Eleridge McCracking and his wife have been very busy lately, helping their goats give birth. (It’s that time of year.) So, we’re grateful to him for taking the time to answer a few questions: How did you get started making cheese? I am a retired electronics engineer. Me and my wife, Mary, live in Shelbyville, TN, about 45 miles due south of Nashville. We moved
Red Gable Cheese Workshops
Red Gable Cheese Workshops is located in Sparta, Tennessee-a small community located on the scenic Upper Cumberland plateau approximately an hour and a half from Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga Tennessee. On her 33 acre farm, Karen teaches artisan cheese making utilizing both goat and cow’s milk along with raising a dairy goat herd. I had to interview Karen by e-mail because Tennessee is a little
Swiss with Terrie Travers
Granny T. with Charlotte Creating a good life in Butler, TennesseeWe first posted an article called Fromage Blanc with Terrie Travers two years ago when she was a fairly new cheese maker. Then, recently, she popped up on our Facebook page with fabulous pictures of her Swiss cheese. There aren’t too many folks making Swiss, so we asked Terrie to take pictures of her process
Locust Grove Farm, Farmstead Sheep’s Milk Cheeses
T’was the Night Before a Snow Storm By Sheri Palko T’was the night before a snow storm, when all through the farm Not a creature was stirring in pasture or barn. The stock tanks were full and de-icers in place, And extra buckets were filled to the brim, just in case. The sheep they were nestled out under the trees, With visions of alfalfa piled