Gouda is a Dutch yellow cheese made from cow’s milk. It is named after the city of Gouda in the Netherlands. I don’t eat a lot of Gouda, but I generally like it and it is often found waxed in the red wax I use for most of my cheese. This Read more…
Trappist Style Cheese is named for the Trappist Monks that originally made the cheese. They were each named for the particular monastery such as Port Salut, Saint-Paulin. These cheeses have a distinctive orange color and a smelly locker room kind of a smell, but the taste is worth the smell. The Read more…
As I look at my last posting, I realize that it has been sometime since I last posted. Luckily, I have been making cheese, just not talking about it. I have also been eating some, I took a class and have been watching my Frig carefully. My plan is to begin Read more…
Guido’s recipe from “Home cheese making” p 146 seems to be a favorite of many, yet somehow I waited 18 months before I got around to making it. When we ended up with a snow day on February 2nd, it seemed like the natural choice. Started with 2 gallons of Read more…