The Wine and Cheese Thread

[seela]

Thanks for the tips (not you CnC, bad girl, no more rye chips to you!), I'll keep them in mind when I go to the booze store.

I realized I have nothing riding on this, because I'll be drinking beer, so I'll probably let my friend choose the wine and just pay for it.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Thanks for the tips (not you CnC, bad girl, no more rye chips to you!), I'll keep them in mind when I go to the booze store.

I realized I have nothing riding on this, because I'll be drinking beer, so I'll probably let my friend choose the wine and just pay for it.

Moi? Bad girl? Never!

 

[desertslave]

Brewing and wine-making fascinates me. I've helped friends do the work in the past, from picking grapes or growing hops "for the cause" but never done the whole process on my own. I would like to try making some honey-mead and cordials, too. I've gone to "theory" classes at SCA events, have a bunch of notes and recipes, and there's even a brewing store not far from here. But I have visions of sticky, over-excited mead dripping from the ceiling of my garage when I've done something wrong.

 

[midwestyankee]

I sent your link to my daughter...she goes to the one near her campus on a regular basis!

Harold's is absolutely the best!

I don't understand - what's all that white stuff on the ground?
Extra sand?

Yes. That particular store is on the beach front.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[desertslave]

Dinner tonight is arroz con pollo (criollo-marinated chicken and saffron rice).

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

G walked past a well known cheese shop in London on Thursday and one of the staff ran out 'G, where have you been, don't you love us anymore? Eh? '. G explained we were on a stricter budget these days and high value cheese from very smart cheese shops was one of the casualties.....but that we had longer time together etc etc and that the semi sabbatical was great and the work he was doing was really fantastic.

'So' said the frommagier, ' you are on your way home now? Your wife still likes some thing mild? I think I have something you should take with you.....no, no, from me! For a valued customer from us as a gift!' What a sweety, huh?

He sent home the most amazingly wonderful cheddar curd cheese, the soft curds just fresh and just reminiscent or Somerset dairies. We scooped it out of the pot and had it on toasted bagel for lunch today.

This might have fine in the What Made You Smile thread. Such fun!
I think you should make the man some brittle

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[cfuhrer]

I grew up raising dairy goats for 4-H and so got into making cheese. Making your cheese is like baking your own bread or raising your own meat animals. With rare exception, nothing tastes so good as something from your own hand/kitchen.

As for wines - I grew up in the Columbia Basin so it is all Washington and Oregon wines for me. Not that my pallet is so refined as to know the difference but I like to support-my-own-shop-at-home.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I grew up raising dairy goats for 4-H and so got into making cheese. Making your cheese is like baking your own bread or raising your own meat animals. With rare exception, nothing tastes so good as something from your own hand/kitchen.

As for wines - I grew up in the Columbia Basin so it is all Washington and Oregon wines for me. Not that my pallet is so refined as to know the difference but I like to support-my-own-shop-at-home.

I have been kicking around the thought of cheese making.. I don't have my own animals, but I would just love to make some cheese! I have a good source for raw cows milk, buy would love to check out goat milk. I need a friend with goats

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[cfuhrer]

I have been kicking around the thought of cheese making.. I don't have my own animals, but I would just love to make some cheese! I have a good source for raw cows milk, buy would love to check out goat milk. I need a friend with goats

Actually, right now I am stuck living in the city so when I do make cheese I make it with store bought cows milk. So far it hasn't really affected the outcome in the cheeses I make. But if you have a source for raw milk so much the better. We also make our own yogurt and it is super easy and delicious.

Making goats cheese must be wonderful. Having fresh, crumbly soft goat cheese in the fridge at all times would be heaven I think.

It was heaven. I miss the farm. Every. Day. I cannot wait to be in a position to get back to some land and grow our own food.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Actually, right now I am stuck living in the city so when I do make cheese I make it with store bought cows milk. So far it hasn't really affected the outcome in the cheeses I make. But if you have a source for raw milk so much the better. We also make our own yogurt and it is super easy and delicious.



It was heaven. I miss the farm. Every. Day. I cannot wait to be in a position to get back to some land and grow our own food.

I also make my own yoghurt, and I make it very tangy, love it that way!
If you have a tried and true cheese making recipe, or can point me to a good link/page I would love it!! I feel ready to take the plunge
I cheese

 

[cfuhrer]

I also make my own yoghurt, and I make it very tangy, love it that way!
If you have a tried and true cheese making recipe, or can point me to a good link/page I would love it!! I feel ready to take the plunge
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Ricki is your gal!
http://www.cheesemaking.com/

She is awesome and she is the only place I buy supplies from. They employ veterans and she has a quirky sense of humor that is so much fun. She has a local milk finder on the website, too.

"Two goats and a cow walk into a barn...
and 37 years later we're still making cheese"

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[MeekMe]

~_~; Dairy is beyond me. Making yogurt? Cheese making? This is fascinating, but I'm not a fan of most things dairy related. Partly because the hormones take a toll on me, and I think my stomach doesn't like it. 0_o; I do, however, like to have some cheese with bread and olives with my beer.

Mister was classmates with a guy that owned his own cheese making business. He sold through a farmers market and his most popular cheese was made with black truffles. I think he sold the business and used the money to move to another state after college. Smart kid.

 

[desertslave]

I took a medieval-oriented cheese making class a few years ago. It was a lot of fun. We also made our own butter, which was soooo good! I would love to be able to buy a little fridge and turn it into our own pseudo-cave. (Cool & dry doesn't exist here for more than 9 weeks a year. LOL)

 

[midwestyankee]

I have been kicking around the thought of cheese making.. I don't have my own animals, but I would just love to make some cheese! I have a good source for raw cows milk, buy would love to check out goat milk. I need a friend with goats

I hear that spider milk cheese is a frighteningly rare delicacy.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Ricki is your gal!
http://www.cheesemaking.com/

She is awesome and she is the only place I buy supplies from. They employ veterans and she has a quirky sense of humor that is so much fun. She has a local milk finder on the website, too.

"Two goats and a cow walk into a barn...
and 37 years later we're still making cheese"

Thank you so much! You just saved me about... 100 hours of pointless internet dawdling

I took a medieval-oriented cheese making class a few years ago. It was a lot of fun. We also made our own butter, which was soooo good! I would love to be able to buy a little fridge and turn it into our own pseudo-cave. (Cool & dry doesn't exist here for more than 9 weeks a year. LOL)

Mmmmm yes! I make my own butter. There's nothing like it on fresh bread. It's easy, too!

I hear that spider milk cheese is a frighteningly rare delicacy.

Aaaarrrgghhh! The dreams I will have tonight

 

[midwestyankee]

Thank you so much! You just saved me about... 100 hours of pointless internet dawdling





Mmmmm yes! I make my own butter. There's nothing like it on fresh bread. It's easy, too!





Aaaarrrgghhh! The dreams I will have tonight

Trust me. I'll be able to milk this one for a looooooong time.

 

[Endless_Night]

Trust me. I'll be able to milk this one for a looooooong time.

Holy....

I. Am. Scared.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Trust me. I'll be able to milk this one for a looooooong time.

Ok, you milk the spider and make the cheese, then