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Rennet, Substitute For

It sometimes happens that no rennet sufficiently good for curdling milk can be obtained, hence various plants have been advantageously employed for this purpose. The principal of these are the flowers of the yellow ladies' bed-straw used in England, and the eardown in Spain. A strong infusion is made of the flowers or down in the evening, and on the succeeding morning half a pint is poured upon fourteen gallons of new milk, which is thus effectually coagulated, and in consequence produces a delicious cheese.