Since the way way very beginning of my cheese making career (as a cheese maker) I made cheese, and hung it. I loved the smell of the fresh cheese draining in cheese bags and loved the taste even more! So did ya'all so the fresh cheeses have been a large part of my product line up and also my life since they take a good amount of work to get them just right :) I just hung the first batch of fromage blanc this evening and now this place feels like home. It is a wonderful thing to have my own creamery now, and have it licensed to do everything I want!!!!
I am super duper excited to say that I have my fresh cheeses back. I will save you all the dramatic stories of how long it took me to get here (three times longer plus seven weeks more than expected), the truck driver with little to no clothes that delivered the wrong cheese press, the re wiring and pumps (I know the difference between 110 and 240!), All of it came to fruition at 9pm the other night when my most loved dairy inspectors came over to license my pasteurizer! Heilda! is fantastic she has a 275 gallon capacity and its sits low so yours truly doesn't even have to have a step to work in the vat! There were some last minute things like a 3k dollar air space heater that had to be created in two hours and a couple other things that required lots of money and deep thought but the bottom line is people that thanks to vodka, my fairy cheesemonger, Sedy Construction and my parents and a lot of hours in the creamery! this week we will have...
datatdatdtat dada tam!
Mozzarella! Creme Fraiche and two flavors of our very popular fromage blanc!! Yum Yum Yum
Gosh that felt good on my lips- they taste as good as they sound!!
We will also have butter, jarlsburg, cheddar, gouda and the most amazing feta ever!!!!
In two minus no weeks we will have blue cheese! And its super yummy in your tummy (also might put some hairs on your chest!)
I decided I love this industry not only because it allows me to be physical, artistic, scientific and amazing all in one day but because it so constantly challenging. I decided this morning that if I ever have a girl I am going to teach her how to do her own electrical and that she will know how to go shopping and hook up a compressor to a cheese press before she can drive!!!
Did you know there was an explosion at a cheese factory in France, all that was left was de brie!!
What did the cheese say after it got attacked by several blades?
It left grater!
I hope those jokes were not whey over your head!!
Have a lovely weekend!!!
Yours always
Cheese Czarina !!!!
