Comments on: Fromagerie

By: tori

tori — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:10:23 +0000

We had some of my homemade cheddar for Thanksgiving. I think tomorrow I’ll write about it and post a picture because I am certainly too lazy to write a post today. In case you ever decide to venture into making hard cheeses, you should know that I have a cheese press that you could borrow.

By: MOM

MOM — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:33:21 +0000

Yesssssssss.
I am making lasagna for Christmas…Can I order 2 pounds of ricotta ? Pleeeeze?
P.S. You are still invited for dinner even if I have to buy the cheese at that local Italian deli.

By: shari

shari — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:21:20 +0000

My aunt and uncle raise goats now, and have their own little boutique business selling organic goat milk, cheeses, soaps, etc. It all started when one of my cousins joined 4H and got a goat about 20 years ago.
Which is merely to say, be careful. You never know what a goat will lead to.

By: jenny

jenny — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:36:16 +0000

kat: i’m not sure cocoa the goat thought i was so awesome, but you’re very kind!
finn: well, i’m not entirely sure where you fall on the kinsey scale, but i am impressed by your openness to dating other species. and i’ve never met a cheese i didn’t like, so i was in heaven!
tracy lynn: i’m pretty cool with finding out where cheese comes from, but hamburgers? i’ll remain in my blissful state of ignorance…
sizzle: i have to admit, i was pretty thrilled!
dave: of course! we still need to fill the roles of hay baler, sheep herder and cattle wrangler.
claire: you know, the whole cheesecloth connection didn’t occur to me either until i tried making paneer at home. and i can’t wait to see what my landlord thinks about me having two pygmy goats and a fiberglass mountain installed in my apartment.
churlita: yeah, but you go to way more fun dance parties than i do. and you should totally try making cheese – it’s so easy!

By: churlita

churlita — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:27:32 +0000

Very cool. I’ve never made cheese before or milked a goat before either.
I’ve always thought that bee keeping would be cool too. Here I go, living vicariously through you.

By: claire

claire — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:50:45 +0000

Awesome.
I had some cheesecloth issues too when I was made lebni/kefir cheese once. More layers of it next time. Still, it was sort of an idiotic revelation: cheese + cloth = cheesecloth, a thing you use to make cheese.
re: pygmy goat apt. pets, maybe. Better if you have a yard, I’m sure though. And they seem to like company, so I’d get 2.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:38:46 +0000

You are well on your way to mastering the skills of farm life. Better start stocking up on duct tape and bailing wire.
I wanna come to the farm too! can I can I can I?

By: sizzle

sizzle — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:14:44 +0000

You milked a goat! That is SO COOL.

By: Tracy Lynn

Tracy Lynn — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:20:21 +0000

I’m pretty sure that, despite my deep love of cheese, I don’t want to get up close and personal with it’s origins. Thanks for doing that so I don’t have to!

By: Finn

Finn — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:39:50 +0000

So what you’re saying is that I might, in fact, be bisexual? In addition to the trans-species thing of course.
My mom’s cousin had a dairy farm and I didn’t know that girl cows could have horns.
How was the cheese?