I know it used to be very popular in baking, but is there any other special usage for them?
2007-09-30 12:26:36 · 4 answers · asked by Pika C 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
I use them for making ice cream (the custard type) and for making Farmer's Cheese. The junket tablets cause the milk solids to solidify.
2007-09-30 12:35:48 · answer #1 · answered by artistagent116 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Junket was a company that made prepackaged powdered dessert mixes and ingredients for making various curdled, milk-based foods, such as rennet custard, ice cream and rennet tablets. In 1874, Christian Hansen founded Hansen's Laboratorium in Denmark to make rennet extract for the cheesemaking industry. Later in 1878, he opened up operations in the United States. Herkimer County, New York, was chosen for the headquarters, since it was the center of the US cheese industry at that time.
Rennet tablets, commonly referred to as "Junket tablets", are a common source of rennet for home cheesemakers.
The "Junket" brand is now owned and used by Redco Foods.
-The Wik
2007-09-30 12:29:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They may have been used as a way of keeping milk products a little bit longer, in the same way as yoghurts and cheeses, can have a longer shelf life or can cope with slightly higher temperatures without going off (or rotting)
2007-09-30 12:37:28 · answer #3 · answered by cehelp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were used to make a certain type of custard pudding.
2007-09-30 12:30:19 · answer #4 · answered by Alwyn C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋