Certainly not in with the cleaning supplies! Cheesecloth has exactly zero purpose as a cleaning supply.

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

Lol. Now I'm really overthinking things.

Well, Wally world has it in 2 spots.
The fabric Isle (its cheaper here)
And the canning isle.

It makes no sense where they had it.

originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
I would assume it was where it should be, in the cooking supplies section where the pots, pans and spatulas are. That, or minimally in the sheet goods section with the tinfoil, plastic wrap, etc. is.

Certainly not in with the cleaning supplies! Cheesecloth has exactly zero purpose as a cleaning supply.

It has to be a store or chain that isn't using the standardized SKU maps/layout that most supermarkets do.

originally posted by: TrulyColorBlind
but I also use cut-up old sheets. Properly washed, of course. Sheets might work as well if you're using them for straining.

I know which house I'm not eating at!

Maybe it's just me, but I don't care how much you wash your sheets that's a big NO for me. Also, do you know how dirty most laundry that has just been washed is? Try laundry stripping and find out.

a reply to: BrokenCircles

A kinds sorta type of cheese cloth is used in the Scalloping industry here.
Once cleaned after shucking on the boat they are put in
off white bags of new muslin and buried in ice. Not sure of that spelling though...

a reply to: billxam

They make auto prep cloth out of cheesecloth. It's a sticky form of it that lets you get all the dust off a vehicle prior to painting.

I love that stuff, they make it for woodworking too, it's called tack cloth. It is sticky and smooth at the same time and oddly satisfying.

a reply to: Atsbhct

Next to the baking paper(parchment) or canning and baking supplies

a reply to: JAGStorm

Ive made boiled puddings in 100% cotton shirts, not used though