Curd stirring at the Charlevoix cheese dairy, Baie-Saint-Paul, 1951.

Photographer: Omer Beaudoin

Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec

Hot milk

After the farmers have delivered the raw milk, it goes into a double-wall vat where the steam can circulate like in a water bath. Then, the cheese-maker slowly stirs the milk with a type of longteeth rake called a stirrer in order to get uniform heating.

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