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It's HOT, but not too hot for cheese
6/26/2009 10:55am by Leslie Cooperband or Wes Jarrell
Yes, the lament this week is the heat. The goats are hot, the chickens and the guinea fowl are panting, simple chores like feeding the kids or walking in the garden result in sweat soak clothes. Even our cheeserie's air conditioning compressors are working over time and not able to keep our rooms cool enough for aging some of our cheeses! Nonetheless, we're adapting to the weather, trying to weed the vegetables and the berries in the early morning and bringing the goats in from the pasture in the early afternoon. We set up a whole bunch of fans inside their barn and they all stand in front of the fans to cool off! They are so much like people sometimes it's scary.
This week at the farmers' markets
We won't be attending the Oak Park Farmers' Market this Saturday, but we will be trying a new market-Downtown Bloomington's Farmers' Market. If you live in or near Bloomington Normal, this is your chance to come try our full repertoire of cheeses. Of course, we'll be doing the Urbana Market at the Square, Green City Market and 61st Street Market in Chicago this Saturday as well. If you're concerned about the cheese not holding up to the heat, I would recommend you come early to the markets or bring a bag with an ice pack to transport your cheeses home safely.
We have the following cheeses available this week:
Fresh chevre
Little Bloom on the Prairie
Ewe Bloom
Krotovina
Roxanne
THIS WEEK ONLY: our sweet and delicate whole goats' milk ricotta!! It is great drizzled with some honey and fresh berries as a simple, cool dessert.
For those of you coming to the farm dinner this Sunday, we are relishing in the weather forecast: sunny, dry and 84 degrees. Since it is an afternoon affair (1-5PM), we will be dining under the trees--plenty of shade and cool breezes. It should be very pleasant. We're very excited about the menu that our guest chefs from Naha and Prairie Grass Cafe have planned for us. Check out the menu on our website.
This week at the farmers' markets
We won't be attending the Oak Park Farmers' Market this Saturday, but we will be trying a new market-Downtown Bloomington's Farmers' Market. If you live in or near Bloomington Normal, this is your chance to come try our full repertoire of cheeses. Of course, we'll be doing the Urbana Market at the Square, Green City Market and 61st Street Market in Chicago this Saturday as well. If you're concerned about the cheese not holding up to the heat, I would recommend you come early to the markets or bring a bag with an ice pack to transport your cheeses home safely.
We have the following cheeses available this week:
Fresh chevre
Little Bloom on the Prairie
Ewe Bloom
Krotovina
Roxanne
THIS WEEK ONLY: our sweet and delicate whole goats' milk ricotta!! It is great drizzled with some honey and fresh berries as a simple, cool dessert.
For those of you coming to the farm dinner this Sunday, we are relishing in the weather forecast: sunny, dry and 84 degrees. Since it is an afternoon affair (1-5PM), we will be dining under the trees--plenty of shade and cool breezes. It should be very pleasant. We're very excited about the menu that our guest chefs from Naha and Prairie Grass Cafe have planned for us. Check out the menu on our website.
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