Advanced Cheese Theory

Saturday, October 19, 2013, 10:00am to 4:00pm, Advanced Cheese Theory $95 (Mary).

Your instructor is Mary Rosenblum, local science fiction author, cheesemaker, and cheese judge.

This class includes coffee or tea at check-in, a full farm lunch with all-Kookoolan meats and vegetables, plus an extravagant cheese tasting! (If you have special dietary needs, please email Chrissie so we can accommodate you.)

This class covers milk, pathogens, pasture-raised animal husbandry vs. feedlot“husbandry,” and the effects on milk and meat quality; rennets and cultures, acid testing, troubleshooting, and the cheese making environment (ripening and sanitation), cheese lab, and demonstration of techniques with a simple cheddar and stretching mozzarella.

Students are encouraged to bring their own cheeses to the class, both the shining examples of your skill as well as 'problem cheeses'. We'll trouble shoot those problems, and the shining examples can compete for a 'popular choice' award as well as the 'instructor's choice' award. Both winners will receive a small prize from Kookoolan Farms!

You'll get the most our of the class if you've at least tried to make cheese a couple of times already. Serious beginners, or those with training in biology, science, engineering, or medical, will also be successful.

Your fee includes meals and snacks listed above plus a $10 coupon good toward the purchase of anything we sell.   (Kookoolan Farms carries the Northwest's largest selection of home cheesemaking supplies, ingredients, books and equipment - more than $25,000 in inventory!) 

Reservation and pre-payment required. To enroll, phone Farmer Chrissie at (503) 730-7535 or email kookoolan@gmail.com.

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