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Belmont Farmer’s Market, originally uploaded by joshuat1974.
Wandering around today, I happened across signs for the Belmont Farmer’s Market, which takes place every Wednesday from 2:00 pm to 6:30 pm.
One of the great finds was a small fresh mozzarella company based in Somerville, MA called Fiore Di Nonno. I didn’t think to take a photo, but [...]

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Well, here’s cheese #2, the “Stirred-Curd Cheddar,” out of the mold. I stayed up until 2:00 am on Saturday night / Sunday morning to take care of that. It looks superb, an even better looking cheese wheel than the first.
I can’t wait to try them both.
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Below: photos of waxing the Farmhouse Cheddar on Sunday night. [...]

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Last night I made a second cheddar, inspired by what I hope will be the success of the first. I started when I got home from work and was up until 2:30 a.m. working on it. This is a different type of cheddar, referred to in the book as “Stirred-Curd Cheddar,” as opposed to [...]

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The Farmhouse Cheddar that I made last night came out of the press today after 12 hours, and it looks great.
Now, it sits for 3 days or so, air drying and getting flipped over a few times a day.
At the end of the work day, I came home and flipped it over. It’s starting to [...]

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Well, as you can tell from the last post, the garden really got away from us towards the end — not the least of the reasons being that the softball season got busier. I regret neglecting the plants, and hope to do better this year.
In the meantime, I’ve finally revisited my cheesemaking interest, largely thanks [...]

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