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Moos-Letter November, 2013

Moos-Letter November, 2013

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month A Beer Infused Cheese During the past few years, there has been a resurgence of interest by home beer brewers in making their own cheese. That's w...

Moos-Letter October, 2013

Moos-Letter October, 2013

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Yogurt and More Yogurt! This is really the last word on one of the most popular dairy products in this country. And, yet, as Jim explains in his r...

Moos-Letter September, 2013

Moos-Letter September, 2013

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Tomme de Savoie Are you ready to try your hand at a natural rind cheese? This recipe is for middle level cheese makers. Although there are many To...

Moos-Letter August, 2013

Moos-Letter August, 2013

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Farmstead Cheese Attention beginners! This is the cheese for you. If you start with this recipe, you will have a solid foundation for continuing y...

Moos-Letter July, 2013

Moos-Letter July, 2013

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Derby Cheese with Sage Green cheese! And, believe it or not, there is no food coloring involved. That beautiful color is from the sage infusion al...

Moos-Letter June, 2013

Moos-Letter June, 2013

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Queso Fresco You may have noticed that Jim presented his fabulous recipe for Queso Blanco awhile back. That cheese is somewhat similar to Queso Fr...

Moos-Letter May, 2013

Moos-Letter May, 2013

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Little "Baby Swiss" Aw, it's so cute! Spring is a great time to make a Baby Swiss! This is not just a smaller version of Mr. and Mrs. Swiss. It be...

Moos-Letter April, 2013

Moos-Letter April, 2013

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Bulgarian Feta Style Cheese Happy Spring! This month's recipe for April is a great cheese for the warming weather. It is a Feta style cheese (we e...

Moos-Letter March, 2013

Moos-Letter March, 2013

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Very Easy Schiz (Shkee) In Northern Italy, there's a region called the Dolomites where this cheese has it's origins. Traditionally, it is eaten ve...

Moos-Letter February, 2013

Moos-Letter February, 2013

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month It's a Camembert?.. No!..It's a Blue?.. No Again! It's CamBlu! This month, Jim has prepared a special recipe - a wonderful hybrid of Camembert wit...

Moos-Letter January, 2013

Moos-Letter January, 2013

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Crottin de Chavignol If you've never met a little Crottin de Chavignol in person, it's hard to picture how small it really is. A fully mature chee...

Moos-Letter December, 2012

Moos-Letter December, 2012

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Taleggio This is Jim's favorite cheese - mild and nutty but rich and smelly. Gordon Edgar in "Cheesemonger" recommends it to his customers as "a g...

Moos-Letter November, 2012

Moos-Letter November, 2012

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Vegan Cheese We never thought we'd see the day when Jim would try to make dairy-free cheese, but here it is. He was inspired by our wonderful new ...

Moos-Letter October, 2012

Moos-Letter October, 2012

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Goat Cheese with Ash Why in the world do we sprinkle ashes on goat cheese? It doesn't sound very appetizing! Some folks actually shy away from tas...

Moos-Letter September, 2012

Moos-Letter September, 2012

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Limberger Q. Why is this cheese so stinky? A. It's all in the way you make it. Yes, this cheese can run the gamut from mildly aromatic to "run for...

Moos-Letter August, 2012

Moos-Letter August, 2012

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month A Norwegian Style Cheese - Jarlsberg® The eyes tell it all! Those little holes make this cheese look like a Swiss, but looks can be deceiving and ...

Moos-Letter July, 2012

Moos-Letter July, 2012

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Halloumi A semi-hard, unripened and brined cheese, originally from Greece and the Middle East Get out the barbeque for this one! If you've never t...

Moos-Letter June, 2012

Moos-Letter June, 2012

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month St. Maure de Touraine When you make this cheese, call it St. Maure de Your House! You can easily make this cheese, but don't try to sell it by it'...

Moos-Letter May, 2012

Moos-Letter May, 2012

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Romano Most of us are not currently living in Rome, but now we all have a great way to celebrate the Italian culture with this wonderful cheese.  ...

Moos-Letter April, 2012

Moos-Letter April, 2012

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Wisconsin Brick Cheese April is Grilled Cheese Month, so what could be more appropriate than mild, semi-soft, meltable Brick cheese? Jim did his r...

Moos-Letter March, 2012

Moos-Letter March, 2012

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Cabra al Vino (Drunken Goat Cheese) What to do if your goat is drunk ... No, not really! This is a wine soaked cheese made from the milk of sober ...

Moos-Letter February, 2012

Moos-Letter February, 2012

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Hispanico Cheese Popular in Spain, It Has Many Variations. When this cheese is made with cow's milk, it's called Hispanico. When it's made with sh...

Moos-Letter January, 2012

Moos-Letter January, 2012

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Colby: An American Original In 1885, Joseph Steinwand developed a new recipe for a mild, sweet cheese and named it after the village in Wisconsin ...

Moos-Letter December, 2011

Moos-Letter December, 2011

Cheese Making Recipe of the Month Caciocavallo Jim goes to the big cheese festival in Bra, Italy whenever he can and it always inspires him. This year, he spent time studying the h...

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