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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
The second cheese from Valley Shepherd Creamery was Shepherd's Basket. This cheese is also made from raw sheep's milk and is cave aged for up to 5 months.
The rind has a similar color and pattern to Manchego as this cheese is made in a Basque style. The cheese has a ...
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
I was picking up cheeses for a Thanksgiving Day cheese plate and discovered that Fairfood Farm Stand had some cheeses from Valley Shepherd Creamery that I hadn't tried yet. The first was Oldwick Shepherd.
Oldwick Shepherd is a Pyrenees style raw sheep's milk cheese that has been cave ripened for 3-4 ...
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
Valley Shepherd Creamery's Crema De Blue was finally (!!!) at the Fair Food Farmstand in Reading Terminal. I've been looking forward to trying this cheese after having Valley Shepherd's Bababloo.
Crema De Blue is a raw, mixed-milk (cow and goat) blue cheese that has been cave aged. It has a ...
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
When I was at Fair Food Farmstand last week, there was a 2oz sliver of Cherry Grove Farm's Gouda. It is a raw cow's-milk Gouda that is aged for 2 months. It had a nice natural rind (no wax here!). The interior is semi-firm with the characteristic eyes towards the ...
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Today's cheese was Valley Shepherd Bababloo. It's a mixed milk (cow and goat) that is cave aged for at least 90 days, but sometimes up to 6 months.
The color was pale yellow with thick, horizontal streaks of deep blue mold through the interior. The aroma was tangy and sharp, but ...
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Valley Shepherd Hunterdon is a cheddar-like cheese that is cave-aged for two years. There is nothing about this cheese on the Valley Shepherd site, and the label on the cheese suggested this was a one-off or limited batch (e.g., hand written with few details).
It is made from a mixture ...
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Went to Tria tonight and tried some local cheeses off their cheese menu. Cherry Grove Farm's Toma and Jasper Hill Farm Winnimere were the choices. The others at the table weren't too happy as they don't fully appreciate stinky cheeses, but I thoroughly enjoyed both.
Cherry Grove's Toma is made with ...
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