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Title: Hello from NC Appalachia
Post by: mtn_prof on July 08, 2010, 02:55:01 AM
Greetings,

I can't believe I only today discovered this site. I'm an amateur cheesemaker living in the NC Appalachian mountains. Asheville would be the closest city. I've been making cheese for about six years now. Cheddars and gouda mostly, though the occasional soft cheese. I'm mostly an cheesemaking autodidact, but took a great class las summer at Spinning Spider Creamery here in NC on gouda. It was a lot of fun to meet other cheesemakers. Until then I had never met another one!

This week I made my first yogurt on the spur on the moment, and even more spur of the moment made a neufchatel with the leftover milk. Yum.

I'm looking forward to reading more on the forums!

Ben
Title: Re: Hello from NC Appalachia
Post by: DeejayDebi on July 08, 2010, 02:59:26 AM
Welcome aboard Ben! Sounds like you had great fun at the class. It would be nice to meet up with another cheesemaker sometime. Enjoy!
Title: Re: Hello from NC Appalachia
Post by: Sailor Con Queso on July 08, 2010, 03:00:04 AM
Welcome.

I just visited Looking Glass Creamery in Fairview outside of Asheville. There are several really good artisan cheesemakers in the area.
Title: Re: Hello from NC Appalachia
Post by: FarmerJd on July 08, 2010, 01:00:11 PM
Great to have you aboard. I look forward to your input.
Title: Re: Hello from NC Appalachia
Post by: mtn_prof on July 09, 2010, 08:57:30 PM
Quote from: Sailor Con Queso on July 08, 2010, 03:00:04 AM
Welcome.
I just visited Looking Glass Creamery in Fairview outside of Asheville. There are several really good artisan cheesemakers in the area.

How was Looking Glass? I haven't been out there, and didn't even know that they were open for visitors.
Title: Re: Hello from NC Appalachia
Post by: Sailor Con Queso on July 09, 2010, 10:58:48 PM
They are not open to the public. I got a private tour. Nice small setup. She's doing lots of fresh and soft goat cheeses. Sells to lots of restaurants.
Title: Re: Hello from NC Appalachia
Post by: Cheese Head on July 10, 2010, 11:39:23 AM
Howdy Ben in North Carolina USA, welcome!

In our Library there's a Course section in case you can give us a quick write up :).