Cheese Trier
This is a time tested tool. It's called a cheese trier, and has been used from time before mind to gently extract a tiny sampling of the center of the cheese, without harming the overall product.
I figured it was time to try a new, more modern approach to testing the ripeness of a treasured, even beloved, first born cheddar cheese.
Scott
This is a Scott.
A Scott will also test the very center of a carefully hand crafted, savory, delicious, well aged cheese.
However, my recommendation is to stick with the tried and true method, as your results may be unpredictable when using a Scott...
My Own, My Precious
This was the cheese whom I loved. It was a goat's milk cheddar. Till I left Scott inside the house.
I hope that my cautionary tale will teach all cheese makers to carefully guard the work of their hands and not to risk leaving it on the counter top.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
We Need a Little Christmas
Monday, November 16, 2009
Hike to Flat Top
Fog Lifting
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Where's My Mostly Sunny, High of 74?
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Drying Up
Tropical Storm Ida
Curse you, Ida!
It feels strange to see the sun today. I had gotten used to living in darkness day and night; now I'm squinting at the shocking brightness of Ida's aftermath.
The first night of howling wind and rain brought this surprise. No, the surprise isn't that someone had dropped off free lumber in the field.
This was our run in shed.
And of course the most inconvenient time to have a wild west wind carry away your shelter is when it's raining.
We had to move the horses into the goat pen to keep them dry, and the goats were stranded under the barn.
Now I want a big warm barn with plenty of room.
A New Understanding of "Ram Tough"
Here's the new guy.
I've been promising Cotton and Shirley a husband for two years now, but just kept putting their needs on the back burner.
This morning, an Amish friend called with an offer of a ram in exchange for two lambs next year.
This young ram looks small and harmless, but I had one wild ride across the field holding onto his lead shank.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Big Red in the Leaf Pile
Laura Jeane, Early Bird
Friday, November 6, 2009
The Pumpkin
Thanks to a wealthy donor, the girls got to carve pumpkins this year.
I wasn't going to pay $11 for a squash we weren't going to eat!
At the store where the pumpkins were so high, the owner told the girls that if they could grow the pumpkins, he would buy from them next year. They now have great plans for a pumpkin patch.
(Thanks, Uncle Joe!)
Sore Throats
Thursday, November 5, 2009
5 Hour Energy Drink + Sunny Day = Cleaning Frenzy
I'm usually pretty frugal, but this little bottle, which goes for $3 at a convenience store, is my downfall.
If you want to have energy like a woman in her 20s, try it.
With the bright weather, and the 2 ounces of canned youth, I should be able to shake off the doldrums and get the house ready for Thanksgiving company.
Dogs on a Frosty Morning
Tom Sawyer Style Painting
You Just Might be a Redneck
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