Ignore these ads:
RSS
@clabbermouth
- It's always sunny until you start riding.: http://t.co/XL6viR4l 1 year ago
Archives
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
Tags
andalucia animal rennet Austin bicycle touring butter cheese Coonridge Corsica Cortijo El Manzano cows culling Daily Texan England Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance FDA fermented foods feta cheese France gardening goats guardian dogs hand milking ice cream intentional communities Ireland lobbying local food meat milk Namibia New Mexico nutritionism poverty raw milk recipe rennet spain stealth camping stop buying things TX vegan Wales water whole foods WWOOFIgnore these ads:
Affiliate Link:
Meta
Tag Archives: cheese
Milk, butter, yogurt, cheese…
One of the best parts about working at La Ferme des Jarouilles was helping to make all of their different products. They make so many! I got to bottle raw cow’s and goat’s milk for the first time. We also … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged butter, cheese, cows, France, fromage blanc, goats, milk, raw milk, yogurt
Leave a comment
AOC Does Not Mean Great
I remember sitting in a cabin in New Mexico around this time last year reading a book about French cheeses and daydreaming. “Wow,” I thought to myself. “Instead of banning raw milk cheeses, the French make laws to protect them! … Continue reading
A Post for Cheese Nerds (Normandy, continued)
The cheese at this farm is good. Really good. They make little lactic chevres, and also some cow’s milk cheeses made with exactly the same recipe. They sell most of these cheeses after two or three weeks of aging, at … Continue reading
Selling to Tourists
This is an island after all, and it’s an island with approximately 120 residents. Given that the residents import almost 100% of their food from the mainland, I think farmers in the area could be doing a lot within the … Continue reading
Most Exciting Cheese Yet?
Because of the drought, the goats don’t have much milk right now. They have enough for their kids, and a little more. So cheese production won’t really be starting until after Easter, when Romuald slaughters most of the kids. But … Continue reading
“If we followed the recipe every time, we’d all be eating hamburgers!”
This choice quote comes from Rafa during a lesson on making Spanish dulces in a wood-fired oven. However, I think it applies to his cheesemaking as well. The other day, Rafa brought out a really delicious 4-day-old lactic queso fresco. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged andalucia, cheese, Cortijo El Manzano, fermented foods, natural cultures, raw milk, spain, WWOOF
2 Comments
The Cheese Museum
Did you guess that this was coming? The Robledos, for a long time, have run a small shop in Aracena. They sell their cheeses there, but it also functions as a little food market for bread, fruit, candy, flavored yogurt, … Continue reading
A Few Words on Aging
Cheese, that is. The quesos sudados we are learning how to make here are aged in an open, above-ground room that is not temperature or humidity controlled. The Queseria Monte Robledo makes them all year round, and in the summer … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged andalucia, cheese, curing cheese, fermented foods, Queso Sudado, spain
1 Comment
First Adventures in Spanish Cheesemaking
When we rolled down a dirt driveway onto the Monte Robledo goat dairy and queseria, our boss, Maria Jesus greeted us, told us where to put our bikes, and invited us into the queseria. “I am just heating the milk … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged andalucia, cheese, curing cheese, monte robledo, Queso Sudado, spain
Leave a comment
Three days in Sunny Sevilla
Greetings from Andalucia! After about 22 hours of traveling, I arrived at the Sevilla airport on January 12. Rob flew into nearby Jerez de la Frontera and rode his bike to Sevilla to meet me. We stayed with a new … Continue reading