Tag: cows milk
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A Cheese I Cantal Love Enough
It’s not enough for the French to have 6,000 types of native cheeses. They have to compete with the English on the one cheese that couldn’t get more English: cheddar. That’s right; the French have a cheddar, too. And it’s delicious. Really, ridiculously delicious. Sure, it’s not really a cheddar—and the French would probably not…
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Cow, Sheep, Goat: What’s in a Milk?
Milk is milk, is milk, right? Well, no. All milk serves the same basic purpose of nourishing a mammal’s young, but how that milk accomplishes its goal is different for each animal. Cheeses made from cow’s milk are perhaps the most prevalent in the United States, but goat’s milk cheeses and sheep’s milk cheeses are…
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What in the Heck is Raclette?
Raclette is the new big foodie thing. You heard it here first, okay? Raclette is both a cheese and a dish. Raclette is a type of cow’s milk cheese that, like Gruyère, is made in Switzerland and in France. In Switzerland, Raclette is the name given to a style of cheese, and each Swiss Raclette…
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Ferndale Farmstead Cheeses
[metaslider id=12] On a recent continuing education trip for work, a group of cheesemongers visited Ferndale Farmstead which is located–go figure–in Ferndale, Washington. Up in Whatcom County, not too far from good ol’ Canada, lies one of Washington state’s cheesiest counties. In other words, Whatcom County is home to the greatest population of cheese producers…