[Sca-cooks] Cheese making

[Donna Green]

Aelianora congrats on the livestock, but oh poo about missing the Symposium. I wanted to chat you up about cheesey stuff. I started my 29th batch of aged cheese this weekend.

In addition to the other advice, I'd say take good notes. I have my cheese notebook where I keep track of when, what, how warm, various other things so when something turns out yummy a couple of months down the road, I can remember how I got there.

Just to brag a bit, the cheese I made for PPFIII turned out very yummy. Mistress Eibhlinn (the cheese goddess) said it was good. It was a mixed milk (cow and goat milk with sheep yogurt) cheese that was 6 weeks old when we ate it.

Aelianora, to follow up Selene's comment, perhaps you can try for next year's Symposium in CAID. Also, if you'd like to have a cheesey day at the Cooks Play Date at the West An Tir war, please let me know ... I'm the coordinator for the play date.

Juana Isabella
West

> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:23:13 -0700
> From: "Rikke D. Giles" <rgiles at centurytel.net>
> To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Cheese making
> Greetings,
> 
> I was slated to teach a cheese class at West Coast Culinary
> Symposium 
> next week.  Unfortunately, my milking goats thought
> different and have 
> the temerity to be scheduled to give birth around
> then.  So I'll be 
> staying home doing farm stuff.  
> 
> Aelianora de Wyntringham
> Barony of Dragon's Laire, An Tir