non-member submission -Re: SC - Tea class at next EKU

[Michael Gunter]

rcmann4 at earthlink.net wrote:
> 
> And it came to pass on 28 Feb 01, , that Philip & Susan Troy wrote:
> 
> > So, to get back on the stated off-topic topic, is anybody on the cook's
> > list going to Mudthaw in Settmour Swamp (what, that would be,
> > north-central-eastern New Jersey?) on the 10th?
> 
> > Adamantius
> 
> My lord and I have our reservations in (It *is* our home barony, after
> all, and the major event of the year).  I'm trying to decide what (if
> anything) I will bring for the A&S exhibition.  My latest hobby-horse
> is cheesemaking, but I'm not sure if those can be displayed safely,
> especially since I've only been making soft bag cheeses.  I don't
> want to poison half the barony, not to mention the Royals.

My own experience is that cheese tends to broadcast its weaknesses
loudly. Unlike, say, chicken or beef, which can smell and taste fine and
still make you sick, bad cheese seems to tend not to get far enough past
the nose and the taste buds to create problems. The salt often added to
facilitate draining, and the lactic acid produced by airborne bacteria,
act as pretty effective preservatives.

And then, of course, you might be interested in methods of preserving
cheeses, such as rolling them in ashes, or conserving them in olive oil
(the latter normally done only with goat's milk cheeses). 

Pleeze pleeze pleeze, make some cheeeze.

Adamantius (thinking of oatcakes)
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com