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Re:Ultrasound Ages Liquor Two Years in Just Three Days by psadri on Thursday February 09, 2017 @12:35PM (#13608868)
The question is: does it work on cheese?
Re:Ultrasound Ages Liquor Two Years in Just Three Days by luminiferous on Thursday February 09, 2017 @12:54PM (#13609073)
I wouldn't imagine so. The mechanism of action for spirits here is that the ultrasound extracts the various flavor compounds from the wood much quicker than it normally takes the alcohol solution to without ultrasound. But aged cheese's flavor mostly comes from the action of mold and/or bacteria chemically altering the cheese. I can't imagine that blasting ultrasound into the cheese would accelerate this process, sadly.
Re:Ultrasound Ages Liquor Two Years in Just Three Days by dghughes on Thursday February 09, 2017 @04:12PM (#13611036)
Somewhat related molecular biologists used a gene mapping application to pair different varieties of wine and cheese types.

http://www.wineandcheesemap.com/

News articles about it:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/wine-cheese-pairing-ap...

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38333693

Re:Ultrasound Ages Liquor Two Years in Just Three Days by tempodox on Thursday February 09, 2017 @12:48PM (#13609007)
And the next question: Can you do it yourself? The shops where I get my cheese from all seem to be afraid that properly aged cheese might explode when they switch the light on.