I originally made my first brie last summer. But I have a good example of what it turns into if you don’t wrap it in time! So if you first don’t succeed try, try again! So after properly wrapping the brie it’s amazing how beautiful it turns out. Only problem is having to much brie [...]

Well, it took some time to get my act together and get my post up, but spring…it’s like that, stop and go busy. Jarlsberg is one of the cheeses that I make regularly at the Crazy Mare! I’ve found my cows Jarlsberg to be quite similar to that you can buy in the store, but [...]

All Great Parties have some great Cheese! My party favorite was the Mango Coconut Curry, mixing the kick of Madras Curry with and little bit of sweet of the Coconut. Second favorite was the Cinnamon topped with fresh Cranberry sauce, comments of “man that’s cheese cake on a cracker.” All these chevre’s were actually made [...]

You’ve got to love easy cheese!  Gouda is a great cheese, nice and mild.  Everyone loves Gouda; what’s not to love?  Nice soft texture, mild taste, no strong after taste. Did you know the Dutch are crazy about their Gouda?  Last year when I went to Agassiz, BC to a cheese workshop the head cheese [...]

Confession: making cheese with cow’s milk has struck a nerve of fearless Kijiji searching for a Jersey milk cow! I did find one, even called on it, but that is another blog post! I have this dream of a cute little cow, with her brown nose and milk that’s so thick, (rip the needle off [...]

With Christmas closing in I chose Caerphilly to make for my challenge.  With my kids this is one of our favorite cheeses, and is usually made at our house with goat’s milk.  But since the goats are dry I had to find another milk source.  I used 16 liters of fresh, cow’s milk.  And when [...]

It sounds like it should be easy, but of all the cheese I’ve made, Mozzarella has been my nemesis.  Now don’t get offended but at my house we don’t really consider it a “real Cheese.”  I say this because we prefer a cheese with more of a taste, body and age.  So interestingly I knew [...]

Like all great travel escapes in November in Alberta, never fails snow dumps and the next thing you know you’re white knuckling it to the airport driving 30 in 100 zone.  Well “neither rain nor snow, nor sleet nor dark of night shall ..” okay you get the picture.  After missing the first flight a [...]

There is nothing more rewarding than actually eating the fruits of your labor.  From Goat to table each cheese varies.  Some it’s a matter of hours for a finished product, others its days or months.  Shown on the cheese tray is shown clockwise starting at 12oclock.  Leiden, Caerphilly, Leerdammer, and Gouda all made with goats [...]