Nothern California Association Of Cheesemakers Without a Home

[Cartierusm]

So I live in Burlingame right next to San Francisco, California. If anyone is interested in getting together to start a cheese making club let me know. We'll have cheese making days, secret handshakes and tasting.

[Captain Caprine]

Hey Carter,
It would be great to get together, have a couple of glasses of wine and talk cheese.  Work and farm are crazy right now as the weather sucks and I have a couple of trips to Europe coming up real soon.  When everything dries out a little and my latest round of work nuttiness chills out I would love to see your latest cheese pro-press 1000 in action.
CC

[LadyLiberty]

Where you live would be about midway between Carter and me... I think... I have to look at a map.  Ya, about halfway between.

[Captain Caprine]

Yeah,
Im probably the one in the middle

[Cartierusm]

And your point joy? LOL

[thegregger]

Hey:

Count me in.  I live up in Novato, but would make the trek anywhere local to hone my skills.  I'm about 2 years into the craft, and still making too many mistakes!

Greg

[Cartierusm]

Ok, sounds like I need to set somthing up at my house. Captain, when are you going to be free?

[Captain Caprine]

Hey Carter,
Give me a day or so ti figure that out.  In have a lot of travel plans in the air right now.
CC

[Cartierusm]

that's what you said above, so just let me know when you have time, no rush.

[Captain Caprine]

Hey Carter,
You going to be around next Saturday (the 7th I believe)?  I,m back from Washington and will be heading out to Germany and Switzerland the following week.  Let me know if a get together works for you?
CC

[Jason]

So I'm new here, new to cheese making, and see that it's been about a year since all of you posted... BUT... did you guys ever get together?  I'm on the peninsula in San Carlos/Redwood City, and would enjoy meeting some other local cheese makers.  There are two in my homebrew club - that's how I was inspired.  The sharing at the homebrew club is great, so I imagine it would be similar with a local cheese club.

Anyone interested?  Is there a club established already/yet?

-Jason
http://jasonshobbies.blogspot.com/

[Cartierusm]

"The first rule of the Cheese Club is you don't talk about Cheese Club"
"The second rule of Cheese Club is YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT CHEESE CLUB"
For all you Fight Club fans.

No we never got together, it might be interesting to get together and talk and make cheese.

[Jason]

Hey, at least I got a response without knowing the secret handshake!  Whew...

I'm happy to offer my place for a get together.  It's generally centrally located if people are coming from further away.  I will also offer my homebrew to pair with any cheeses people have.  My first cheeses won't be ready for a couple more months, but I'd even make a fresh cheese or buy something interesting from the store to share.

Weekends are tough for me, and fridays can be exhausting after a long week... so my preference is always for a thursday.  But if others are coming from further away, maybe it will have to be a weekend thing?  What is anyone else's preference?  Of course if it's just me and Cartierusm, then we can just figure something out offline.

-Jason

[Cartierusm]

Let's see who responds.

[finewino]

Hmmmmm........

After a long absence I come to the board and find this old thread.  Carter....how the heck are you.  I have not used the pneumatic press as much as I would have liked, but I have done a few cheeses with it and it is awesome.

Some kind of cheese making club might be fun.  In SOnoma COunty I am somewhat removed from the rest of you guys, but who knows?