Approach again firstly of my month of consuming meals primarily based on Grocery store Worth manufacturers, somebody instructed me they most popular a lot higher high quality – and talked about having fun with Baron Bigod cheese. Now I already knew it is a brie kind cheese made in Suffolk close to Bungay – on the Suffolk/Norfolk border. I’ve by no means tried it – it’s extremely expensive- however had I would seen it at a Farmers Market.
This bought me questioning what number of cheeses does the UK produce? (Sorry I am unable to eliminate the colored background with out re-typing the entire thing!)
There are over 750 cheeses produced in Britain right this moment, from basic cheddars to extra uncommon trendy varieties.
One other remark concerning the Worth Vary Experiment (I do prefer to remind commenters of the odd issues they are saying!!) mentioned why was I shopping for garbage after I’d bought my home and had loads of cash!
In order I’ve “loads of cash” and there are 750 cheeses to do that struck me as a wonderful thought for an occasional collection of posts ………. may this be a primary for blogland?!
I popped into the closest farm store and acquired two items of the 4 Suffolk Farmhouse cheeses which can be made simply down the street at a farm and diary we visited with WI a number of years in the past.
In addition to Suffolk Blue and Suffolk Brie in addition they do Suffolk Gold and Suffolk Blue Brie.
That is what I wrote about our W.I go to in 2019
Jason and Katherine began their enterprise making cheese with milk from their Pedigree Guernsey cows in 2004 nevertheless it was 2009 earlier than they had been capable of purchase this farm and have all the pieces in a single place.
We had a glance around the farm. Noticed the cows and the robotic milking machine – put in in 2017 and Jason instructed us concerning the care of their milking herd, their feeding regime, well being checking (Katherine is a vet- helpful!) and the way the pc chips on collars round their neck works similar to a fit-bit relaying data to his cellphone day and night time. (Not a brand new idea for me as a result of on the smallholding we lived only a mile from one of many first farms in Suffolk to put in a robotic milking parlour, though they retired and bought up earlier than we moved away). Through the use of a robotic machine the cows can wander out to the fields, out and in of the barn after which by way of the milking parlour at any time when they like day and night time. The machine recognises every cow and mechanically washes the teats and matches the vacuum pump. If the cow has determined to undergo the robotic machine too quickly after it is final milking then the gates open once more, the cow will get no feed and shortly wanders off……..intelligent stuff.
Additionally they hold a Hereford bull. Jason makes use of Synthetic Insemination for the dairy herd to get pure bred cows – the females are added to the herd and the males stored for veal. But when A.I. does not work on some cows he lets them run with the bull to supply a cross breed calf which will be grown on and bought as beef.
Their first cheese they produced was known as Suffolk Gold, rapidly adopted by Suffolk Blue. Then they began making a Suffolk Brie and simply in the previous couple of weeks now additionally a Suffolk Blue Brie.
In addition to the cows he additionally retains a number of pigs, that are fed partly on the whey left from the cheesemaking and so they ship them off to an area butcher who makes sausages of all types plus gammon and bacon.
The couple have a farm store which is open by way of the week to promote their cheese, pork merchandise, veal and beef however in addition they have a self-service merchandising machine to promote their contemporary pasteurized milk. So you may go virtually any time to purchase milk and eggs.
Jason was very excited to inform us that they’re within the strategy of importing butter and cream making machines from Japanese Europe in order that very quickly they are going to be including contemporary Guernsey Butter and Cream to the farm store. They are going to be one in all solely 2 farms in East Suffolk making their very own butter to promote and he mentioned the opposite farm’s butter is Very Costly.
I had tried the cheese earlier than however not not too long ago and I’ve tried the scrumptious butter when doing the Consuming Native Challenges – nevertheless it’s costly for every single day use.
After I un-wrapped the Suffolk Blue to eat a chunk with my handmade cheese straws it did not appear like different blue cheeses and was a light and creamy blue slightly than sturdy and tangy.
I am trying ahead to seeing what different artisan cheeses from different components of the nation I can discover on the market.
