Dairy Foods CDE

Purpose To enhance learning activities relative to the quality production, processing, distribution, promotion, marketing, and consumption of dairy foods. To assist students to develop a sound perceptive for utilizing decision making

Contest Consists of 3-4 members Top 3 Individual scores count Total Points Individual……200 Team………….600 Contest consists of 4 classes: Milk Flavor Identification and Evaluation Identification of Cheeses Identification of Real vs. Artificial Dairy Foods Written Exam

National Contest Milker Units Sediment Pads CMT Concepts Team Event

Class 1: Milks 10 Samples of milk 2 points for each defect and scoring is worth one point. Total of 120 points Have 36 minutes to complete. When scoring milk its on a 1 to 10 range. Can have 2 of the same kind of milk defects in this contest

Kinds of Milks 12 Kinds of Milks Oxidized Acid Rancid Bitter Feed Foreign Garlic or Onion Malty Oxidized Rancid Salty Unclean Flat No Defect

Judging Milks Relies on your taste and smell Don’t second guess you self Always use plastic disposable cups Never eat anything spicy or hot before contest Don’t eat a big meal before contest Don’t chew any gum Can have apple juice to drink during contest

Acid Milk Milk mixed with buttermilk Tastes and smells like buttermilk Score: 3-1 State 3 or 2

Bitter No smell Has bitter taste Score: 5-1 State score it: 5-3

Feed Most prevalent off-flavor Score: 9-5 State score: 8 Rarely is at state

Foreign Any objectionable flavor Don’t allow students to drink Never shows up at the state contest or at nationals Score: 5-3

Garlic-Onion Obnoxious Weed Flavor Distinctive Taste and Odor Rarely shows up at State Contest Score: 5-3

Malty Distinct taste and smell Score: 5-1 State usually score it a 5

Oxidized/Metallic Distinct smell and flavor Oxidized tastes like cardboard Metallic tastes like metal Score: 6-1 State usually score it a 5

Rancid No smell Score: 4-1 Score at state usually 4

Salty No smell Has distinct salty taste Score: 8-4 Score at State usually 8-7

Unclean Bitter flavor No smell Score: 3-1

Flat Watery Tasteless Watered downed milk Score: 9-7 State score it usually 9

No Defect Smells like good milk Has nothing wrong with it Score is a 10 ALWAYS!!!!! 3 No Defects last two years at State

Class 2: Identification of Cheeses Ten Samples of Cheeses in a class Each cheese is worth 2 points Total of 20 points 18 minutes to complete class Can have repeated cheeses Don’t always go by color Can have all white cheeses

Types of Cheeses 14 Types of Cheeses Monterey (Jack) Blue Brick Brie/Camenbert Chedder (Mild/Sharp) Colby Cream/Neufchatel Edam/Gouda Monterey (Jack) Mozzarella/Pizza Munster Processed American Provolone Swiss

Blue Tangy, peppery taste Semi soft exterior Marbled or streaked with blue veins of mold exterior

Brick Mild to moderately sharp Semi soft to medium firm texture Creamy yellow color

Brie/Camembert Mild to pungent taste Smooth texture Creamy yellow color Brown and white crust

Cheddar Mild/Sharp Yellow-orange to white in color Firm texture Mild Cheddar has a mild tangy taste Sharp Cheddar sticks to the teeth

Colby Mild tasting White to medium yellow-orange texture Has tiny open holes Softer texture than cheddar

Cream/Neufchatel Mild flavor Soft and smooth texture White in color

Edam/Gouda Mellow-nut like taste Semi-soft to firm texture Creamy yellow-orange color Comes in circle form in stores Red waxy covering

Monterey (Jack) Sweet nut like taste Firm in texture White in color

Mozzarella/Pizza Mild delicate flavor Firm, plastic texture Creamy white in color As time goes cheese gets greasy

Muenster Mild flavor Creamy white interior with a yellow tan surface Orange covering on cheese

Processed American Taste mild Can be white or orange in color Has small uniform holes Semi-soft texture

Provolone Mellow to smoky taste Smells smoky Firm texture White in color

Swiss Sweet, nut-like flavor Firm texture Has large uniform holes Light yellow in color

Part 1: Problem Solving Natural & Artificial 5 samples to be identified 2pts each Total of 10 points 18 minutes to complete

Judging Natural & Artificial Taste the samples Touch the samples Smell the samples

Natural & Artificial Half & Half Coffee mate Land Lakes butter I can’t believe its not butter Sour Cream Fat-Free artificial Sour Cream Cheese Singles real Cool Whip Whipping cream Mozzarella Artificial Cheddar

Written Test Each question is worth 2pts Worth Total of 50 points Consists of 25-50 questions Can’t miss any questions. REALLY IMPORTANT!!!! Memorize answers