Monticello Household Account Book, page 20

Source Record
Communication: Personal_records
SOURCE INFORMATION
Author Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson
Document Type Communication: Personal_records
Date Dec. 1776
Place of Origin Monticello
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TRANSCRIPTION
Dec 23 6 hogs killed
to make Cream Cheese by mrs Adams
to two gallons of new milk warm from the Cow,
put a pint of cream mixt well with the milk,
three or four soon-falls of rennet stured in,
cover it till it wheys, then turn it into a
cloth over the rat, till all the whey is drained
of, then put it into the vat, & put in the top, and
increase the weight on the top every hour, turn
& into a clean cloth every half hour, let it
remain in the vat till the nex morning, if
their should be any [. . .] whey in it, rat it over
with salt night & morning,
fit to eat in four or five days.
Manuscript (Library of Congress, Monticello Household Account Book, page 20). Scan available online here.