It's best to purchase culinary cheesecloth that is slightly tighter woven and made entirely of cotton. The stuff they sell by several yards in packets in grocery stores isn't usually very high grade, and shreds/fall apart. Because it is loosely woven, you can't wash and reuse it either. That would mean using a grade 90 or better. Cheesecloth is graded from 10 to 100, depending on the number of threads woven per inch, and the smaller numbers being less closely woven, fewer threads that is. Low number stuff is for crafts, middle grade best for straining cheese curds, and the higher thread counts for straining liquids and even for clothes making. Grade 100 feels and looks much like nice light blouse fabric. There are a number of places you can purchase cheesecloth from, just watch the grade and choose according to what you want to use it for. Draining curds from whey, or wrapping cheese for waxing- something like grade 50. If you want to strain soup, perhaps grade 60 or so. If you want to make spice bags, then something higher is called for. You want a dress for summer, you want grade 100.
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